What hot dogs do you use?

I bought a selection today. I have some Asda hot dog bursts. They are more like normal sausages and they are filled with american mustard. I also got some Hessy's hot dogs and a 5 jar Wikinger bockwurst style hot dogs.I will update this thread as I eat them to tel you what I think.
 
Gilly said:
I have little knowledge of german sausage. Looking it up, bockwurst seems to be the type of thing I'm after, but I don't know the difference between them, bratwurst, weisswurst and the rest.
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Bratwurst are usually grilled and often sold as street food in mini baguettes.

Weisswurst are awesome as well, my favourite way being a Bavarian breakfast of weisswurst, sweet mustard, warm pretzel and a beer :D. (They. Just get poached but you do have to skin them afterwards; it is easy though).

Try them all if you get the chance :D. Some need cooking and others are already essentially cooked and just need warming up afterwards by poaching or on the grill.
 
howiepoohs said:
In vast metal vats, tons of pork trimmings (made up of testicles, snouts, ears etc) are mixed with the pink slurry formed when chicken carcasses are squeezed through metal grates and blasted with water.
The mush is mixed with powdered preservatives, flavourings, red colouring and drenched in water before being squeezed into plastic tubes to be cooked and packaged.

I don't eat hot dogs.
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I love tomato sauce on mine
 
robfosters well I hope you make it after howiepoohs harrowing decsription of what he saw in the factory, how are you preparing them.

This Guardian article suggested poaching and then grill/frying
 
jpaul said:
robfosters well I hope you make it after howiepoohs harrowing decsription of what he saw in the factory, how are you preparing them.

This Guardian article suggested poaching and then grill/frying
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Standard way for hot dogs. Poach in simmering water. The Asda hot dog bursts cannot be done this way as they are not precooked so they will be fried. if I wait until the weekend I will stick them on the bbq. Onions will be simmered in the same water as the dogs.

Ye Olde Oak had a jar of hot dog onion today for £1.50. Such a rip off. It was just a jar of about 10p worth of chopped onion that had obviously just been simmered until the usual hot dog consistency and then dumped in the jar with some fresh water. Money for old rope.
 
Dijon myself, or honey dijon if no caramalised onions. But so many tasty ways.
I actually like peanut butter and jam hotdogs. Saw it on man v food. Its what I like about burgers, hotdogs and toasted snadwhiches perfect opotunity to play with flavours and toppings.

Now going back to howiepoohs silly post.
It depends what you buy.
Mechanically reclaimed meat has to be named as such. Good brands won't be mechanically reclaimed.
Testes and other offal can not be labeled as meat.
Not that there is anything wrong with offal at all. What do you think natural casings are.
You also need to understand preservatives are. And not just go preservative/e number aggghhhh. Not all are equal.
For example two most common in preserved meats are e300 and e250. Oh no, been fortified with vitamin c and sodium nitrate. Eat bacon?

And that is why its a stupid post and you are blocking a type of food for stuff many of them don't even contain.
 
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What's with all his hipster 'wurst' nonsense, that is just a sausage in a bun NOT a 'hotdog' by all that is holy.

It's not a hotdog unless the principle component has spent most of it's life in suspended animation in some sort of brine-esque fluid.

And you, the post above me, veggie hotdog ???, wash your mouth out, that's worst than the wurst mob :D
 
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hyperseven said:
What's with all his hipster 'wurst' nonsense, that is just a sausage in a bun NOT a 'hotdog' by all that is holy.

It's not a hotdog unless the principle component has spent most of it's life in suspended animation in some sort of brine-esque fluid.

And you, the post above me, veggie hotdog ???, wash your mouth out, that's worst than the wurst mob :D
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I tend to agree.

Bockwurst and all that are not proper hot dogs, they are sausages. Granted they may be better for some than actual hot dogs, but hot dogs they are not. By all definition, hot dogs are a totally rubbish food, but I dont care, they are delicious.
 
hyperseven said:
What's with all his hipster 'wurst' nonsense, that is just a sausage in a bun NOT a 'hotdog' by all that is holy.

It's not a hotdog unless the principle component has spent most of it's life in suspended animation in some sort of brine-esque fluid.

And you, the post above me, veggie hotdog ???, wash your mouth out, that's worst than the wurst mob :D
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Errr wurst is a type of sausage. Not in a bun at all.

I like the ones made of balls and ass pieces. They're the best.
 
Shakes head.

A good Frankfurt is a hit dog and far better than cheap canned stuff.

Its like saying walls sausages are great in toad in the hole. Because you had it as a kid. When we all know proper English sausage like a Cumberland is so much better and still authentic.
 
I am not even kidding on that. This is what they look like in German IKEA. They're amazing :p

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Glaucus said:
Shakes head.

A good Frankfurt is a hit dog and far better than cheap canned stuff.

Its like saying walls sausages are great in toad in the hole. Because you had it as a kid. When we all know proper English sausage like a Cumberland is so much better and still authentic.
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But all your fancy pants sausages are still not Hotdogs, why you may ask, I will give you a secret pro tip.

I know its a Hotdog because its says HOTDOG(s) on the bloody packaging, not rocket science :D

Imagine those Hotdog eating contests in the states if they used a wurst instead of a standard dog, they would be stuffed after two.

And anyone who pipes up saying sauerkraut is better topping than over boiled or fried onions is going straight on my ignore list.... :D
 
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The wurst bit might be pretentious, but the Aldi jarred ones are labelled bockwurst and are in a liquid which I thought was brine so I think they qualify as hot dogs ? They are nice anyway as others said earlier.

Anyway following comments in Guardian article I referenced

2. The beef hot dog has many different subspecies.

a) The Chicago beef is purely of the type created by the Vienna Beef people. it is a class by itself that has nothing to do with the NY style, or the Michigan Coney Island style. Yes, MI (Coney Island). It means the sauce, and also goes with a particular type of dog and bread/roll.

b) the Manhattan all-beef KOSHER STYLE and pure KOSHER are created by a very few companies. They have sizes like 8/lb, and so forth, that does make a difference. Gray's Papaya is a well-known purveyor. Sabrett's is a well-known brand, but it and Nathan's, are all produced from the same meat plant in metro NYC. Best's Kosher style dogs in NJ, and their corned brisket, also set a benchmark.

c) Wisconsin has several very high quality all-beef purveyors. Go to Roadfood for serious discussions on hot dogs.

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Gilbert's Kosher Hot Dogs, which you can find at a Waitrose or Sainsburys with a good kosher section, is the best I've had. I'm a Yank and it's the closest I've found to that NY kosher hot dog taste.
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( I think the USA has some hot dog pedigree - we need to keep some friends )

Could not find these this morning in Waitrose - but am now looking for the beef sub species - anyone spotted one
 
jpaul said:
The wurst bit might be pretentious, but the Aldi jarred ones are labelled bockwurst and are in a liquid which I thought was brine so I think they qualify as hot dogs ? They are nice anyway as others said earlier.

Anyway following comments in Guardian article I referenced



( I think the USA has some hot dog pedigree - we need to keep some friends )

Could not find these this morning in Waitrose - but am now looking for the beef sub species - anyone spotted one
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Costco, they sell them and also serve them in the Cafe.
 
Canned hotdogs....
Theyre not hotdogs they're "hotdog shaped" tubes filled with vile muck not suitable for dog food imho

Aldi Brats are awesome

Maundie said:
Love the Tesco or Aldi bratwurst, the Lidl ones are too thin for me.

Costco do the Rollover dogs or there's another brand (Chicago Best or something) that's a 1/4 pound dog that they sell in the cafe that's immense.
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The chicago ones and the kirkland ones from costco are both immense!
They're my usual goto, the kirkland ones only come in huge packs tho so its normally the chicago one's I get which are around £3 for a pack of 5.

If were having people round or a BBQ or anything 100% the kirkland ones
 
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