NorthwestBBQ
somebody shut me the fark up.
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2009
- Location
- Everett, WA
Grilled dog with Salami, Cheese, Mustard, and Old Man Charley's Brat Sauce:
I'm strange, I just don't really like the flavor of "good" beef franks like Nathan's, Hebrew National, etc. I can't stand cheap hotdogs with more poultry and fillers than pork, either. My favorite is a good ol' Oscar Mayer cooked on a stick over a fire with just a bun and a squirt of mustard. My late uncle brought down some Coney Island dogs from yankeeland once that were really good.
Grilled dog with Salami, Cheese, Mustard, and Old Man Charley's Brat Sauce:
Were those Sahlen's hot dogs?
Used to be a place up in Buffalo called Pat's. They grilled Sahlen's dogs over charcoal. Ate those whenever we would travel up to see family.
Thanks for the tip for the Redlinski franks. I may have to order some.
Yeah, there's a Wegman's up near where I work, the one you mentioned in Lanham. The smokehouse dogs they sell have collagen skins and just don't have the same snap the natural casing ones do. Redlinski's was the only place I knew of to get the natural skin Sahlen's dogs. I haven't asked Wegman's about a special order. Maybe they can get the natural skin ones.
Pat's closed up shop on Sheridan in 1983 or 1984. There's a Walgreens there now. Ted's is the chain hot dog place up there now. Haven't been back to Buffalo in a lot of years, and, truthfully, haven't had a Ted's dog. Char grilled Sahlen dogs are great!
Best hot dog I ever had was in Nebraska. I had gone out for my buddy's wedding, and all the guys had gone out for a pseudo-bachelor party one night. We started at some guys house for some food and he made them...they were true red hots from a local butcher shop. No clue where exactly they came from but they were AWESOME. Nice bite, had a little spice to them, great flavor, mmmm mmmm mmmm....damn they were good! Probably ate 6 or 7 of them. Totally ruined my hot dog eating life. Kinda like the smokin' hot blonde you managed to bag one time by accident in college. You could never find her again because she mysteriously disappeared (or went into hiding because you had the opposite effect on her), but she changed the way you looked at things. She was so hot and so awesome that no one else could measure up to her...that was this hot dog. These days I settle for Nathan's and hanging out with my wife. Adding bacon and guacamole to them helps, but it will never be the same.
While this may be a little over the top, this principle applies to BBQ as well. Everyonce in a while you get that glimpse of a unicorn and nothing is ever the same. I hate a to say it, but sometimes the best things ruin you for everything else..... but damn, that moment is fantastic!Best hot dog I ever had was in Nebraska. I had gone out for my buddy's wedding, and all the guys had gone out for a pseudo-bachelor party one night. We started at some guys house for some food and he made them...they were true red hots from a local butcher shop. No clue where exactly they came from but they were AWESOME. Nice bite, had a little spice to them, great flavor, mmmm mmmm mmmm....damn they were good! Probably ate 6 or 7 of them. Totally ruined my hot dog eating life. Kinda like the smokin' hot blonde you managed to bag one time by accident in college. You could never find her again because she mysteriously disappeared (or went into hiding because you had the opposite effect on her), but she changed the way you looked at things. She was so hot and so awesome that no one else could measure up to her...that was this hot dog. These days I settle for Nathan's and hanging out with my wife. Adding bacon and guacamole to them helps, but it will never be the same.