I hope they don’t start selling them… hot dogs smell SOOOOOOO bad… the fewer places that serve them the better, for me.
Story I heard was that some cities have “high hot dog consciousness”, while others could care less. Pretty much, either it’s a hot dog city, or it’s not. Cities i know of where people seem fanatic about hot dogs include Chicago, Buffalo, and Rochester. Hot dog stands in the Buffalo area are ALL locally owned, and they have fanatic followings. Buffalonians tend to have an anti-chain mindset; anything local is more “authentic”, “genuine”, “real” and so on, and if a local chain gets too big or expands nationally, it’s perceived as being less “authentic”.
Ketchup on hot dogs depends on the hot dog. Oscar Meyer wieners and other crappy pseudo-dogs? Hell, yeah, they get ketchup. Koegels natural franks? Nope, just a bit of mustard and chopped onion. Hebrew National? Great dog, but they get my special German curry ketchup and pico de gallo (tomato, onion, serrano, cilantro).
Despite what everyone in my area thinks, “coney sauce” only goes good on appropriate hot dogs, too. Also for some reason, people are under the misconception that coney island sauce is a type of chili; it’s not so, and you’re in for a big disappointment if you go to Sonic and get a chili dog.
You’re in for a bigger disappointment if you go outside of Michigan and order a coney island. I remember one time in Texas I was stupid enough to order a coney island hot dog. It was some stupid nasty thing with sweet pickle relish and other horrid ingredients. When I explained what I wanted, they gave me a chili dog instead. My god, it was loaded with some saucy hamburger-and-kidney-bean concoction!
Meant to add, “chili” is a shortening of “chile con carne,” which is a southwest United States dish with a specific origin an expectation. For the same reasons that coney island sauce isn’t “chili,” “chilis” from other parts of the world aren’t chili either. They can be other, equally good dishes. You can call them chilis, and find them on the menu as chilis, but it will always be qualified. So you can say that something is a Greek, chili like dish, but there’s no such thing as Greek chili, unless it is a modern Greek adaption of chili, in which case, it is fake because it was changed. I like (and make) a great white chili, but I have to describe it as white chili so you know that it’s not real chili. It is in fact, fake.
Also seems like a good time to point out the (I hope by now) obvious difference between chili powder, and chile powder.
As with most words in the English language, it takes a Southerner to know the correct ones.
The proper term for what you are refering to as a “Corn Dog” is Dip Dog.
McDonald’s served fajitas and pizza at one point. I can’t believe hot dogs didn’t pan out.
You mean ones like “might could”?
Exactly. And “fixin’ ta.”
As in, “I’m sorry you called, ‘cause I can’t talk right now. We’re fixin’ ta eat some corn dogs! You think you might could call back tamorrah?”
I’m goin’ straight to Native Southerner hell.
Correction: There is no “Mex” about it. Chili is purely a Texas dish, with input from Spain. It isn’t a part of the Mexican food experience at all.
Bathizar is correct in noting that all other “chilis” are not chili. They are knock-offs and/or similar items only. That doesn’t mean I’m not going to chow down on a 5-way every time I’m in Cincinatti. It just means I don’t consider what they serve chili.
Born in Georgia, raised in North Carolina, never heard “dip dog” in my life.
Seconded. Never lived anywhere that didn’t have “Carolina” in it’s name. Maybe it’s a “Deep South” thing?
“Dip dog?” Never heard of such a thing, anywhere. A corn dog is a corn dog.
A quick check of on-line sources says they are sometimes called “dippy dogs” in parts of Australia. Can’t get much deeper South than that!
Never heard of a dip dog, either, and I’ve spent 95% of my life in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.
Recipe?
And while I’m here, this needs to be covered with something! I don’t care if you use mustard, ketchup or chili. Just cover it.
– Bob
Cthulu dog!
LOL. Four bucks in the ethnic food aisle.
Anyone ever have a corn dog made with a Nathan’s hot dog?
Eat well, my friends; eat well.
A cursory Google search brings up some hits from Virginia. First time I ever heered of it.
That’s not a comestible, it’s a cartoon character.
There’s also a small cart/wagon near the end of Disneylands Main steet which sells hand-made corn dogs. Excellent, and i don’t even like corn dogs usually.
BTW, the Left Coast also has Pinks out there near Hollywood.