Should this be in delicious or disgusting? Probably, but there’s really no debate about the deliciousness of Sonoran hotdogs (bacon-wrapped grilled hotdogs, a roasted pepper on the side and your choice of condiments – salsa verde – pico de gallo – grilled onions – fresh sweet onions – fresh tomatoes – fresh cabbage -whole pinto beans – mustard – and yes the dreaded mayonnaise) . Yeah, I’ve read the hype about your New York Dogs, Boston Dogs, Chicago Dogs, Southern Dogs, German Dogs and Alsatian Dogs but truth be told they are all just inconsequential dust agleam in the starry sheen of Sonoran Hot Dogs. Ten years later I still remember the last one I ate just like I remember my first love. And even as a committed vegetarian, I relish the opportunity to watch someone eat one, vicariously savoring every last morsel, staring intently at the eater and the eaten, licking my lips, panting, wagging my tail, and howling occasionally.
The cool kids know that BK Carne Asada and Hot Dogs, make the best in town. But El Guero Canelo makes a mean hot dog too. Which brings us to the two points of this post: 1) to incite impassioned debate in defense of the various regional wieners (I expect Chuckles to bring it hard); and 2) to point out that the food photography on El Guero Canelo’s website (here, here and here ) is second only to that of the proprietor of this blog.
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PP UPDATE: These guys have in situ photos of the famous El Guero Canelo. I can hear Uncanny booking his flight now, also I can hear AG banning El Guero Canelo.
GS UPDATE: How could I forget about the sign?!!!??? It’s hilarious!!1 —THIS LINK IS A MANDATORY CLICKER!
Note the cop in the background. Photo taken just before GFoH got beat down and hauled off in the paddywagon.
Did you slink away or fight for your G? This is really the best best best photo ever.
Also, I am very angry with you for not sharing:
a) The Oasis, which may or may not be in walkign distance.
b) I have never heard of Sonoran hot dogs. They sound like a made up crazy fantasy dream that I would kill to remember. Not only that, but you have a I-beef chain right by you that you don’t deserve.
The point about hot dogs is that I would never rank them in order. There is a time and place for a large variety, from the beloved chicago dog (that I prefer grilled, which is not canon), to the kosher dog with mustard to the smokey dog (non Smokey dog) with BQ and dijon, to a Biener’s Wieners (RIP to Biener) special, french bread, grilled beef dog, BQ, mustard, jalapenos.
c) 2 million points to the picture.
meat eaters can umm, eat it!
pssst gregor: on the flickr page for each photo, there’s a thingie that says all sizes, and you get the code for the images on there. TOS thingies and stuff.
I always knew y’all were conjugal.
Actually the French hot dog — if it weren’t for the appalling red color that they are dyed — is pretty tasty. The dog is split, put on baguette slathered with dijon mustard (Amora brand, usually), topped with gruyere and broiled open faced. When done, the top half of the baguette is smooshed on the whole deal and . . . yum, er, delicieux!
Here’s a picture of un vrai chaud chien parisienne. I think it has been doctored because the dog is a normal dog color, not the shocking red:
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This picture, even though not showing the architecture of the Parisian dog does render the lipstick red color of the genuine article.
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Ça, c’est bon !
I expect Chuckles to bring it hard
LMALROTF!!!!!!11!!!!!11one!
Oh, it’s hard alright.
In the states, I eat only Hebrew National hot dogs for the tremendous gas. I am disappointing people (emus? iguanas? douchewagons?) everywhere when I say this, but I have little experience with the hot dog.
Bratwurst and the various and sundry other forms of wurst and I are on intimate terms. Almost as intimate as tehl4m3 is imagining. My folks, those igneous individuals, frequently bring sausages from the great white north while they await the inevitable retirement of glaciation and the final crushing death therein. These are obtained from a butcher shop (not a shoppe) outside of Sheboygan, WI. These are quite excellent and actually spicy and otherwise sublimely spiced. As far as I know, they are even organic, but definitely not metamorphic. Good.
The Danes really know how to do a few things right: rock fesstivals, babes and hot dog stands. These little kiosks on the streets will have like 13 different varieties of hot dog and they are all awesome. A favorite game of my dear old days of yore gone conclusions was to play Ruin Everybody’s Hot Dog Experience Without Ruining Yours. This was played with only one phrase. Judicious use of the phrase “God, I miss Jack” will cause either laughter and choking on hot dogs or the inevitable comparison implicit in the phrase and then loss of apetite wil ensue.
Good Times.
Completely OT: I had a small-town burrito this weekend, made by white folks but in a kitchen owned by a Mexican. I cannot tell you how saddened the experience made me: Refried not black beans, almost no cilantro in the decidedly unspicy pico de gallo, no guac, third-rate cheapo tortillas, no shredded lettuce, shredded not grilled chicken.
A travesty! The only thing that was right about it was its size…
From the site PP linked: Accept no buns from bags! W.o.W.
teh, it sounds like it was TOO authentic for you. Not Chipotle™ enough.
There is one american brand of dog that is disgustingly red. I can’t remember if I have tried it.
“b) I have never heard of Sonoran hot dogs.”
ditto, and i’m mexican. with all that shit on them how big does that bun have to be?
best american hot dogs:
miller’s franks: http://www.millerhotdogs.com/shop.htm
casper’s hot dogs:
http://www.caspershotdogs.com/
if i was gonna eat entrails, snouts and rectums again, i’d start with a miller’s.
Entrails I can live with, but getting them to pay rent is a bitch.
Mmmm entrails. I’m a little with Chuckles on the hotdog thing. I tend to the kosher varieties for superior taste and for a minimization of eyelids (eyelids and especially gall bladder are too chewy for my liking). The good thing about kosher meat is you know where it came from. This is also precisely the downside of kosher steak.
Oh, the pictures of the El Guero Canelo made my head explode. I’ve got a whole team working on reattaching it, but so far unsuccessfully. YUMMY!
I am partial to Chicago dogs. Also, if you put ketchup on your dog, I do not know you. That’s the food equivalent of splitting tens in blackjack, you just don’t do it.
But the best hot dog I ever had was in Vienna. They core out these bagettes and drop the weiner in there. A little mustard and I was in heaven just outside of the Stephansdom.
See Brando, I like all kinds. I prefer mustard of course, but I find ketchup or BBQ can aid a lower quality dog. A strong beefy dog doesn’t need such a prop.
Especially if it’s wrapped in bacon.
I used to like ketchup on my knockwurst as a child. I now prefer a nice brown mustard, but I, like Pinko Punko, sometimes really think the addition of some lycophenes to a hotdog can greatly enhance. Italian sausage, in particular, is ideal with a 1:1 mix of brown mustard:BBQ sauce. Oh, and wrapped in bacon. Y.U.M.M.Y
My eyes cannot bear such heresy.
Actually the BBQ idea sounds good. Never done that. But the ketchup stays off — I just think it doesn’t go well with the dog the way it does with burgers.
I am salivating at the bacon dog concept. I’m having phantom chest pains just from the thought.
My Dad worked for the USDA for many years. The only thing worse than his hotdog stories are his liver stories. Hoo boy.
I am salivating at the bacon dog concept. I’m having phantom chest pains just from the thought.
I wonder if this is what brought Big Papi to the ER.
Mayo is what goes with burgers.
chili is what goes with dogs
At Ben’s Chili Bowl, DC’s most reknowned hot-doggery, they serve burgers with chili and mayonnaise. Even though that sounds off-putting it is, in fact, triple tasty.
Chili and onions is my favorite. I am not opposed to adding bacon…
For Italian sausage, anything other than grilled onions and peppers just aint right (mustard can be added as a bonus but will not substitute).
OT, but my hats off to 3B. You are now considered banned content on my work internets filter. Big brother is watching you…
fish, why did you hire AG to be your net admin???
fisho- it depends on how much bun you have. Like at Fenway sometimes you get a huge hoagie roll with the sausage. so onions, peppers, mustard and a splash of BQ or even——hot sauce—-magnifique!
fish, why did you hire AG to be your net admin???
That Yankemus fan? Neva!
chili is what goes with dogs
Now you’re talking. Sprinkle some cheddar on that and all you need is a defibulator nearby.
best american hot dogs:
Like, in terms of what’s prepared for ultimate consumption, or manufacture of the tube itself? Because if it’s the latter, two words: Vienna Beef. No one else is even close.
And I’m trying find a description of a dog-like contraption that can be found in Chicago called something like a “francheesey” or something. Hot dog, split and filled with cheese, wrapped in bacon, and deep fried (held together by toothpicks). Never had one, but they sound awesome.
Otherwise, no one’s gonna convince me that you’ll get anything better than a char dog at the Weiner’s Circle, so don’t even try.
Does a char dog have bacon? Game…set…match…
Speaking of cardiacs on a plate, one of the national dishes of Chile/Argentina is lomo a lo pobre, which consists of a steak, bedded on fries, and topped with fried onions and fried eggs.
Seitz, I love VB, but I don’t think they are the best. Klements are equally good for Chi-style, but I completely agree that char-style ups the ante on a normal Chi-dog. I like them both ways, I wouldn’t always order char, but man- oh and a char polish with chicago toppings. yum!
Can I also get some love for the O-Mayer Smokie Big Bite? Come on- that thing was good.
Gray’s Papaya in NYC- awesome
and some people like Georgia style- a chili dog with cole slaw- I could see that
This deep fried hotdog was featured on a PBS documentary called “Great Sandwiches” (a show that would probably send UC into a coma from mad desire). Gotta love teh sheer hubris of it all.
Link didn’t work.
Here it is:
http://www.hollyeats.com/RuttHut.htm
I don’t know if it’s the same place but I read recently that there was a Georgia establishment that served a hotdog inside a hamburger – both deep fat fried. For some reason that disturbs me much more than a DFF hotdog or hamburger alone.
Thanks fish. I’m now typing this from the cardiac wing of BWH. Stupid coronary artery clogging from desire of deep-fried hotdog ….
I have eaten at abunch of those places (Gret Sandwiches)- Kellys Roast Beef is on there. As is an I-Beef place. Yum!
Yeah Hollyeats has some really good places. For New England I’ve done Mr. Bartley’s, Clam Box, Kelly’s, and Woodman’s of Essex. All very good, although Clam Box is better than Woodman’s. I also really like roadfoods.com.
hot dog… inside?… hamburger? fried?
Just put it inside a duck/goose/turkey already, that’s too fru-fru for me.
While I love hamburgers topped with meat, hot dog is not the meat I would want.
OK meats:
bacon
ham
canadian bacon
pastrami
pepper bacon
God damn I want a pastrami burger right now.
That sounds amazing. Maybe topped with pepper bacon perhaps?
Our family anually roasts a whole pig on a spit and we stuff it with whole chickens. That is the only chicken I like….
“But the best hot dog I ever had was in Vienna. They core out these bagettes and drop the weiner in there. A little mustard and I was in heaven just outside of the Stephansdom.”
Incidentally, they did this in Denmark with certain varieties. Oh and I am crusing through Vienna in October and I will be buying a large jar/case of stone ground Ingelhoffer mustard and having at least one hot dog outside of Stephansdom. Probably closer to eating at least one hot dog kiosk outside of Stephandsom, but that is just quibbling.
“Our family anually roasts a whole pig on a spit and we stuff it with whole chickens. That is the only chicken I like….”
Will you adopt me fish? For that day and any more like it?
Sonoran hotdogs (bacon-wrapped grilled hotdogs, a roasted pepper on the side and your choice of condiments – salsa verde – pico de gallo – grilled onions – fresh sweet onions – fresh tomatoes – fresh cabbage -whole pinto beans – mustard – and yes the dreaded mayonnaise) .
That all sounds great. Except, you know, the hot dog part.
Oh, and Pinko? Kiss my ass.
With tongue.
Gregor was the one that posted you on your fotos!
Fair enough. Gregor, that was aimed at you.
Are we going to get photos of that action?
Chuckles I think that the video is up on YouTube already…