… not least because salt is bad for my hypertension, but I’m going to grill some hot dogs on a nice square grill Leah sent me. (Thank God it came pre-cured!). Very Fourth-y!
And — surprise — organic ketchup and relish really do taste better. And, amazingly, my own giant food store, Hannaford, has a house organic line, so the prices for the better stuff are in line with the bad stuff.
Now, I know “organic” doesn’t mean local, and local would be best of all, but, dammit, I didn’t grow any cukes this year. Though I suppose I could try to make ketchup, come fall. As long as it doesn’t involve avoiding botulism and other canning-related concerns…
NOTE Worst Pogo joke: Did you know America’s 1st holiday is the 4th?
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July fourth is about good eating, not good health. It is not like you would go to a Swiss Restaurant ;-)
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PS: That salt and hypertension thing? A bit overblown; only a small subset are actually affected. Avoiding added salt in general is fine, I cut way back many years ago after spending a week with some people who rarely salted anything and rediscovering my tastebuds. Excess salt robs the ability to taste, and that’s reason enough to avoid it. A little now and then though won’t do any harm for most people, even with hypertension. If you’re concerned, drink an extra glass of water and let the kidneys take care of it.
The other thing? Hot dogs? Hot dog buns?
Dollar a pack.
Good times for the deep freezer….
Organic ketchup
Heinz now has organic ketchup. Very good. Course it’s made in their Canadian plant.
Here in NY, still. Gray’s
Here in NY, still. Gray’s Papaya recession special. Two dogs and a papaya or mango drink (mostly water and sugar) for $3.25. And you don’t have to sit at some table to eat them.
Ketchup on hot dogs???
Ketchup (or better yet, chili sauce*) goes on hamburgers, not hot dogs. Hot dogs get mustard (preferably brown). Relish (sweet) goes on both, but sauerkraut is even better than relish on hot dogs.
*IMNSHO, chili sauce (Heinz’s) makes ketchup irrelevant. Chili sauce is what ketchup tries to be and fails, miserably.
Yes!! Gray's Papaya 4-Evah!
Two dogs and a drink cost $2.50 when I left NYC in 2002, though, so I’d call $3.25 an inflation special.
I always loved the sign in Gray’s window, “We’re talking French fries!”
Never ordered them, though. I was afraid I wouldn’t want to hear what they had to say.
I love ketchup on hot dogs
And I recommend Dietz & Watson dogs with Mr. Kerry’s family ketchup. Mmmm!
Mayo?
Does no one ever eat mayo on hot dogs anymore?
Ketchup, relish, mustard, chili, sauerkraut, onions, all great, separately, in combination…
Some organic food has been shown to be better here!
Funny, the Pogo quote I’ve been thinking of is: “We have met the enemy and he is us!” It was originally for being kind to the environment, right? Like don’t litter or pollute?
It's pretty easy, actually
“Though I suppose I could try to make ketchup, come fall. As long as it doesn’t involve avoiding botulism and other canning-related concerns…”
Faced with a bumper crop of tomatoes, I followed the recipe in the Fanny Farmer Boston Cooking School Cookbook. Because of the acid content of tomatoes, plus the sugar and vinegar, not much can go wrong in the way of spoilage/contamination. I just hot-packed the jars.
Then I added a very spiffy label… “The Under-Appreciated Condiment”. (It’s an eccentric sibling thing.)
I miss those papaya stands every time I pay $4.00
for a fucking hot dog.
Like how much does it take just to have one stand, cooking dogs all day, and selling them for a dollar a pop? But *no*, there have to be gourmet hot dog restos that pollute them the Chicago Way, or they put inferior chili on them…. just give me a grilled dog, not a dirty water dog, and I’m set.
Dirty water dog....
Ha, so true.
But that’s the kind Philly has, and I love them anyhow. Little stands all over the place downtown, with the trimmings making each stand a little different.
And heck, it’s not like the water’s dirty with anything besides other hot dogs.
Anybody here remember “hot wieners”? I used to get “New York System” hot wieners in Providence, but I have the feeling they were just a New England thing.
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