#165 – Buns
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 12:00 am by Chris
Chapter: Comic
When I was a kid we had a little electric grill in the kitchen. I grew up having grilled hot dogs. When I got older I found that it was most common to boil them. This really freaked me out. “Do you boil your hamburgers as well?” I assumed they would taste like soggy hot water. They still tasted like hot dogs just milder.
Tags: catsup, grill, hot dog, ketchup
Yeah, boiled hotdogs are weird as hell. Grilled or bust!
Grilled always tastes better than boiled.
Except for soup.
And eggs.
No…eggs you fry.
I grew up in Pennsylvania and it seemed that all we did was boil stuff. My mom and I were discussing this recently and we’re both glad we found out about other ways to cook things.
I grew up with boiled dogs. What weirded ME out was the first time I met a friend who BAKED them!
I nuke mine. Less time. Just give them extra-strong skin by wrapping them individually in moist paper towels (especially on the ends). Seriously, it works. (Grilled is still better, but the preparation, grilling, cleanup. Bleah. I don’t have that kind of time right now with a pair of terrible twos running around.)
And no. That has nothing to do with poker or similar games.
Grilled (fire or Foreman), or nuked. Sometimes, nuked while buried in chili. If I ever get one of those tabetop hot dog cookers, that use the rollers, probably that will be the default method.
Advice: never use the Presto Hot Dogger with any dogs with cheese or chili fillings.
I pan-fry mine. I have an ancient (1940s-vintage) iron camping pan and, after a bit of spray-on canola oil, I use a spatula to roll the hot dogs back-and-forth along the bottom until they’re done.
In my mom’s kitchen – On a fork, over the gas flame of the stove.
WARNING: microwave ONLY after stabbing several times with a fork (or you’ll find out why!)
And the true DANGEROUS nerd way; two nails through a plank, with an AC cord soldered to the heads and a second plank underneath (for insulation). UNPLUG before skewering the dog at both ends, AND before removing the victim from ‘ol Sparky’…
That’s sort of how the Hot Dogger works. except with multiple wieners at a time. Like a bulk-rate execution.