Hot Dog Related Stuff - Page 2

Chocolatl · 03-01-2009, 03:38 PM

My favorite hot dogs come from Mel's Hot Dogs here in Tampa. According to their website, they use Chicago-style Vienna Beef dogs. Hebrew National would be second favorite, but nothing matches the stuff at Mel's.

Radar · 03-01-2009, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Where do you go to the bathroom when you are selling dogs? You don't leave your cart unattended, do you? I imagine you need to be in place from about 10 to 4 or so. Can you hold it that long?

That's a very good question. I asked someone who runs a cart and he says you put your cart within close walking distance to a restaurant, gas station, or somewhere with a bathroom and take the cash box with me when I go. I suppose my cart could get looted for food, but hopefully I can find someone to watch it for a free dog while I go make my business.

lumberjim · 03-01-2009, 07:06 PM

clicky

these are THE BEST.

period

Radar · 03-01-2009, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Stadium Pal?

That's a lot like the Bladder Buddy used by truckers.

monster · 03-01-2009, 07:07 PM

Have you considered Veggie Dogs?

Radar · 03-01-2009, 07:10 PM

Most dog carts use either Vienna Beef or Sabretts 100% Beef dogs that have natural casings so they snap when you bite into them. Vienna = Chicago, Sabretts = New York.

Some people use Nathans, Bests Kosher, or Hebrew National.

These are all high quality dogs. I've never tried Thumann's.

I'll be grilling my dogs rather than boiling them. After grilling them, I'll put them in a steamer. I don't know how many of you have ever had beer steamed dogs or beer brats, but they are really good.

Radar · 03-01-2009, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Have you considered Veggie Dogs?

SACRILEGE!!!

Even if I weren't offended by them, you really don't sell enough of them that it would be worth buying them.

monster · 03-01-2009, 07:16 PM

You might if you sold good ones. In an already saturated market, maybe the healthier options are a way to make your cart stand out. I hear from Brit and European friends that limited veggie options in restaurants and especially fast food places are one of the touristic drawbacks over here. Veggieburgers are standard fare in McDs etc. in Europe.

Radar · 03-01-2009, 07:26 PM

I see your point, but people who are into health food just don't eat at hot dog carts. It might be a good idea to make a smoothie cart, or a vegetable snack cart and park it outside the gym.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-01-2009, 07:31 PM

Check out this map from Clodfobble's IOtD link.
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/200...a-hot-dog-map/

monster · 03-01-2009, 07:33 PM

but maybe they don't eat at the carts because there are no healthy foods on them.... not all veggies are veggie for health reasons. Some of my veggie friends just live on fries.

jinx · 03-01-2009, 07:34 PM

I've never eaten at one. We were just sitting here talking about what would make me get a street dog and couldn't come up with anything. Good lluck though, I do hope it works out.
For a while there we were spending a lot of time at CHOP (hospital) and I always wondered who was eating at all the roach coaches in the surrounding area.... really nasty looking chinese food selling trucks and stuff. I've never been that hungry.

Radar · 03-01-2009, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Check out this map from Clodfobble's IOtD link.
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/200...a-hot-dog-map/

Thanks Bruce. That is very interesting.

Aliantha · 03-01-2009, 09:09 PM

I don't know if it matters what hotdogs I like, but I like ones that're topped with grilled bacon and onion and cheese with a good BBQ sauce.

Those are especially good after a night on the turps.

Radar · 03-01-2009, 09:14 PM

That sounds great. Like a Western Bacon Dog.

03-01-2009, 07:06 PM	#18
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03-01-2009, 07:07 PM	#20
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Have you considered Veggie Dogs? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-01-2009, 07:10 PM	#21
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Most dog carts use either Vienna Beef or Sabretts 100% Beef dogs that have natural casings so they snap when you bite into them. Vienna = Chicago, Sabretts = New York. Some people use Nathans, Bests Kosher, or Hebrew National. These are all high quality dogs. I've never tried Thumann's. I'll be grilling my dogs rather than boiling them. After grilling them, I'll put them in a steamer. I don't know how many of you have ever had beer steamed dogs or beer brats, but they are really good. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

03-01-2009, 07:16 PM	#23
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	You might if you sold good ones. In an already saturated market, maybe the healthier options are a way to make your cart stand out. I hear from Brit and European friends that limited veggie options in restaurants and especially fast food places are one of the touristic drawbacks over here. Veggieburgers are standard fare in McDs etc. in Europe. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-01-2009, 07:26 PM	#24
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	I see your point, but people who are into health food just don't eat at hot dog carts. It might be a good idea to make a smoothie cart, or a vegetable snack cart and park it outside the gym. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

03-01-2009, 03:38 PM	#16
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	My favorite hot dogs come from Mel's Hot Dogs here in Tampa. According to their website, they use Chicago-style Vienna Beef dogs. Hebrew National would be second favorite, but nothing matches the stuff at Mel's.

03-01-2009, 07:31 PM	#25
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Check out this map from Clodfobble's IOtD link. http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/200...a-hot-dog-map/ __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-01-2009, 07:33 PM	#26
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	but maybe they don't eat at the carts because there are no healthy foods on them.... not all veggies are veggie for health reasons. Some of my veggie friends just live on fries. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-01-2009, 07:34 PM	#27
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I've never eaten at one. We were just sitting here talking about what would make me get a street dog and couldn't come up with anything. Good lluck though, I do hope it works out. For a while there we were spending a lot of time at CHOP (hospital) and I always wondered who was eating at all the roach coaches in the surrounding area.... really nasty looking chinese food selling trucks and stuff. I've never been that hungry. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

03-01-2009, 09:09 PM	#29
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I don't know if it matters what hotdogs I like, but I like ones that're topped with grilled bacon and onion and cheese with a good BBQ sauce. Those are especially good after a night on the turps. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-01-2009, 09:14 PM	#30
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	That sounds great. Like a Western Bacon Dog. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

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