aah, I thought it was just chopped up onions. To me, relish should be caramelized: like this
I pay for the privilege whenever I am back in Chicago, so I would absolutely take your $5 to eat one!
It’s American-style sweet pickle relish — The Best Pickle Relish | Taste Test. (In American terms, “pickle” by itself means cucumber pickle.)
“Gherkin” in American usage refers to a specific size (small, but not as small as a cornichon) cucumber pickle, served whole.
The mustard is yellow American mustard. The most common brand is French’s and it’s served at almost any hamburger or hotdog joint — Catering | Gerrity's the Fresh Grocer
It is not hot at all. In fact it has almost no mustard flavor. It mostly tastes like turmeric.
I’m assuming this is a trick, because who wouldn’t say yes? Are the little green things insanely hot peppers or something? Is it all made of wax?
Also, I’d say no because I can’t handle raw onions.
Pass. Take that silly pickle spear away and maybe we’ll talk. Maybe.
At least there isn’t ketchup on it.
Sure, I’d eat it. It’s not my first choice for how to do up a dog, but I’ve got nothing against a well-made Chicago dog.
$5 is kind of a chintzy bribe, but I’d do it if I was hungry enough, then polish off a plate of Cincinnati-style five-way chili.
It’s all health food.
So, you’re paying me to eat lunch? Sure, I’ll do that.
I mean, I don’t like my hotdogs with all that crap on them normally (I’m a ketchup/mustard/sweet relish guy), but if you’re paying me then sure.
Can we do this everyday? It would really revolutionize my lunch budget.
Onions? Forget it. I hate when I have to knock down people when I have to RUN to the rest room. Repeatedly.
The whole thing looks a little ungainly to me, but like the man said, 5 bucks is 5 bucks.
Only with a natural casing wiener. That guy’s skinless. (But, yeah, I’ll eat it. Still, I don’t go for hot dogs unless it’s a place I know has natural casing dogs or I’m really desperate. The fully dressed style of Chicago dog, though, is not my personal favorite, as a Chicagoan.)
Sure! BTW, would $5 be enough to get me a 2nd dog?
Wait, you mean I get all those toppings, five bucks, **AND **I get to put ketchup on it?
Where do I sign!?
Eh. Over-fussy presentation, but gimme the finnif and I’m good with that.
I don’t like most of whats on that dog, but not enough to not eat a free dog AND get paid for it.
Bring it on.
I tried one when I visited Chicago this summer. At Portillo’s, which I discovered later was rated by TripAdvisor as the 22nd best restaurant in the city. It was delicious. Of course, part of it was the ingredients – the hot dog was all beef and the relish was freshly made (it was a bright green, like a fresh Ba-Tempte pickle). I’d love to be able to eat more of those.
A place here advertised them, so I gave it a shot. It was awful. The hot dog was just a cheap pork/chicken one, the relish was Heinz’s, they used banana peppers instead of a sport pepper, gave less tomato (one slice instead of two), and pickle chips instead of a full dill pickle. I wouldn’t try that one again if you paid me.
Yes, the wiener looks very off-putting to me, too—reminds me of the cheap, industrial, sort of gummy ones you find at the bottom of the shelf. I’m also not a great fan of tomatoes, but for a fiver, sure, I’ve eaten worse things I paid for.
Can I eat two dogs for $10?
+1
Tomatoes? Why’d it have to be tomatoes?