best way to cook a hot dog?

[taltos]

Either grilled outside or fried on the stove in a little olive oil. Well done in either case and served on a steamed roll with mustard and chipotle relish or some home made green tomato relish. Ideally the hot dog should be Old Neighborhood meat franks.

[Mark C]

Originally Posted by taltos

Either grilled outside or fried on the stove in a little olive oil. Well done in either case

Cooked 'til the ends split and the skin gets a little blackened. I like ketchup and dijon mustard, and onion if it's there. And a toasted bun.

If it were a sausage, I'd be with you guys on the 'mustard only', but not for a hot dog.

[rack04]

Originally Posted by Mark C

If it were a sausage, I'd be with you guys on the 'mustard only', but not for a hot dog.

Agreed. No mustard on my dog.

[taltos]

I am surprised that nobody mentioned wrapping a hot dog in bacon and cooking under the broiler.

[icurrie]

Originally Posted by taltos

I am surprised that nobody mentioned wrapping a hot dog in bacon and cooking under the broiler.

I know, I used to have a camping tool that "clamped" 4 dogs for cooking on a camp fire. We used to wrap them in bacon first and then cook them over the fire. First time we tried it, three of us must have had over a dozen hot dogs. They were addicting.
Man I am hungry.

I like mine over an open fire, wood fire.

Then topped with fried onion, jalapenos, and hot mustard.

An Ice Cold Bass, or Cremore Springs Lager.

Ok now I am hungry

[doctorcue]

Steamed preferably. If not, on the grill. Then... just ketchup & mustard. Otherwise you can't actually taste the dog.

[Buena Fortuna]

Anyone who puts ketchup or catsup on a hotdog should be banned from masticating for life...

[GKitty]

Now I'm on a quest to find a decent hot dog for lunch.

[AD720]

The "Texas Tommy" is pretty popular around here. That would be a jumbo all beef dog topped with bacon and chedder.


There is also an excellent sandwich shop our neighborhood that does a variation on a chili-dog. It is a hot dog wrapped in pancetta, grilled and covered bolognese on a hard roll.

Man I am getting hungry.

There's a place here that sells "belly buster" dogs, at least 1/4 lb each. Grill those bad boys until they start to split, be sure the skin is charred. Hook these up on some soft toasted hogie style rolls. Top the dog with mustard, little relish, raw onions, sauerkraut, chili, and finally top it with cheese. Yea, baby!!!

[taltos]

Up here in New England there is a company that makes what is called a Pearl Country Club Frank. It is an all beef frank, kosher and has that wonderful snap that is hard to find anymore. Once a year Eddie Andelman, one of the local sports mavens does a promotion to raise funds for cystic fybrosis and calls it the Hot Dog Safari. For about a month before the Safari Pearl makes a quarter pound (might have the sound too small) frank that is sold by one of the local chains with all of the profits going to the Joey Fund (CF). This event has turned into a tremendous fund raiser and has gotten so big that it is now held at Suffolk Downs which is a local horse track.

[rack04]

Originally Posted by ashmaster

There's a place here that sells "belly buster" dogs, at least 1/4 lb each. Grill those bad boys until they start to split, be sure the skin is charred. Hook these up on some soft toasted hogie style rolls. Top the dog with mustard, little relish, raw onions, sauerkraut, chili, and finally top it with cheese. Yea, baby!!!

Don't forget the roll of paper towels for cleaning up while eating and roll of toilet paper for cleaning up after eating.

Originally Posted by ashmaster

There's a place here that sells "belly buster" dogs, at least 1/4 lb each. Grill those bad boys until they start to split, be sure the skin is charred. Hook these up on some soft toasted hogie style rolls. Top the dog with mustard, little relish, raw onions, sauerkraut, chili, and finally top it with cheese. Yea, baby!!!

Originally Posted by rack04

Don't forget the roll of paper towels for cleaning up while eating and roll of toilet paper for cleaning up after eating.

Soooo true, Soooo true!!!

[NCRadioMan]

Deep fried Carolina style. Mustard, slaw and onions!

[elderboy02]

I like mine cooked on the grill partially burned. I then put it on a hot dog bun with a ton of ketchup.

[smokeyandthebandit05]

On the grill with guldens mustard and sauerkraut. Only way to me

Make that an all beef hotdog or thumans dog with the sauerkraut and guldens piles ontop....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Starscream]

Blackened on the grill.

[acarr]

I like them cooked any way possible. Once the relish, onions and mustard are on it you can hardly tell the difference. I also like the chili cheese dogs if it is good chili.