Ok, so we've got a butcher here who sells 1/5lb dogs that are ok. I'll do those during the summer. But... they're just ok.
So when I lived on the Dutch side of the island in Sint Maarten, we used to go to the movie theater over in Cole Bay and I was just talking to my wife about how much we missed the HOT DOGS at that theater. Man... that was... 2003/2004. So it's been a while. But I still remember ... Like Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Anyways, so these dogs were probably in that size, not quite 1/4 pound dogs, but... they were kind of a cross between a hotdog and a Polish sausage or kielbasa or something.
So I really love the kielbasa flavor, and love to eat 'em on hot dog buns or rolls, but they're not really MADE for that. For one, they're just SLIGHTLY too large for the bun (diameter-wise, I mean) and the casing is too tough to bite through without tearing up your bun and getting your ketchup and mustard (yes, both!) all over. You have to hold onto it so tight that your bun gets torn up, etc. Little things, but they count when you're just wanting to enjoy a couple-three dogs out on the patio in the spring enjoying a nice adult beverage, etc. Anyways...
So, I'm looking for suggestions. I'll order some online, we don't have a lot of good options around here as far as sausage stuff goes. There're a couple of brat places in Tulsa, I know Margaret's in Tulsa ships 'em in frozen from like Chicago or something, and they're ok to good. And Siegi's down in south Tulsa has some decent ones, I have had some at a friend's house - but what I'm looking for is not a bratwurst. And also, alot of brats have that same tough skin that makes 'em slightly more difficult to eat without a fork and knife.
So, I've tried the ones people seem to rave about and haven't been impressed - Nathan's hotdogs - meh, bleh, don't see ANYthing special about them. Hebrew National, they're ok, too, but again - just the same ol' stuff.
If you've had Earl Campbell's hot links (*not the red hots), this is kind of the texture I'm looking for, not mushy, more of a sausage grind than most hot dogs. But flavor more like a kielbasa than a hot dog.
So what do you guys like, where do you get them, etc?
So when I lived on the Dutch side of the island in Sint Maarten, we used to go to the movie theater over in Cole Bay and I was just talking to my wife about how much we missed the HOT DOGS at that theater. Man... that was... 2003/2004. So it's been a while. But I still remember ... Like Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Anyways, so these dogs were probably in that size, not quite 1/4 pound dogs, but... they were kind of a cross between a hotdog and a Polish sausage or kielbasa or something.
So I really love the kielbasa flavor, and love to eat 'em on hot dog buns or rolls, but they're not really MADE for that. For one, they're just SLIGHTLY too large for the bun (diameter-wise, I mean) and the casing is too tough to bite through without tearing up your bun and getting your ketchup and mustard (yes, both!) all over. You have to hold onto it so tight that your bun gets torn up, etc. Little things, but they count when you're just wanting to enjoy a couple-three dogs out on the patio in the spring enjoying a nice adult beverage, etc. Anyways...
So, I'm looking for suggestions. I'll order some online, we don't have a lot of good options around here as far as sausage stuff goes. There're a couple of brat places in Tulsa, I know Margaret's in Tulsa ships 'em in frozen from like Chicago or something, and they're ok to good. And Siegi's down in south Tulsa has some decent ones, I have had some at a friend's house - but what I'm looking for is not a bratwurst. And also, alot of brats have that same tough skin that makes 'em slightly more difficult to eat without a fork and knife.
So, I've tried the ones people seem to rave about and haven't been impressed - Nathan's hotdogs - meh, bleh, don't see ANYthing special about them. Hebrew National, they're ok, too, but again - just the same ol' stuff.
If you've had Earl Campbell's hot links (*not the red hots), this is kind of the texture I'm looking for, not mushy, more of a sausage grind than most hot dogs. But flavor more like a kielbasa than a hot dog.
So what do you guys like, where do you get them, etc?
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