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LIVE! From the FReeper Canteen ~ It's Camp Run-A-Muk! ~ Nyuk!Nyuk!Nyuk! ~ Friday, April 15, 2005
My "VOICES", "kitty-katz", the Canteen Crew, and FRiends of the Canteen

Posted on 04/14/2005 7:59:26 PM PDT by tomkow6

 
 
For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday...
Thank the Veterans who served in
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Support The United States Armed Forces Today!
 
 

 

....I'm hungry...me too..quit pickin' your nose...ain't TomKow gonna feed us?....naww...he ain't here.....where's he at now?.....him & Acad are on a field trip, something to do with silicone....well, who's gonna feed us?....don't ask Ma....she almost burned down the Canteen last time she cooked....let's go bug MoJo....YEAH!...she'll cook our next to favorite food....HOT DOGS!!!!....ALRIGHT!....everybody! let's all head over to MoJo's!

Welcome to
Camp RUN-A-MUK!

 

Camp Run-A-Muk THEME SONG!

Where the Plan Of the Day is: Mirth...Merriment...and FUN!
Kick back! Relax! Tell a joke or two! Have a brew!
The BAR is OPEN!
We've got Eye candy...Mind candy...
and Chicken soup for the soul!

Today, we're gonna look at AMERICA'S favorite fast food!  The HOT DOG!

.......Hey, what's in a hot dog, anyway?....

Nope. You're not allowed to ask that one. And do you really want to know anyway? For the record, the Council refers to the actual meat as "specially selected meat trimmings." They would like to point out, however, that thanks to stricter U.S. Department of Agriculture rules, hot-dog meat has become much leaner and, unless otherwise indicated, must be made from muscle (as most meat found in supermarkets is).

Most supermarket hot dogs use cellulose casings, which are removed before packaging. Some, however, still use the traditional natural casings, made from animal intestines.  By law, a hot dog can contain up to 3.5 percent of "non-meat ingredients." Don't be scared. This is usually just some type of milk or soy product used to add to the nutritional value. Many hot dogs may be relatively high in fat and sodium, but they are also a good source of protein, iron, and other necessary vitamins.

......How did the hot dog get its name?

The term "hot dog" is credited to sports cartoonist Tad Dorgan. At a 1901 baseball game at the Polo Grounds in New York, vendors began selling hot dachsund sausages in rolls.  From the press box, Dorgan could hear the vendors yelling, "Get your dachshund sausages while they're red hot!" He sketched a cartoon depicting the scene but wasn't sure how to spell "dachshund" so he called them simply, "hot dogs." And the rest is history.

Also called frankfurters, frank, weenie, wienie, wiener, dog, and red hot. A cooked sausage that consists of a combination of beef and pork or all beef, which is cured, smoked, and cooked. Seasonings may include coriander, garlic, ground mustard, nutmeg, salt, sugar, and white pepper. They are fully cooked but are usually served hot. Sizes range from big dinner frankfurters to tiny cocktail size. Hot dogs are among America's favorite foods. Every year, Americans consume on average 60 hot dogs! Hot dogs are primarily regarded as a fun, summertime food, and most are eaten between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Americans are not the only ones who love hot dogs. The Spanish call them "perrito caliente," in Italian, it's "cane caldo," the French refer to them as "chien chaud," Germans call them "Heisser Hund," and the Dutch have dubbed them "worstjes."

Did You Know?
Movie actress Marlene Dietrich (1902-1992) once said that hot dogs and champagne were her favorite meal.

It is said that the legendary baseball player Babe Ruth (1895-1948) once downed 24 hot dogs between games of a double header.

Hot dogs are primarily regarded as a fun, summertime food, and most are eaten between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Vienna Beef Makes World's Longest Hot Dog: 16 Feet, 1 Inch

To celebrate National Hot Dog Month and the Fourth of July last year, the Chicago-based Vienna Beef assembled the world's longest hot dog, measuring 16 feet, 1 inch and topping the previous record of 15 feet, 3 inches recorded in Pennsylvania in 2001. The giant feat took place near Buckingham Fountain during the annual Taste of Chicago food festival.

All across America, Americans like to eat their hot dogs differently:


Pelikan?                                     Acad?

Texas Corn Dog


Invented for the Texas State Fair in 1942, the Corn Dog is now a popular favorite throughout the south. This all-beef frank is dipped in a corn batter and fried crisp. Served with mustard (try it with Dundee honey mustard) and coleslaw, the Texas Corn Dog is a great kids' favorite.

Cincinnati Cheese Coney


Many American towns have their "Coney Island Dogs," even though Coney Island is part of New York City. Cincinnati was selected as the representative Coney Island Dog. It has a renowned chili topping—spiced with chili powder, paprika, nutmeg, chocolate, and cinnamon. This version is a Vienna Beef frank served with Cincinnati chili, mild cheddar cheese, diced onions, and Ohio's own Bertman Ball Park mustard, considered by many fans to be the finest stadium mustard in America.
 

Dodger Dog


From Los Angeles comes the pork frankfurter by Farmer John, served on a steamed foot-long bun with mustard and relish.
 

And OUR FAVORITE.....

Chicago Red Hot


Some places will cater to the customers with sauerkraut, lettuce or even ketchup. Other restaurants disperse small packets of ketchup and require their customers to destroy the hot dog themselves. But a Chicago-style dog was best described by 'The Frugal Gourmet' - Jeff Smith - as being a salad on a bun or 'dragged through the garden', even when they wander from the traditional Chicago style. The key feature is lots of toppings, many of which resemble vegetables. And although it's not strictly a 'topping', a beer goes great with the hot dog too!

The Chicago Dog/Chicago Style Hot Dog is a thing of beauty, friends. It is The hot dog -- everything else in comparison is just a wiener in a bun.

The origin of the one true dog is debated, but is generally credited to Austria-Hungarian Anton Ludwig Feuchtwanger who was assembling them as early as 1893 for the Chicago Worlds Fair.

The Chicago Dog is important because, unlike traditional (term used loosely) dogs where there is too much bun and not enough other, the Chicago Dog gives an excellent overall balance -- the wiener is not the focal point of the dog, but is taken as part of the whole work of art.

The reason for this is that there is more to them than meat, bread and condiments. Individual preferences and recipes will always have some wiggle room, but generally a Chicago Dog will have steamed or boiled frank with yellow mustard, pickle relish, chopped onion, tomato wedges (not slices, wedges), a kosher dill spear and celery salt/celery seed. Acceptable (and recommended) additions are hot "sport" peppers (whole, not sliced), and some people say diced green pepper is good, though I don't prefer it myself.

There are few mandates about it's assembly save a few points: the mustard will be drizzled off the side of the wiener (not on top of it), the tomato (WEDGES!) will be placed on the frank/bun crevice on one side and the pickle spear on the other. This pickle/tomato placement them builds up the sides of the 'dog and makes a neat furrow for the relish/onions/peppers to sit in without falling out before you partake.

Never put ketchup/catsup/catchup/whatever on it. Ever. It's just not an option. Deal with it.

VIENNA® BEEF CHICAGO STYLE HOT DOG

Heat in water, steam, grill or microwave to 170°F. Place the authentic Vienna® Beef Hot Dog in a steamed poppyseed bun. Then pile on the toppings in this order:

1. Yellow Mustard
2. Bright Green Relish
3. Fresh Chopped Onions
4. Two Tomato Wedges
5. A Kosher Pickle Spear
6. Two Sport Peppers (careful!)
7. A Dash of Celery Salt

How do YOU fix your dogs???

 



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To: Darksheare
It may be a metamorphosis . . . ready Kafka?
461 posted on 04/15/2005 5:12:42 AM PDT by Laurita (Mo-om! I'm ho-ome!!!!)
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To: Darksheare

Morning,Darksheare!


462 posted on 04/15/2005 5:13:09 AM PDT by Mrs.Nooseman
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To: Mrs.Nooseman
My "partner in crime"! Tis always good to see you here. LOL Do you work today? Do you have time to play? LOL

Hugs!

463 posted on 04/15/2005 5:13:26 AM PDT by CelticLass (The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.~ I Cor. 15:26)
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To: beachn4fun

I'm home in the canteen . . . I'm still in Korea. My home away from home. But they've got me on another post and I'm feeling very much at home here.


464 posted on 04/15/2005 5:13:41 AM PDT by Laurita (Mo-om! I'm ho-ome!!!!)
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To: NRA1995

On #450. And, the rest sounds nice, too.

465 posted on 04/15/2005 5:13:46 AM PDT by beachn4fun (a momentary lapse into the "duh" zone.)
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To: CelticLass

{{{{{{{{{{{Lass}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}


466 posted on 04/15/2005 5:14:05 AM PDT by NRA1995 ("The Minuteman Project: doing the job our government doesn't want to do")
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To: tomkow6

HowDEEEEEEE! </Minnie Pearl>


467 posted on 04/15/2005 5:14:54 AM PDT by NRA1995 ("The Minuteman Project: doing the job our government doesn't want to do")
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To: Darksheare
Now I know why I cannot pin your coming and going down. LOL

Sorry to hear about your allergies, many suffer this time of year (and then again in the fall). I've a sister that takes shots, which helps, but certain pollens seem to defy even her shots.

468 posted on 04/15/2005 5:16:04 AM PDT by CelticLass (The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.~ I Cor. 15:26)
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To: Laurita
Oh, OK. I hadn't seen you at the Canteen in some time so I thought it might have been due to the "silent" time of the return. Good to have you back. Let her rip! Tom needs a good heckling
469 posted on 04/15/2005 5:18:07 AM PDT by beachn4fun (a momentary lapse into the "duh" zone.)
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To: CelticLass
For a long time nobody was responding to me and I was wondering what is going on?I finally put on my tagline, I'm not a troll. LOL! It worked, people would check my history.
470 posted on 04/15/2005 5:18:22 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: CelticLass

Sorry to butt in, but the cherry trees are almost finished blooming and the ground is covered with petals like snow . . . new pollen, new allergies. I find claritin and allegra are good, claritin is better, though.


471 posted on 04/15/2005 5:18:32 AM PDT by Laurita (Mo-om! I'm ho-ome!!!!)
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To: beachn4fun

I'll have to relearn HTML again . . . nope silence due to TDY, live fire training and moving (again) not necessarily in that order, though.


472 posted on 04/15/2005 5:19:46 AM PDT by Laurita (Mo-om! I'm ho-ome!!!!)
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To: Bethbg79
Are you saying you and Big Bad Wolf are full of hot air? LOL All kidding aside, I'll appreciate any warm breezes you can send my way. (big smile)

I know it won't be long before I'll be whining about our heat and humidity (and knowing others suffer with it more than we do here). It just proves the weather rarely please us all at all times. LOL

Hugs!

473 posted on 04/15/2005 5:20:26 AM PDT by CelticLass (The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.~ I Cor. 15:26)
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To: beachn4fun
Good Morning FReeper Canteen!
Good Morning Beachn4fun!!
474 posted on 04/15/2005 5:20:39 AM PDT by Cool Multiservice Soldier (I never said it was your fault, I said I was going to blame you.)
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To: E.G.C.

Awesome! So glad you had a good birthday!


475 posted on 04/15/2005 5:20:54 AM PDT by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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To: Laurita

Thank YOU for your service! It's nice to finally meet you. :-)


476 posted on 04/15/2005 5:21:34 AM PDT by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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To: NRA1995

LOL By the way, NRA, I like your tag (how true it is). Hugs!


477 posted on 04/15/2005 5:22:04 AM PDT by CelticLass (The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.~ I Cor. 15:26)
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To: GodBlessUSA
WHAT? No one would talk to you. Well, we can fix that


478 posted on 04/15/2005 5:22:27 AM PDT by beachn4fun (a momentary lapse into the "duh" zone.)
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To: CelticLass
"Thank you" from Meekie and Qing Ying! :)

479 posted on 04/15/2005 5:22:32 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Cool Multiservice Soldier

Good morning CMS. How are you this morning?


480 posted on 04/15/2005 5:23:43 AM PDT by beachn4fun (a momentary lapse into the "duh" zone.)
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