It’s National Hot Dog Day

[Mike Nolan]

It's National Hot Dog Day. The Trib has a post listing the 23 best hot dog places in the Chicago area, but that only made me yearn for a true Chicago dog with a Vienna beef dog and poppy-seeded bun.

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[Joan Simpson]

I had just 2 on bread for breakfast.

[cwcdesign]

We can’t seem to find good hot dogs. Even brands we used to like aren’t good any more. I miss Kayem from up north. The make Fenway franks which are different (better) than Ballpark franks. I’ve been thinking about trying some of the higher end brands - we don’t eat them that often anyway.

I also miss Portuguese linguica and chorizo - easy to find around New Bedford.

[Mike Nolan]

I've tried some of the bargain brand hot dogs, they're awful, I'll willingly pay 3 times as much for a brand I can actually stand to eat. I've bought Nathan's, but they seem greasier than most other brands. We buy Fairbury all-beef hot dogs, a local brand. Vienna dogs are better, but unavailable here.

Good corned beef is also challenging to find, and we've learned the hard way that a lot of deli corned beef has garlic in it. If I had a good smoker I could try making Montreal Smoked Meat again, it is sort of like pastrami, though that's like saying a Cadillac is sort of like a Chevy. (Most MSM recipes have garlic in them, but I made some without garlic and it was pretty good.) I've been looking at the Big Green Egg, but the smaller size ones don't get good marks.

[Janiebakes]

We love the ones from Costco, Kirkland brand.

[RiversideLen]

I'm with you, Mike, about cheap hot dogs. Had more than my share of those when I was a kid. I recently bought a package of 365 Everyday Value, Organic, Uncured Grass-Fed Beef Hot Dogs, by Whole Foods. Had one for lunch, I think they're pretty good.

[cwcdesign]

Glad to hear others are having issues. Once upon a time, we liked Nathan's but they seem to have gone the way of others.

Len, if I ever make it to my nearest WF (1 ½ hours away), I'll have to try the 365 dogs - I like the house brand, most everything I've tried has been good.

[BakerAunt]

I have been trying to remember the brand of all-beef hotdogs that I used to buy, but it has been so long that I has forgotten it. I think that they were Ballpark. They came eight to a package, which was nice, as I was fond of Crescent Roll Hotdogs paired with baked beans. I used low-fat crescent rolls and 2% cheese; I tried reduced fat hot dogs, but they were terrible, so it was always the all-beef. (I realize the low-fat crescent rolls were still not nutritionally great.)

The other day, I found a recipe for half hot dogs wrapped in homemade cornmeal wrappings to be used as appetizers. That would be fun to try some day when I have other people around who can eat more of this stuff than I can allow myself.

Lately, I have been dreaming of a Brat on a bun.

[cwcdesign]

Oh yum, BakerAunt - sometimes the photos on the websites make me think I want them too.

[Janiebakes]

Baker Aunt, Ballpark makes a smoked turkey white meat hot dog that is pretty good. Might see if it is available in your area.

[BakerAunt]

Thanks, Janiebakess. I will check and see, although I am not overly hopeful in an area where even finding 2% cheese is difficult.

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