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The kids and I were having hot dogs for dinner tonight and I started to wonder: What is the “go to” method for cooking up a hot dog for other people?
Personally, my dad was always the one to cook most of the dinners growing up. When he made hot dogs, he’d put about a half inch of water into a pan, bring it to a boil and then put in the hot dogs for about 5-10 minutes. The brand of choice that we used most was the Casper’s brand. This was partly due to the fun SNAP you’d feel and hear when you took a bite. It was also because my grandparents owned a hot dog joint in Petaluma, California, called Jimbo’s in the early-to-mid-80’s.
What are your favorite methods of cooking up a hot dog? Any preferences as to toppings?
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What is it with the hotdog infatuation today? Chimpotle (http://chimpotle.com/?p=248) also had a hotdog related post.
We make our hotdogs Colombian style
I cook them in either beer or some cola just like your Dad did with water. Our toppings consist of the usual ketchup and mustard, but what makes them Colombian is the melted cheese, crushed potato chips and pineapple topping
I am hungry now.
My parents always used to cook them in boiling water, too, but I either use the grill (big one outside for a party, or the Foreman grill inside) or microwave if I want to eat my hotdog in
Mostly I don’t eat hot dogs. They aren’t something that shows up in my shopping cart. If you include other forms of sausage, I prefer to either grill them or boil them in a frying pan until cooked then drain the water and sear the casing a bit on each side.
Depending on the sausage, various cheeses, mustard, onions, and/or sauerkraut are appropriate. Ketchup doesn’t belong on hot dogs if your age is in the double-digits.
Hmm. My comment got truncated. The rest (from memory) was:
…30 seconds. We used to use Ballpark, but my favorite brand now is Hebrew National. I put onions, a slice of dill pickle or relish, mustard, and some cheddar cheese on them. Ketchup is an abomination.
Given that I just recently posted about Dad’s Night To Cook, I prefer to cook anything on the grill. If not on the grill, we do the hot dogs in a pot of boiling water or a quick nuke in the microwave.
As Burrowowl said, ketchup does not belong on a hot dog. Mustard, onion, relish, tomato, cucumber, sport peppers - Chicago style dogs.
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