Did you know that July 23 is National Hot Dog Day? Well, apparently, it is http://holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/July/hotdogday.htm. I heard about this while watching the Texas Ranger vs. New York Yankee baseball game. But, I also heard it on a Sonic advertisement, but I thought it was a joke. Apparently, it is not http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000184326.
My appreciation of hot dogs has been an on again, off again affair. As a child, I remembering preferring hot dogs to hamburgers. And, when we went to Fenway Park http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/index.jsp, the hot dogs were beyond compare!
As an adult, I generally do not care for hot dogs, but from time to time, I have selected a hot dog for a meal. Sometimes, I will open a can of baked beans and add hot dogs. But rarely.
At work in the chow hall, hot dogs are a meal they offer: usually as a chili dog combination, but as it is cafeteria style ordering, the diner can select what they want from the menu, including chili and cheese without the hot dog. . Interestingly, the hot dogs they serve are "off color." We have discovered the reason for that is because they are produced in the prison meat packing plants, and they do not add any of the dyes that make hot dogs look pretty in pink. So, although the hot dogs are khaki colored, they are probably healthier for the consumer.
Thinking about some foods makes me hungry. Thinking about hot dogs does not do much for me.
Interesting. I hadn't had hot dogs at home for many years, but recently had a coupon for Angus beef hot dogs, so I bought two packages as required to use the coupon. I just finished the last of them, took about 4 weeks to go thru the two packages ( I think there were 10 or 12 in a package.) Any way, it was "franks and beans" each time. I like to use the hot dogs to sop up the bean juice. I had been getting a brat at the DBacks games, but this year they went to a different brand, and the brats are not as good. So instead of spending $6 for brat that is not as good as the previous ones, I now opt for the $1.50 value dog (I really don't see much difference between it and the $5 Dbacks dog.) I still root for Boston and New York, but I am a Joe Maddon fan and like the Orioles as well. Sorry, Toronto. A Dbacks & Red Sox World series would be cool. Somehow I expect St Louis to be in the mix. I am a Yadier Molina fan and like the St Louis team drive, and the way their coaching staff handles things.
ReplyDeleteI understand about the value dog vs the Dbacks dog. I usually have a package of hot dogs in the freezer "just in case" but I do not know in case of what. Sometimes, I do watch the Dbacks, if there is not anything else on, but we rarely get them here. I agree, a Dbacks vs. Red Sox series would be good. I agree with being a Yadier Molina fan!
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