Posted on 08/02/2022 11:35:30 AM PDT by mylife
There are many ways to prepare and consume hot dogs, and I enjoy the entire spectrum. Give me a grilled dog, an air fried dog, a split or spiraled dog, a Costco dog, or a chili dog. I will eat them all. I do, however, have a special place in my heart and stomach for dirty water dogs.
Dirty water dogs are those classic, iconic hot dogs you get from a cart on the street, usually in New York, though not exclusively. (My favorite dirty water dog cart growing up was run by a man named George who hung out near the Church of Scientology in Los Angeles. Great hot dogs; interesting location.) The dogs are cooked and held in a vat of salty, seasoned water, and they are plump, juicy, and infused with flavor. But you don’t need your own cart, or even a large vat, to give your hot dogs a dirty water vibe.
I’ve made a sous-vide version of these before, but you don’t need that fancy of a setup to enjoy this infused frank. (It’s a cool party trick, however, if you want to make a whole bunch for a crowd and keep them warm for a few hours.) All you really need is a big pot, some red wine vinegar and a few choice seasonings, an optional pinch of curing salt if you want to mimic the “extracted nitrates” the dogs are exposed to in the vat, and—of course—some hot dogs (just make sure they’re not skinless).
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I remember from the 1960’s a hot dog cooker where you put them between the electrodes and plugged it in. It took like 5 minutes to “cook” them but they were absolutely disgusting. It was like a Presto or West Bend.
“I char my brats then simmer in beer so they plump but don’t split, apply mustard and onions...delicious”
I’ll have to try that.
Be there in half an hour...
My work territory used to be downtown Philadelphia in the Historic Old City section. My meals were exclusively chosen by my favorite cart vendors. The best dirty water dogs and sausages ever. The caramelized onions from the steam table are a delicacy unrepeated in any other form. Cart vendors for Chinese food are great too.
We did that in HS Science showing the difference between Amps and Volts.
Via a sacrificial hot dog, we learned it’s not about the volts, it’s the amps that will get you.
worthy of its own thread...
Not a dog eater but my wife is....grilled some for her for July 4th while I was doing burgers. Later I decided to just eat one by itself....no bun, or condiments just the dog. I refrain from using salt every chance I get so maybe now I’m hypersensitive to it but the sodium was absolutely overpowering. Wow.
Brats are rare for me now but i do love ‘em. I do mine on my weber charcoal grill.....absolutely awesome but man are they unhealthy.....if my cardiologist found out I was eating brats he’d probably drive to my house and slap me.
brats rule!
This is what makes America great.
hilarious!!
Good idea. We have good sausage products from a company called Swaggerty’s out of TN.
This one includes a recipe for an onion sauce topping:
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/new-york-dirty-water-hot-dogs-50120589
(I can’t remember where, but I read an article by a man who said his grandmother’s secret to great hot dogs was to boil them for a very long time - until they actually puff and split a little..)
Ping
“you get from a cart on the street, usually in New York”
Gag me with a maggot, NYC?
We had one of those
The hotdog was horrible cooked in it
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