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Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Chicago Hot Dogs & Melinda

Today's best food ever

I primarily use Melinda's as a substitute for the peppers on my Chicago hot dogs, because I can't readily find ''sport peppers.'' Great stuff.

Wikpedia has an entry, ''How to Make a Chicago Hot Dog, '' and it makes my head hurt. They omitted French fries. Mortal sin, that, and exposes them as charlatans. Here's another gaffe.

"Use of ketchup is not recommended"

Wrong, Kerry breath. Ketchup is Forbidden.

Wait! If you read further, under ''Tips,'' they do include this face saver:

Fries, if served with your hot dog, should be seeping with grease and well salted.

Well, it's not so easy as that. No fries, no Chicago Hots. There is no better food in the world.

PS - I like cucumber wedges instead of the pickle, unless the pickle is way crispy. That's acceptable.

Rodger the Real King of France 3/01/2006 09:41:00 AM 14 Comments

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14 comments:

Anonymous said...: Rodge...if haven't had a look at this give it a go. GREAT sauces! Be sure to read about Blair's 16 Million Reserve.; 3/1/06, 11:18 AM
Rodger the Real King of France said...: I spent 4 minutes looking for it, which is 3.5 minutes too long, and never did find it.; 3/1/06, 12:28 PM
MoFiZiX Gr4FiX said...: "Melinda's" IS AWSOME!!!! I keep a bottle on hand both at home and in the office. I put that stuff on just about everything. Although, when making chile or suicide wings, I prefer to use "Dave's Ultimate Insanity Sauce." Now THAT shit kicks ass!!! I'm not sure but I think it's around 100,000 Scoville. Excellent ballance between heat and flavor. Stuff like "Blair's" hot sauce is in the 1,000,000s range but IMO it's all heat and no distinguishable flavor + hours of oral pain (on both ends). WTF good is it if you can't even taste it??? SHEESH! The worst is when you get done using the stuff, forget to wash your hands and use the little boy's room hours later. YYYYYOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!

...hate when that happens.; 3/1/06, 12:57 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...: I agree, I've grauated from the Scoville bragging circuit to flavored heat. Knorr's Chipotle is my current ''goes on everything'' sauce.; 3/1/06, 1:30 PM
Anonymous said...: Since I'm an opinionated old hag, I'll chide in. I know nothing about Chicago dogs, as my east-coast husband does, but I'm familiar w/some favorite spicy products.

Favorite sauce: http://www.mexgrocer.com/1251.html
*good smokey flavor and firey* Mixes nicely into chile recipes, bbq sauces, etc.

Newly discovered spice:
http://www.uncledans.com/New_products.html
*firey tasty treat*
Used as seasoning for hot wings, bread crumbs, burger. Not as dip or dressing.
Great on almost anything:
http://www.tapatiohotsauce.com/
*awesome on eggs* joyce; 3/1/06, 2:18 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...: aw, yur just a girl. Girls don't know nuthin about hot saucin, and barbe-q-in :D; 3/1/06, 2:23 PM
Anonymous said...: 4 minutes looking for it? Do you get lost in your own bathroom by any chance?
Here's the link; 3/1/06, 3:11 PM
Anonymous said...: HA!
I'll take that as a truthful observation. :D joyce; 3/1/06, 3:52 PM
Anonymous said...: Hey, Monsignor Schultz, how about this? I'll find, purchase, and consume, Melinda's hot sauce....if you will watch Kill Bill I&II and leave open for 'lengthy' opines. eh? Yeah. I know it's your blog and I haven't a bargining chip here, so, it's just a friendly..."pleeeezzzz?" ;p joyce; 3/1/06, 4:15 PM
Anonymous said...: I too am a big user of Melindas. We had a tough time finding it out here in Maryland but now my supply seems secure. Those ultra hot extract sauces are no fun. There is always something too hot out there.
I have lived most of my adult life in the Chicago area and I miss the dog&fries from the many cheap and fast spots around town.
Sport peppers are a traditional element, next time I travel through I can pick you up a jar or two.; 3/1/06, 5:25 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...: RE: BATHROOM. NO, BUT i DO MISST HE POT A LOT

RE: Kill Bill, I have to find Kill Bill I on Cable, then Kill Bill2. I will.

Re: sport peppers. Yay. Buy a dozen dawgs too, and feeze them.; 3/1/06, 5:35 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...: I am DYING for a dog now, and can't have any because it's Ash Wednesday.; 3/1/06, 5:38 PM
Ralph Gizzip said...: When my wife was living in Maperville (before we got married) I got turned on to Portillo's. When she'd fly in for a weekend she always had two dogs wrapped in her purse for me. Their Coney's are excellent, too.; 3/1/06, 8:21 PM
MoFiZiX Gr4FiX said...: Poor Rodger, were you a good boy all day by not eating tasty animals on Ash Wednesday? I made 2 Boboli pizzas last night with breaded/fried eggplant and took one to work for lunch. The only thing that sucked was that I had to heat it up in a microwave. I only wish "I" had a George Foreman grill. My point being that I made it all better by dousing the pizza with Melinda's sauce;) I couldn't imagine suffering through the weeks of lent without it!; 3/1/06, 10:52 PM

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