Hot Dogs

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

They look good AS but possibly a little dry? Hard to tell from the pic. Are you serving with chips?

Not dry but not fluffy enough. The veg and cheese inside makes them all slippery.

Had them with a load of veg.

 

[The39thStep]

I like the ones with chilli in them, mustard, fried onions. I always throw away the end of the bun, its too squidgy

 

[ViolentPanda]

What are they made of? Cos with sausages, everybody knows the coarser the grind of the meat, the better, yet with hot dogs they seem to get away with the constituency of meat so favoured by Richmond and Kwik Save own brand snags, i.e a smooth pink paste

Are we having the rug pulled from beneath us while we snaffle down some 30% or so meat content German snorker wannabes? I demand an end to this hipocrisy on behalf of all proper sausages!

Used to work next door to a place that made catering "hot dogs", and they contain about 80% meat. Problem is that it's mostly MRM and connective tissue that is ground coarsely, mixed with fillers (usually bread rusk) and spices, has water (yes, water!) added, and is then ground fine and piped into skins.

 

[ViolentPanda]

i think traditional Frankfurters are made of turkey.

actually, thats wrong. But, some of the sealed supermarket pack ones are definitely made of turkey. I read the ingredients once and was stunned.

Proper Frankfurter sausages (and FFS never go to Frankfurt and suggest that "hot dogs" are proper Frankfurter sausages, they'll kill you! ) are pretty much just ground pork shoulder, pepper, nutmeg and a couple of Hail Marys, and taste like heaven.

Proper Weiners, although I don't like them myself because they're blander than a politician's biography, are made of (pink) veal.

 

[Yetman]

Used to work next door to a place that made catering "hot dogs", and they contain about 80% meat. Problem is that it's mostly MRM and connective tissue that is ground coarsely, mixed with fillers (usually bread rusk) and spices, has water (yes, water!) added, and is then ground fine and piped into skins.

Mmmm connective tissue

 

[ViolentPanda]

I must admit that I've been disappointed with currywurst on my few experiences. To a German, waving some sharwoods powder in front of Happy Shopper tomato ketchup makes a curried accompaniment, or so it seems when it comes to currywurst.

Where were you eating them? If it wasn't Berlin, it's not "currywurst".
Last one I had was a half-inch thick trencher of white bread in a sea of frites, bratwurst chopped into half a dozen large chunks, everything dusted in curry powder, and then a hefty application of Hela curry ketchup over the bread and brattie.
Cheap, filling and lovely with a bottle of Berliner to wash it down.

Other Germans pretend to do currywurst, but they're too scared of spiciness to do a good job.

Like German wurstyweinerdogs in the main though. And the poles seem to do a mean equivalent, at least judging from the meals and bbqs of late. A plain old hot dog's alright, but you always feel a little hollow and sauce-filled in the aftermath ime. Prefer the sealed packets rather than tinned hot dogs too, which are a little too mushy and remedial tasting.

Kielbasa and Kabanosy as "hot dog" replacements are lovely, although a bit garlic-licious. You don't tend to need the onions etc with one of those in a bun or baguette, just mustard.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Mmmm connective tissue

They can't use all that collagen for making banger skins, you know!

 

[ViolentPanda]

Mmmm connective tissue

They can't use all that collagen for making banger skins, you know!

 

[ViolentPanda]

What about the Westlers eh, whatever happened to them?

My university bar boasted a Westlers machine with oversized rolls and one of those metal poking stands, so your giant hot dog got inserted in suitably porny fashion right in the middle of the roll. Now that was real technology and innovation at work.

Real innovation is the truly awesome-looking but foul-smelling vending machine sausage-and-a-bun-in-one creations you can get from the machines on German railway platforms. Imagine a steamed bun, but with amorphous sausagey stuff in it rather than sweet red bean paste.

 

[Miss Caphat]

The best thing about hot dogs is how many condiments you can put on them and it still tastes good.

 

[Cheesypoof]

Anyone else here tried the Banger Bros hot dogs? Bloody amazing!! Great website too, real passion about their food - and interestingly, they dont advertise the Belgian frites.

http://www.bangerbros.co.uk/

 

[Cheesypoof]

looks like they have started advertising the chips. You can get them double fried. i always do

 

[ViolentPanda]

looks like they have started advertising the chips. You can get them double fried. i always do

Proper chips should be double-fried, even if you make 'em at home. otherwise they'll be soggier than a fisherman's socks.

 

[Cheesypoof]

Proper chips should be double-fried, even if you make 'em at home. otherwise they'll be soggier than a fisherman's socks.

must confess, i dont have a chip pan. But yep, i would concur on the double-fried thang.

 

[Yetman]

The best thing about hot dogs is how many condiments you can put on them and it still tastes good.

THATS WHAT I SAID ABOUT CHIPS

SORT OF

 

[Badgers]

This chip derail is unacceptable

 

[5t3IIa]

Hungry.

 

[EastEnder]

Itchy.

 

[Yetman]

Flaky scalp.

 

[Badgers]

Anyone had one from the The Gourmet Hotdog Company - 37 Berwick Street, London before?

 

[Maggot]

in germany when yuo get a sausage they come as the bare sausage in a plastic tray, then a tiny little roll on the side that is half the length of the sausage... not sure how you're meant to deal with these?

How do you deal with meat that's too big for the bread?

 

[EastEnder]

How do you deal with meat that's too big for the bread?

fnarr fnarr

 

[Greebo]

in germany when yuo get a sausage they come as the bare sausage in a plastic tray, then a tiny little roll on the side that is half the length of the sausage... not sure how you're meant to deal with these?

AFAIK that little bit of roll or bread isn't necessarily for eating. It's to keep your fingers clean & hold the sausage with as you dip it in the sauce (or mustard) and eat it. Once you've finished the sausage, it's customary (if hungry enough) to mop up the rest of the sauce or mustard and then eat the bit of roll or bread.

 

[crustychick]

we've had a spate of eating veggie hot dogs at home recently.

germans are mad for their sausage-inna-bun. the smallest buns you can manage with the largest sausage you can get - looks hilarious... fair play to them, the bun is mostly just so you can hold the hot sausage (oo-err) and the main event is the meat

a bit like this

 

[Pingu]

tbf germany is only rivaled by poland for its devotion to all things sausagy

 

[Greebo]

Ah Poland - land of dancing, vodka, meat, and toffee flavour wotsits.

 

[Badgers]

Got a craving for hot dogs right out of the blue. Not quite enough to make me walk across town to get some and rolls but damn near. Chances of getting really decent soft rolls on a BH Monday are low, maybe I can hold till tomorrow.

 

[pogofish]

Lips and snouts.

And chicken!

Saying that, a good hot dog can be an occasional guilty pleasure.

 

[pogofish]

Also saw something on another site earlier today going apeshit about the cost of a hotdog from an "official" caterer at the Olympics being around £6/8.50. And guess what, spectators are apparently going to be banned from bringing their own food and liquids - Aircraft rules applied. Ho-hum!

 

[Badgers]

Also saw something on another site earlier today going apeshit about the cost of a hotdog from an "official" caterer at the Olympics being around £6/8.50. And guess what, spectators are apparently going to be banned from bringing their own food and liquids - Aircraft rules applied. Ho-hum!

That is rude but not unexpected

I only really cook my own hot dogs now. Mostly I will eat any old shit doled out from the dirtiest of vans but hot dogs generally disappoint.