Thursday, August 6, 2009

A Healthy Twist

For dinner tonight I prepared my own Chicago-style dogs. In an effort to extend my life by a few days I decided to use Fat-Free Oscar Mayer wieners. They're made with turkey, and they're terrible on their own, but with all of the crazy condiments on a Chicago dog you hardly notice the difference.

While I'm thinking about it, let's review what goes into a proper Chicago-style hot dog:
  1. Mustard
  2. Onion
  3. Freaky Bright Green Relish
  4. Dill Pickle
  5. Tomato Wedges
  6. Sport Peppers
  7. Celery Salt
Served in a poppy seed bun, the wiener is traditionally steamed or boiled.

Notice that you do not see Ketchup listed as an ingredient. If I ever see you putting Ketchup on a hot dog I will punch you in the face.

Hot Dog Count: 13

Dog on...

4 comments:

  1. I am docking you two dogs for that turkey nonsense. Whats next, tofu? Tofurkey? You can't take tuna fish, mold it into a tube and call it a hot dog can you? No. That is what they did with turkey so you get no credit for those. And don't try to pull that crap anymore.

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  2. shifting to fake meat?......altering the rules for weight conversions?.....a mexican indeed.,

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  3. No! The WikiPedia entry on Hot Dogs identifies a dog as follows:

    "...A hot dog (frankfurter, frank, wiener, weenie) is a moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry. Most types are fully cooked, cured or smoked. It is often placed hot in a special purpose soft, sliced hot dog bun. It may be garnished with mustard, ketchup, onion, mayonnaise, relish, cheese or chili. The flavor can be similar to a range of meat products from bland bologna to spicy German bockwurst varieties. Kosher hot dogs may be made from beef, chicken or turkey. Vegetarian hot dogs made from meat analogue are available..."

    Give me those two dogs back!

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  4. You should have known better than to selectively cite WikiPedia and then be so stupid as to leave the part in about vegetarian hot dogs. That proves my point. A vegetarian hot dog by definition cannot exist, and I don't ever want to know what a "meat analogue" is. You receive no credit for turkey, and may God have mercy on your soul.

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