23 Hot Dogs That Will Show You What America Tastes Like A guide to the wide, beautiful world of regional American hot dogs.

the take out ^

[mylife]

yup, lose the pasta..

[Leep]

And a stout ale.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

When I moved to TN, I couldn't get my favorite local natural casing dogs from up North.

After a long search, I found Dietz and Watson natural casing dogs. Man they are GOOD. They have that [snap!] when you bite them.

[Pollard]

Sabrett with red onions and brown mustard. Had a NYer tell me what region that was from but I don’t remember now.

[nascarnation]

Dietz and Watson stuff is awesome but these days it’s priced unbelievably high, at least around here. All the lunch meats are double digit $$/pound.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Ha! My Mom would make spaghetti with chili on it for Saturday supper sometimes. I never knew it was kind of weird until we moved to MA sooo many years ago.

[lizma2]

“just a terrible brand!”

My dog loves them!!

I’m a Nathan’s fan with mustard and onions.

[fhayek]

Let me guess. You come from a Western New York city that is named after a large animal....

[Mount Athos]

The only thing I’d put on a hot dog is mustard, onions, maybe jalapenos.
But just mustard is good.
Any mustard that is not sweet

[mylife]

[nascarnation]

You’d probably get arrested bringing that in now, LOL.

[mylife]

mustard so good it was requested in space!

[Fresh Wind]

What’s wrong with ketchup? That’s the only thing I will put on a hot dog.

[mylife]

:(

[CletusVanDamme]

Around Boston there is Maple Leaf brand. Excellent dogs, if you can find them.

[Freedumb]

I recommend #8 in the article, the Italian hot dog from NJ. Hot dog in a Italian roll with fried potatoes, onions and peppers.

[filospinato]

Yep, Zweigle’s white hots. I grew up on those in the Rochester area.

[AirForceMom]

Yes I do lol. Cheektowaga, N.Y.

[PeteyBoy]

They’re best when you get them at Ted’s!

[fhayek]

I lived in Cheektowaga for a while. Around there, if you have a cookout, and you use any hot dog other than Sahlens, you are shunned and will become a social outcast.