Hot Dog Question

[chicagokp]

Originally Posted by buccaneer

Sausage dog Aussie style

You sir need a meat grinder and sausage stuffer!

That second pic looks pretty good if you got rid of the ketchup.

[buccaneer]

Originally Posted by chicagokp

You sir need a meat grinder and sausage stuffer!

That second pic looks pretty good if you got rid of the ketchup.

You sir are bang on the money, I DO!!!

I am generally pretty proud of where Aussie fod is at, but the sausage thing is a mystery to me.
Whenever friends get back from Europe/USA or even Latin American countries, it is always
"What the hail is wrong with us that we can't make sausages well?"
and even more embarrassing....okay...farkin humiliating...the Brits visiting are forever whinging about how bad our sausages are!

[1MoreFord]

Originally Posted by buccaneer

Bro, they are nowhere to be found downunder that I have seen or heard of!
Ours are red rubbery casings with pork snout and unmentionables paste inside. ............

Unfortunately that describes the majority of US hot dogs too. Even here you have to look for good ones.

[captndan]

When I was in grade school one of the required field trips was to a packing house where they also made hot dogs. I never ate one again until the Oscar Meyer wiener mobile came out. Today I won't eat one that's not all beef and preferably Kosher.

[jazzybadger]

Yeah, either I grill them, or I pan fry them.
Every now and again I'll deep fry one right quick, then throw it on the grill, but I usually don't bother with the frying.

I can't believe you can't get all beef over there. No Nathan's?! No Hebrew National?!
...Can you order them? o.O If you can, those are the brands to look for.

[chicagokp]

And don't forget Vienna Beef.

[fantomlord]

Originally Posted by MisterChrister

I'm thinking Portillo's......be right there!!!!!

I always found Portillo's a little pricy...I usually preferred to find a tiny little hot dog and Italian beef place--they were usually better, and way cheaper. but then again, that was when I lived in and around Chicago...up here in WI it's a different story.

now I really have a taste for some Tony's beef

[buccaneer]

Originally Posted by jazzybadger

Yeah, either I grill them, or I pan fry them.
Every now and again I'll deep fry one right quick, then throw it on the grill, but I usually don't bother with the frying.

I can't believe you can't get all beef over there. No Nathan's?! No Hebrew National?!
...Can you order them? o.O If you can, those are the brands to look for.

The only place I have seen those names is on this forum.

You guys and gals have sorted the "cooking and splitting issue, however!
This morning TFO wanted some hot dogs for breakfast so I used the method here of putting them into hot water no heat.
They were fine...but still pretty disgusting IMO.
I am going to smoke and grill the rest, simply heated those things would send a three legged dingo running across the plains.
BTW ketchup/tomato sauce is the standard condiment used for sausages downunder, we all grow up on it.
Thanks everyone.
ps. Guess who ordered a sausage stuffer and meat grinder yesterday?