What's more All American then a hot dog in summer? Well July is officially National Hot Dog month, it's estimated over 7 billion hot dogs will be consumed between Memorial and Labor Days. Next to probably pizza, that makes it one of the top world wide favorite fast foods !!!
So as an homage to this ubiquitous little wiener, I thought I'd throw a few foot longs on the barbie for dinner....
....so as not to serve just any old frank on a bun with some mustard, I thought I'd create a couple of crowd favorites; the quintessential Chicago dog and my tribute to America dog, the East-West USA Special !!!
.....most are familiar with the Chicago dog. I grew up in the City and have fond memories of seeking late night hot dog stands to fill my gut. Drug through the garden, here is the classic presentation with pickle, pepper, sweet relish, onions, tomato slices, celery salt and of course yellow mustard (ketchup is strictly forbidden !!!)
And to pay tribute to my right and left coast brethren, we have the East-West Dog. I'm using genuine Nathan's hot dogs with chopped homemade pastrami (for a touch of New York !!) and some Cojita cheese with slices of avocado in a splash of EVOO, sprinkled with some Tony C's (for a West Coast flare !!)......
So go fire up the grill, grab you some "tube steaks" and get you some of that !!!! Troutman Steve is fixin' to devour some groceries !!!!!
So as an homage to this ubiquitous little wiener, I thought I'd throw a few foot longs on the barbie for dinner....
....so as not to serve just any old frank on a bun with some mustard, I thought I'd create a couple of crowd favorites; the quintessential Chicago dog and my tribute to America dog, the East-West USA Special !!!
.....most are familiar with the Chicago dog. I grew up in the City and have fond memories of seeking late night hot dog stands to fill my gut. Drug through the garden, here is the classic presentation with pickle, pepper, sweet relish, onions, tomato slices, celery salt and of course yellow mustard (ketchup is strictly forbidden !!!)
And to pay tribute to my right and left coast brethren, we have the East-West Dog. I'm using genuine Nathan's hot dogs with chopped homemade pastrami (for a touch of New York !!) and some Cojita cheese with slices of avocado in a splash of EVOO, sprinkled with some Tony C's (for a West Coast flare !!)......
So go fire up the grill, grab you some "tube steaks" and get you some of that !!!! Troutman Steve is fixin' to devour some groceries !!!!!
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