# Hebrew National are the best hot dogs around **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 1, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612 "2003-04-01T02:08:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/1 "2003-04-01T02:08:54Z")
Our town grocery has been out of Hebrew National for about a month. I drove 100 miles to get some this weekend. It was worth it. I have eaten every type of “frank” since our local grocery quit carrying Hebrew National. There is no comparison. If you have yet to try them - you don’t know what you are missing. It’s like comparing round steak to Filet Mignon. Sorry - just had a couple and had to share. TV ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/2 "2003-04-01T02:25:04Z")
I had some last night, and I must wholeheartedly agree. I’m about to have the rest in a few. Though, Nathan’s are a close second…😉 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/3 "2003-04-01T03:29:21Z")
Hebrew National are the best – no argument. They even have the best slogan (“We answer to a higher authority.”) Nathan’s are quite close, though, with Sabrett’s a solid third. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/4 "2003-04-01T03:58:57Z")
[Sabretts](http://www.sabrett.com/) with hot mustard, relish, and onions, baby! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/5 "2003-04-01T04:47:01Z")
Hebrew Nationals are definitely the best hot dogs available at supermarkets. But whenever I’m back in New York, I have to get a Sabrett hot dog at an umbrella stand, with EVERYTHING! ---
**Author:** ![TigoleBitties](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@TigoleBitties](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TigoleBitties)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/6 "2003-04-01T05:20:39Z")
BAH! The best hot dog…is one with a ballpark around it. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/7 "2003-04-01T05:28:07Z")
Hewbrew National are good, I’ll grant you that, but for grilling outdoors, I prefer the Bests Kosher or the homemade ones from the local Rumanian Kosher Deli. They seem to take the char a bit better. ---
**Author:** ![Lure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@Lure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lure)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/8 "2003-04-01T06:12:14Z")
I was always partial to the \*\* Zion \*\* brand in supermarkets myself,but could make do with a \*\* Hebrew National \*\* Beware tho,these are meant for grilling.Have to admit the \*\* Sabrett’s \*\* dirty dogs are great boiled with the red onions.These franks seem to have a “looser” composition than the grilling kind and the water seems to flow thru them rather than blow them up.Could be my imagination. I have never understood the appeal of \*\* Nathan’s \*\* too salty.Only ate them when it was the only one available whenever I went to Coney island. But who are these people wo are addicted to \*\* Oscar Mayer \*\* meat franks or other like abominations.I read one of those labels and they actually put chicken parts in them. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/9 "2003-04-01T06:25:42Z")
How is it that the first time this ;j guy is used is so late? And can someone explain to me why I’ve seen Dodger Dogs at the supermarket? ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/10 "2003-04-01T06:59:44Z")
Casper’s pretty much beats the band. Great snap and a good length too. Second only to custom made franks like Top Dog , Dittmer’s or that penultimate of wieners, those little red Danish hot dogs that none of you probably know about. Don’t worry, it’s a Scandihoovian thing. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/11 "2003-04-01T07:05:26Z")
**Hebrew National** are the second best frank out there. **Kowalski** natural-casing franks, grilled outside, reign supreme. Alas, only us Michiganders can get Kowalski franks, I believe. And only us Michiganders can run down to Hamtramck, to eat at the Kowalski Cafe. It simply does not get fresher then that; Eating across the street from the processing plant! ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/12 "2003-04-01T07:21:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Brutus \* > … Eating across the street from the processing plant! You say that like it’s a good thing … People who like sausages or law-making should avoid witnessing either. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/13 "2003-04-01T07:39:20Z")
You’ve never had the pleasure of making your own sausage? And holy crap that sounds bad, I know. And Hamtramck, which is a mini-city within Detroit, doesn’t exactly have the delicate odor of roses wafting through it anyways… But there was this one time, when I was walking around Detroit after classes at WSU, that I saw a pig go haul-assing across the I-75 overpass. Escapee from a nearby slaughter-house. That exhausts my supply of cute and harmless Detroit stories. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/14 "2003-04-01T07:47:53Z")
I think there should be two categories for ‘best hot dog’: **cased** and **uncased**. Uncased would again be reigned by Hebrew National, and cased would have Boar’s Head Brand in the lead, IM(not-so-H)O. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/15 "2003-04-01T07:49:21Z")
No, scratch that; cased would have Katz’s and Heid’s (of Liverpool, NY) in the lead. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/16 "2003-04-01T09:13:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Troy McClure SF \* > \*\*And can someone explain to me why I’ve seen Dodger Dogs at the supermarket? \*\* I’ve never seen’ em. But Dodger Dogs at Dodger stadium are hard to beat. Too bad the Dodgers aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/17 "2003-04-01T09:24:27Z")
If these hot dogs are kosher, are they made of beef? Was the traditional frankfurter pork? ---
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/18 "2003-04-01T14:34:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*If these hot dogs are kosher, are they made of beef? > > Was the traditional frankfurter pork? \*\* Yes, kosher hot dogs are made from kosher beef. At lease, the 100% beef ones are. Kosher chicken dogs are made from kosher chicken. Kosher veal sausage is made from kosher veal. ;j ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/19 "2003-04-01T15:34:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Troy McClure SF \* > \*\* > And can someone explain to me why I’ve seen Dodger Dogs at the supermarket? \*\* We have Phillies Phranks in our area. They’re so damn expensive! It’s cheaper to go to the Vet and buy one there. At least you’ll get a ball game to watch… ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-national-are-the-best-hot-dogs-around/165612/20 "2003-04-01T16:55:42Z")
I tried to keep my son from eating hot dogs, but at 15 months we were at a picnic and his older cousin was having one. He popped a piece and it was all over. This was at a time when we were challenged trying to get him to eat and put on weight, so they became a part of his regular menu. I was lamenting how awful they might be for him, and a friend mentioned Hebrew national. So I got some. My son turned up his nose. Obviously they had too much quality and too few nitrates. Sigh.