Sausage Feast 07'

frob2900 said:
Would you paint over a Rembrandt? I think not.
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Isn't that what Rene DeCarte said just before he vanished? ;)

I much prefer Polish sausage to hot dogs.
My stomach rejects blood sausage.


Ever since I moved to a city with a lot of German immigrants,

IT"S BRATWURST, BABY!!!
 
Whomp said:
You guys don't know what a hot dog is until you've had a Vienna all beef. For the rest of the country I'd choose brats or kielbasa...here we're spoiled so I can't choose.
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:drool: I've never been so fortunate, though my family says good things. When I finally go to Chicago, I will gain about 20 pounds. :D
 
mangxema said:
:drool: I've never been so fortunate, though my family says good things. When I finally go to Chicago, I will gain about 20 pounds. :D
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Just make sure you don't put ketchup on. It's nearly illegal here...

From the Straight Dope....

Spoiler :
Dear Cecil:

I was sitting at the Montreal Pool Room eating my all-dressed hot dog and suddenly the question hit me: why is there no ketchup in an all-dressed? Is ketchup not as respectable a condiment as relish or mustard? Is there a conspiracy? Does Dirty Harry's remark about ketchup in a hot dog have anything to do with it? I would be so thankful if you could shine a light on this obscure bit of knowledge for a passionate and perplexed user of ketchup. --Paul Macneil, Dorval, Quebec

Cecil replies:

Paul, I know you don't mean to act like an alfalfa-chewing barbarian, but this is like asking why Leonardo didn't paint the Mona Lisa on black velvet. Ketchup is destructive of all that is right and just about a properly assembled hot dog (and we're talking about a pure beef hot dog, not one of those things you could serve with dressing on Thanksgiving).

Ketchup smothers the flavor of the hot dog because ketchup makers add sugar to their products. That takes the edge off the highly acidic tomatoes, but it takes the edge off everything else, too. Which is exactly why a lot of parents like it, according to Mel Plotsky, sales manager for the David Berg hot dog company in Chicago. (Chicago is one of the hot dog's holy cities.) Put ketchup on it and a kid will swallow anything--and from there it's a straight shot to Velveeta cheese, Franco-American spaghetti, and Deborah Norville.

For that matter, you want to watch the mustard, too. Plotsky says your mainstream brands like French's put in too much turmeric and whatnot. What you want is some unpretentious mustard like Plochman's that enhances rather than competes with the flavor of the beef. You should also steam or grill rather than boil your hot dogs--water leaches away the flavor and softens the wiener till it becomes non-tooth-resistant mush.

But--getting back to the original question--you say you like the taste of tomatoes. Fine, then eat tomatoes, as God meant them to be eaten--fresh sliced and piled on top of the hot dog. The recommended ingredients of a hot dog with everything, in order of application, are mustard, relish, chopped onion, sliced tomato, kosher pickle spear, optional peppers, and celery salt. (Many think you have to get kraut in there too, but Cecil wants a hot dog, not Oktoberfest.)

People get pretty emotional over the ketchup question. Mel Plotsky opened our discussion by describing the condiment as a "catchall of garbage." Over at crosstown rival Vienna Sausage, they refer to ketchup as the "K-word." If you go into an authentic hot dog joint and ask for ketchup on your hot dog, the counterman will pause and look you in the eye. He may or may not say, "Ketchup?" with a tone of disbelief. But you may be certain what he's thinking: "Behold this creature that walks like a man. It wants ketchup on its hot dog."

But hey, if you want ketchup, by all means get it.

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_095.html
 
people in chicago put every thing but katchup on a hotdog. I vistited one time and saw a vendor selling them with cucumbers, and all kinds of strange stuff that should not go on a hotdog. I my self don't like catsup either kraut fired onions musterd, chilli onion and chese, or musterd chilli, slaw and onion.
 
CIVPhilzilla said:
Glad I'm not the only one who saw that.
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I did too, but this is a family-friendly place. Though it could have meant a CFC meetup at a sausage factory to see what exactly goes into that bratwurst.
 
American hotdog is horrible compared to Italian and Polish Sausage!

Also (dare i say this) The german sausage is better! ;)

But of course this my opinion.
 
the best sausage I know is the St. Galler Kalbsbratwurst (veal bratwurst)

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:drool:
 
Hmm... Sausages

My 2 favorites:

Käsekrainer (similar to a German Bratwurst but with some cheese inside) which we call "Eitrige" - "the purulentic")

Debreziner - long, thin Hungarian paprika heavy sausage

Of course, only with spicy mustard.
 
Reading Americans discussing quality sausage is almost as painful as reading Americans discussing quality cheese. You guys have no idea.

The best sausages, requiring the finest sausage making skills that subtly blend choice meats, vinegars, wines, herbs and spices are as follows (some have been mentioned already):

South African Boerewors
Spanish or Portuguese Chorizo
Indian Goa Sausage
Polish Kabanos
North African Merguez
Turkish Soujouk or Pastirma
 
Well, American beer doesn't taste much so it probably goes perfectly with the tasteless hotdogs.

That "St Galler Kalbsbratwurst" sounds divine!
 
Pokurcz said:
Well, American beer doesn't taste much so it probably goes perfectly with the hotdogs.
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Hey, american beers can be alright. Samuel Adams is good. And let's face it: Swedish beers aren't exactly the best in the world. Norrlands Guld? No thanks :)
 
frob2900 said:
Hey, american beers can be alright. Samuel Adams is good. And let's face it: Swedish beers aren't exactly the best in the world. Norrlands Guld? No thanks :)
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Well there are a few Swedish beers that are good, Nils Oscars God Lager, springs to mind, but generally most Swedish beers are no good, in that way Sweden is very similar to the USA. In fact Spendrups is the most awful beer I have ever had, all visiting foreigners agree with me on that one.

And I wouldn't praise Swedish sausages to much either, most of them are of the hotdog variety, like "Falukorv", there is supposedly meat in it, but it is so finely minced that you cant see what it is. There is one brand of Falukorv which boasts on the packaging that it has a "good meat taste"...

I would actually claim that good Swedish sausage is as much a rarity as good Swedish beer. Maybe those are connected somehow?

I just visited Poland, and brought with me a "Krakowska" sausage, on its package it says: "145g of meat went into making 100g of sausage" (it is a dried sausage).

Polish bear is as good as the sausage, brands like Zywiec and Tyskie spring to mind. Tyskie has won two gold medals at the the brewing industry international awards this century.

http://www.kp.pl/eng/piwo_tyskie_medale.html
 
Pokurcz said:
Well, American beer doesn't taste much so it probably goes perfectly with the tasteless hotdogs.
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I happen to love our beer and hotdogs. I tried the expensive Nathan's Hotdogs once and hated them, I'll stick with the cheap ones. :)
 
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