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Hot Dogs

My wife is from Fairport just outside Rochester. She introduced me to what the locals call "white hots" and "Jenny Cream Ale". Nice combination.

Brother-in-law taught at Ithaca College and back in the day we loved going to the Rongovian Embassy. I hear it closed a few years ago.
 
Jenny Cream Ale... Ouch. We called 'em Jenny Screamers... The "regular" Jenny we called Red Eyes due to the red oval logo on the can.

My buddy has the Jenny Spring Bock logo tattooed on his forearm. He's hardcore.

Back to hotdogs, and CNY... Got a pack of Hoffmans in the freezer right now. Glad they have a distributer down here on the correct side of the Mason-Dixon. Still haven't found and Weber's mustard though. Perhaps I'll grab a case when I head back up to NY this February to help some family friends get 9000+ maple trees tapped.

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Jenny Cream Ale... Ouch. We called 'em Jenny Screamers... The "regular" Jenny we called Red Eyes due to the red oval logo on the can.

My buddy has the Jenny Spring Bock logo tattooed on his forearm. He's hardcore.

Back to hotdogs, and CNY... Got a pack of Hoffmans in the freezer right now. Glad they have a distributer down here on the correct side of the Mason-Dixon. Still haven't found and Weber's mustard though. Perhaps I'll grab a case when I head back up to NY this February to help some family friends get 9000+ maple trees tapped.

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You picked a neat small town in TR. Gorgeous mountains near by and Greenville is becoming a resort city. I hear TR has a good brewery which I mean to try. Know that part of the state well as I grew up in Pickens County.
 
Come on on guys, it's not 'Jenny' , rather .... 'Genny' ! and FWIW the brewery is now known as 'High Falls Brewery' and real men would drink their '12 Horse Ale' !!
 
My all time favorite place back home....nothing better!! Been there since Moby Dick was a minnow. Better get there early for lunch....line is around the block!
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"Skins" has the best hot dogs in South Carolina. They've been in business since 1946 with locations in Greenville, Anderson, Seneca, Easley and Clemson.

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FWIW I didn't vote for him.
 
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I used to live just down the street from Hot Doug's in Chicago. Could walk down and get lunch at any time! then they had a fire, moved a couple of miles away and had lines every day at lunch...

https://www.hotdougs.com/

Unfortunately, closed now
 
I love just about every variety of tubesteak, but the Italian dog holds a special place in my heart. (Pass the Lipitor, please ! :) )
I`ve been enjoying these since 1963....

 
If you're looking for store-bought hot dogs order Feltman's or Windmill and have them shipped to you. They're very different from each other but both are excellent quality dogs. Both are in my top 3.

Don't mess up a good hot dog with mediocre mustard and definitely no ketchup unless you're 8 years old or less. I prefer a mustard with a lot of character but my go-to mustards are Heinz "regular" or Gulden's.
 
I've eaten hot dogs everywhere from Nathan's in Coney Island to Pink's in Hollywood. A Chicago hot dog with a Vienna Beef dog is hard to beat.
That being said, While the hot dog as we know it may have been invented at Feltman's in Coney Island and perfected at Nathan's, New Jersey is the Hot Dog Mecca. Whether it's Italian hot dogs at Jimmy Buff's, Dickie D's or Tommy's, Deep-fried "Rippers" at Hiram's, Callahan's or Rutt's Hut or "Texas" Wieners at Johnny & Hanges, Goffle Grill, the late, lamented Libby's Lunch, Falls View Grill or Hot Grill, this grizzled old New Yorker has to acknowledge New Jersey.

For the uninitiated, a New York dog is a natural casing dog that is either boiled (Dirty water dog) or grilled and served with mustard and sauerkraut or onion sauce, NEVER Ketchup.
Jersey dogs are also natural casing and are always deep fried. "Rippers" are served with a mixture of mustard and sweet relish and come in four orders of doneness: The in and outer (dunked in the oil just long enough to heat it, but not long enough to split the casing), the Ripper (fried just until the casing rips), the Weller (fried until brown) and the cremator (fried until almost black; it's almost dry inside and has an almost bacony flavor. They're an acquired taste) The dog on the left is a Rutt's Hut weller, the one on the right is a cremator.

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"Texas" Wieners are a North Jersey staple. They're generally a deep-fried pork and beef Thumann's hot dog topped with mustard, chili and raw chopped onions. Heavenly, but keep the Tums handy.

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"Italian" hot dogs are a culinary triumph. two natural casing beef hot dogs, deep fried until the casings split, tucked into a chewy pizza bread bun, slathered with yellow mustard and then topped with sautéed green peppers and onions, topped again with discs of deep-fried potatoes and topped with ketchup.

 
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