Why was every 🌭 like this growing up? 🤮

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wizzan01@reddit

Because parents have to juggle kids fucking question the entire time the try to make food.

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analogthought@reddit

Boiled grossed me out the first time I learned as a kid that it was even an option (without a grill)

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denzien@reddit

Not true!

Sometimes they looked like this:

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pendejo-san@reddit

Good post. This is the problem dog, imho.

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Drum_Eatenton@reddit

I came here looking for the split hot dog that has been microwaved to hell and back

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Honestly preferred this over the boiled and the totally charred options if it only just barely starts splitting.
Properly cooked on the grill or carefully cooked in a cast iron skillet is still king IMO, but microwaved until it just splits is underrated.
Wife thinks I’m gross, but I’ll die on this hill (probably from colon cancer from all the processed hot dogs)

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Annual_Strategy_6206@reddit

So. Gross.

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VioletVenable@reddit

🤢 As a kid, I absolutely refused to eat exploded hot dogs. The visual was just so deeply repulsive to me as a kid! (TBH, it still grosses me out, but I could cope if I had to!)

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kristosnikos@reddit

Um, excuse you but those blackened grilled ones are tasty af. It’s the taste of summer!

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JazzlikeAd1555@reddit

Don’t ever trust a man that don’t like burnt hotdogs

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Nintendroid@reddit

The char adds such a neat taste and texture. It's my favorite state of any given hot dog.

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Swimming-Gap7395@reddit

I’ve been cooking mine in the traeger. You can cook them black or even smoke them into little beef sticks lol

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cultured_pork@reddit

"I've got an extra done dog here if anyone wants it."

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avalonfaith@reddit

I jump on em too! I only announce the "normal" ones for the weirdos that are like that. The great majority want that char.

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Morriganx3@reddit

Charred isn’t normal? Who eats rare hot dogs??

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tcpnick@reddit

I used to hang out with a kid when I was around 10. Asked me if I wanted a "tube steak" one time. I declined out if ignorance and then almost vomited when he proceeded to eat a cold hotdog.

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Nintendroid@reddit

I can't outrightly say that "tube steak" is a Midwestern or Southern US thing, but I've heard all my life, between those two regions.

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Jbowen0020@reddit

Last i heard tube steak has a hole in the end and a pair of nuts on the other

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tcpnick@reddit

Yeah, we were in CA at the time. I believe they were from Illinois

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Jbowen0020@reddit

Yeah, someone asks me if i want tube steak they risk losing teeth....

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avalonfaith@reddit

I know, like, I knooooow, but they're out there and thing they're the normal ones.

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SirStocksAlott@reddit

I say old chap, boiled hot dogs are the closest that some of us Americans will get to haggis. 🧐

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caseyj27@reddit

All my dogs since childhood and my maternal grandma… Bro & I wanted to vomit when she would cook for us and it was always dogs boiled for 60secs, the inside was still cold!

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TrixieBastard@reddit

I would eat cold hot dogs as a kid, but I also really love charred ones too. Anything in between those two states was unacceptable

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Playful-Variety-1242@reddit

Burnt and shriveled up. No thanks!

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Metals4J@reddit

You can peel off the burnt part. That way you can stick it back in the fire and get even more burnt hotdog! Same with marshmallows!

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Nintendroid@reddit

Okay, but a charred marshmallow degloves so easily. Peeling off the burnt part of a hot dog sounds like a masochist surgical procedure. Nevermind, I'm getting into it as I describe it.

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yawrrpdrk@reddit

Hahahaha

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Weary-Inspector-6971@reddit

Marshmallows too

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Nintendroid@reddit

100 percent. 1000 permil. All day, every day.

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yawrrpdrk@reddit

This. A thousand times this.

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ProblemLongjumping12@reddit

One time when we were about 17 we had a bonfire on the beach at night with a whole bunch of liquor and we had a pack of those dogs with the individual plastic wrapping on each one. My buddy looked over and saw me peeling one off and goes " I thought mine tasted funny."

We all laughed our asses of and teased the hell out of him like, bro, how drunk do you have to be to roast a weiner in plastic and then eat the whole thing.

On the bright side he survived the incident.

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Cael_NaMaor@reddit

Don't trust me.

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Adventurous_Pin_344@reddit

I feel like OP posted this just for the gifs. And this one is truly iconic.

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kristosnikos@reddit

Maybe they just have a weiner fetish and want all the weiner gifs!

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TolliverCrane@reddit

There used to be a finger in this gif... am I crazy?

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CheesyRomantic@reddit

I can practically smell this gif .

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MontyRapid@reddit

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MontyRapid@reddit

One of my faves. Lol

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Sdwingnut@reddit

💯, straight outta the Ball Park package, still dripping with dog juice.

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Khurzan1439@reddit

Then don't trust me. Even worse than char is bark.

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CammiKit@reddit

I don’t like hot dogs but I’ll take a nice crisp one off the grill in the summer anyway. There’s something different about them off the grill.

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avalonfaith@reddit

If my mother had to old me that when I was young, would've saved me a heartache or two.

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It-is-always-Steve@reddit

Yeah, throw some ketchup and mustard on them and put them next to some macaroni salad.

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pendejo-san@reddit

Yes! Both of these hotdogs are acceptable under different circumstances.

Any hotdog one eats from a cart is of the boiled variety, basically.

Five Guys (Burgers and Fries) makes a decent dog. Bacon, mayo, bbq sauce on the dog is key

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Playful-Variety-1242@reddit

It’s the only way!! When I was little at someone’s house their mom made boiled hotdogs. They didn’t taste good at all..

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Draco53@reddit

When I first heard of boiled dogs I thought that sounded gross. My opinion hasn't changed much. Blackened grilled dogs for the win!

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iwasjustthinkingman@reddit

My favorite!

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-Ok-Perception-@reddit

Yeah, that texture is 10/10 and the slight acridity of the blackened hot dog skin makes the flavor so much better. Black dogs are the best dogs.

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deltadeltadawn@reddit

This has to be the origin of the saying... Once you go black, you'll never go back.

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MarmaladeMarmaduke@reddit

I like my women like I like my hot dogs. Black, hot and cancerous.

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stellaflora@reddit

Yes! When it splits open it’s ready.

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Aliveandthriving8505@reddit

Yes!!

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caseyj27@reddit

Give me 1 char with bbq sauce, the other with ketchup, mustard and a slice of melted cheese

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dbrowndownunder@reddit

The blacker the better. Give me all the carcinogens.

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Buttspirgh@reddit

I think I figured out why they lowered the recommended age for colonoscopy screenings

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Fun-Confidence-6232@reddit

Just had mine and I’m in the clear. Pass the mustard.

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avalonfaith@reddit

This is actually very true as a causation.

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dbrowndownunder@reddit

Ha!!! Funny thing is I rarely eat them these days.

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Affectionate_Yak8519@reddit

I won't eat a hot dong unless it's charred

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NotAPimecone@reddit

Boil'em mash'em stick'em in a stew.

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AgapitoVelezOvando@reddit

Summer and colon cancer.

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Azuras_Star8@reddit

Blackened with chili, cheese, Cole slaw, mustard, and onions is my favorite hot dog.

Boiled, well, I guess different strokes for different folks.

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kristosnikos@reddit

I love piping hot chili with ice cold coleslaw on a dog. Oof that’s good shit.

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Azuras_Star8@reddit

A guilty pleasure of mine.

I do not care for steak, and my guy friends are all cavemen about it. But a hot dog and hamburger are what makes me happy, with loads of ways to prepare them.

Applegate are my favorite hot dogs.

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Trashman82@reddit

It's the Carber Vac hot dog vacuum.

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I'm just, like, the tiredest I've ever been

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Trashman82@reddit

Pat, we know you're eating a hotdog.

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Tr33Bl00d@reddit

Yes 👍 agreed, but I like a more even cook when I grill them

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CardboardMice@reddit

Best way to eat them! Extra burnt

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GoodnightGoldie@reddit

You can get them nice and charred like this in the air fryer too😋10/10 do recommend!

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kristosnikos@reddit

I LOVE my air fryer and omg I didn’t know this! Thank you for the rec.

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GoodnightGoldie@reddit

You’re welcome! I used this “recipe,” and they turned out great! I can’t remember if I put them in for longer than the suggested time, but I don’t think so. The spiral slicing seems insane, but it was good! If the idea is too much, skip it and they should still turn out🖤

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Ok_Horror_6556@reddit

This is the Way

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EducationalNailgun@reddit

Blackened over an open flame is the pinnacle of hotdog excellence.

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LowReporter6213@reddit

And on the right side they aren't called dirty water dogs for no reason, ADD SOME BROTH AND SEASONING!

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linaraq@reddit

I always ask for the burnt one! I’ve been given freebies before because it would have gone in the trash.

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Nwcray@reddit

Give me those hot dogs, some watermelon, and a crisp American lager.

Shoot - I may have that for dinner tonight.

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Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit

We barbecued for Easter and I did my meal prep for the week.

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Baked_Potato_732@reddit

My step-mother-in-law likes hers Anakin style.

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kristosnikos@reddit

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Rude_Masterpiece_239@reddit

I love a little cancer on my hotdog. Yum. I’ll gobble a few of those cancer glizzys.

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regeya@reddit

For the people who get grossed out by the super blackened ones like this, here's a tip: if you're using charcoal, set up your grill for indirect heating and put the dogs on the other side. They'll caramelize but won't burn, but I like to move them over to the direct side before I pull them off the grill.

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JosephBlowsephThe3rd@reddit

This is my ideal. I don't like the heavily charred dogs. But a hot dog that's been roasting over indirect heat for a long time, being turned regularly: delicious. Low & slow kinda works lije dry aging: a fair bit of moisture is removed with the meat flavor becoming more concentrated (plus just enough carmelization).

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ReuboniusMax@reddit

This is the way.

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SlumberingSnorelax@reddit

Both are yummy IMO. Almost different foods.

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kristosnikos@reddit

Agree. The charred parts create their own food group. Haha

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kimchiman85@reddit

True dat!

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Jindrack@reddit

Charred hot dogs, watermelon, and orange soda. That’s how we did it at the San Diego beaches growing up.

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kristosnikos@reddit

Just swap out the orange soda for kool aid with about a pound of sugar in it and that was my childhood in Appalachia.

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ScreenTricky4257@reddit

I like the split ones cooked on a flat top so the inside gets some char too.

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kristosnikos@reddit

Oooh, yes!

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JeffTS@reddit

Slightly blackened is the best way to have a hot dog.

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threebeansalads@reddit

Came here to say this! Don’t hate on my char dogs! Those were the GOAT then and now!!!

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BusyAtilla@reddit

Yes. But they are missing their slices to expand surface area.

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AdBulky6016@reddit

Yea I prefer the first one over straight boiled.

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MarmaladeMarmaduke@reddit

The taste of summer and carcinogens.

Things are different today. I hear every mother say.

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Hobbit1955@reddit

I just came on to say the same!! Could have turned them 1/4 turn, and they'd be perfect!!

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Own-Satisfaction4427@reddit

I like the boiled ones too, with some french fries relish and ranch on it :)

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kristosnikos@reddit

Shit yeah, that sounds good! I know for me, I’m already eating a hot dog, I may as well go all out.

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Own-Satisfaction4427@reddit

Oh yeah, I can't do them plain lol

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CarrionWaywardOne@reddit

Hot dogs from the air fryer are so good. Especially cheese stuffed ones from hillshire farms

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FastWalkingShortGuy@reddit

You just convinced me to get an air fryer. Need to try that.

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seanymphcalypso@reddit

I’m just going to throw it out there, but, first fry up a slice of apple pie and then a brat. The caramelized apple filling really brings out the spices in a brat!

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ZaphodBeeblebrahx@reddit

A slice of apple pie in the air fryer? Doesn’t the filling go all over the place?

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seanymphcalypso@reddit

Nah, you just want to warm it up not bake it. I turn my air fryer down to about 325 for the pie.

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ZaphodBeeblebrahx@reddit

I just got an air fryer for Christmas and I’m still discovering what to use it for.

I recently tossed some cubed sweet potato with a little oil, salt, garlic, onion powder, smoked paprika and chipotle pwder and air fried those mafackas and they got crispy as hell in like 10-15 mins. Made some dope ass tacos with that and some black beans.

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Relevant_Problem1935@reddit

All Beef baby

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francie-potato@reddit

For a running-averse kid like me, these hot dogs were the best part of Field Day in elementary school! The lunch ladies would set up grills outside to make them for everyone

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chaosrulz0310@reddit

Right like these are the best kind

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Particular-Serve-894@reddit

while i generally agree...those look like they were cooked too fast and too hot. They should get nice a blackened finish, but at a much lower temp and with a longer cook time. Those look like they were tossed on to an overly hot grill and not allowed to cook properly... i bet the middles were luke-warm.

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kristosnikos@reddit

That just means you can eat them right away and not wait for them to cool off. Duh! 😉

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mrdon83@reddit

Do you like all your food burned or just your hot dogs?

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kristosnikos@reddit

That is simply a stupid question. There are just some foods (mostly meats) that tastes better to me with some char.

This is usually how most hot dog wieners end up when on an open flame grill or over a fire.

I ate them more often in the summers as a kid, but I may eat them once or twice a year now around the summer holidays.

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RicketyCricketsDrum@reddit

I was like what’s wrong with pic one??

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kristosnikos@reddit

Right?!

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FunksGroove@reddit

Nah. Those are terrible hot dogs. Give me a solid all beef over these burnt plastic ones.

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Laser_Fish@reddit

Yeah if you've got a pork and chicken dog you've gotta get some char on them

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geniuslake@reddit

That’s what I’m talkin’ about

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Trixie1143@reddit

My wife doesn't like them. Don't worry, it finalizes on Friday.

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APOC_V@reddit

Real!

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greaterwhiterwookiee@reddit

We were always told “it’s just from the smoke” 😂

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Bussamove86@reddit

Was gonna say, gimmie them good charred dogs I’ll demolish that whole pile.

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ConcreteKeys@reddit

That's the taste of ash masking the horrible hotdog flavor.

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ThukeNazty@reddit

That’s the bear dick way

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meldiane81@reddit

YESSSS best of them all!

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stoned_seahorse@reddit

💯 👌

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ScruffyGrouch@reddit

100% agree with you.

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FancyThought7696@reddit

You agree with him because his opinion is correct.

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kristosnikos@reddit

*her :)

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FancyThought7696@reddit

ha ha whoops!

sorry about that!

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TheDukeofArgyll@reddit

Mmm carcinogens

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ninersguy916@reddit

This aint the Gen Z forum take that shit somewhere else we were raised on cancer and neglect

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JaneDoe93130@reddit

🤣😂

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DireKnife@reddit

What’s going on here!? Should I be mad?

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Summerie@reddit

As a xennial, the default answer to that question is "Eh...whatever."

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FastWalkingShortGuy@reddit

Quick, go drink from a garden hose and wait for the streetlights to turn on!

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SpiralOut369963@reddit

Cancer neglect cigarette butts and the small amount of warm beer in the bottom of dads dead soldiers

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shornscrot@reddit

Do you even burn your calf on a muffler bro

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Voltage604@reddit

You sound like the person who doesn't get invited to many cookouts. Every weekend I got something on the smoker and no one thinks twice about it.

You only live once and if you can't enjoy it what's the point?

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elsie78@reddit

They're the best!

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Moliza3891@reddit

It really is.

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rosephoenix19@reddit

Hell yeah! Hell, I used to just like them right off the grill.

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astralchanterelle@reddit

ewww

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FancyThought7696@reddit

THIS IS THE WAY!

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Chemical-Coconut-879@reddit

This is the way.

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Porcupine__Racetrack@reddit

Those are perfect hotdogs!!

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illprobablyeditthis@reddit

Seriously, char the shit out of mine

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Sikntrdofbeinsikntrd@reddit

Agree! They are perfect

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Extension_Resolve264@reddit

The ones on the right need sauerkraut instead of plain-ass water. The ones on the left are a bit under-done for my taste.

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oDANGASMo@reddit

Those be a kings meal!

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Shatalroundja@reddit

Cause your dad was drunk on Bud Dry and wasn’t paying attention.

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pc817@reddit

Were we not children of the microwave, where my sploded weiners at

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Jealous-Knowledge-56@reddit

Whats’s wrong with the pic on the left? I do that now.

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TrainingBrilliant401@reddit

...what about the exploding microwaved ones?

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BassBender@reddit

Because our parents partied a lot harder than we give them credit for

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Round_Rooms@reddit

Cause that's the two best ways to have them!

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pendejo-san@reddit

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outdatedelementz@reddit

I grew up with hotdogs with Mac & Cheese being a staple meal.

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pendejo-san@reddit

Two words: Frank N’ Beans (three words, I guess).

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elphaba00@reddit

I kid you not, but we were at a cookout at my in-laws' house, and my MIL said she liked her weiners black.

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pendejo-san@reddit

“I like ‘em black…like my men.”- Airplane, the movie

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bassjam1@reddit

My mom and aunt always say that at cookouts and don't understand why my wife giggles.

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TrixieBastard@reddit

Goddamn, I miss this show

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Aggravating-Key-8867@reddit

Your MIL knew what she was saying.

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MunkyDawg@reddit

My vision is getting worse the older I get

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idwthis@reddit

I thought I accidentally switched subreddits to deep fried memes or some shit.

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LKayRB@reddit

Indeed as I have made the same comment at a cook out.

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rust-e-apples1@reddit

Unrelated regarding hot dogs, but one of my crowning achievements with my wife's family was when we were at my wife's cousin's wedding and there was a pea appetizer and I got my MIL to say that she "liked the pea-ness" of it.

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brainvheart143@reddit

Once you go black you never go back

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I_Did_The_Thing@reddit

And she was RIGHT!

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Moliza3891@reddit

This is the answer.

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Giggity

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Blizzard_Buffalo@reddit

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ilovjedi@reddit

BBC?

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ZaphodBeeblebrahx@reddit

BBHD

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EliteJoz@reddit

BBH

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Tricky_Woodpecker_52@reddit

BBD

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zork0736@reddit

I once had a friend say "I like my girls like I like my hotdogs... Black and crispy." We're still to this day not entirely sure what he meant.

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Lumbergod@reddit

We were at a cookout with my old boss, a really cool black guy. He was drunk and when he got a burnt hotdog off of the grill he said, "This looks really familiar." My wife said, "Is it that small and wrinkly?" Everybody, including him, spit out whatever they had in their mouths laughing.

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Novel-Firefighter-55@reddit

Buns size.

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the-hound-abides@reddit

I will never pass up a chance to use this gif.

“You want me to perjure myself in this court of law?” 😂😂😂😂

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MinusGovernment@reddit

Now I have the Peter Griffin "That means two things" in my head but they don't have the gif available unfortunately

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nutime43@reddit

🤣 she may have revealed too much

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SpiralOut369963@reddit

I gave my wife’s best friend a tube of black calk for her birthday. She loved it and she loves the BBC

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bravoromeokilo@reddit

She DEFINITELY gets invited to the cookout.

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cranberries87@reddit

I do too 🤤

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stations-creation@reddit

Cries in latch key kid eating them cold out of the package or microwaved.

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Notchersfireroad@reddit

Microwaved on a slice of white bread and ketchup. We're better off now for it if you ask me.

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Due-Explanation-7560@reddit

Man add a kraft single on there and we are talking a gourmet meal.

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Playonwords329@reddit

literally what we called a jaildog

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velvet_blunderground@reddit

I felt SO clever once I figured out the timing and placement of a kraft slice to get an unexploded cheesy dog.

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absentlyric@reddit

I used to wrap mine up from the fridge in a slice of kraft, I loved that as a latch key

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blaspheminCapn@reddit

Dunno. Cancer rates are pretty high... Could be the hose water

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chevalier716@reddit

Gotta make sure you made the slice down the dog or else it would pop in the microwave.

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markuspeloquin@reddit

I just covered it with a paper towel and let it spit and sputter

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Exciting-Argument-67@reddit

The popping was the best part, though!

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handsomeape95@reddit

I poke holes in with the fork. Same concept though. The life lessons we learned!

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cat_at_the_keyboard@reddit

Sliced up, microwaved, covered in soy sauce

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cranberries87@reddit

Even as a latchkey kid, I fried mine in the frying pan. (same with Spam). That was how I’d seen my dad make them.

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PalliativeOrgasm@reddit

Even better - slice in half lengthwise, cut in half so you have four half-cylinders of tube meat. Fry that starting flat side down. Arrange on bread to cover, add cheese, whatever toppings you got, maybe some onions fried alongside the dog. Fried hotdog sandwich.

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_procrastinatrix_@reddit

I'd smash my white bread flat as I could and lay a slice of cheese-type product on it. Microwaved dog next, then rolled it up tight. Great for dipping and made me feel like Julia Child.

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PapaTua@reddit

YESSIR!!

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AndrewActually@reddit

The latch key tortilla!

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greaterwhiterwookiee@reddit

This literally made me LOL

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RumpleDumple@reddit

I'm solidly upper middle class and I only buy hot dog buns for gatherings. I filet 2-3, fry em til a little seared on both sides, then put em on toasted sandwich bread.

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energytaker@reddit

that was a staple of the 90s

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Just_a_lazy_lurker@reddit

We're survivors. Give us a fridge of condiments and processed food and we'll make a meal.

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handsomeape95@reddit

Got to remember to poke some fork holes in it before nuking it in the microwave.

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RockersEatRocks@reddit

Mustard only if you were really poor like me!

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elektrik_noise@reddit

I skipped the ketchup, but yeah this was how it was for me too. Proper buns were only bought for actual planning to grill. And folding that Wonder Bread and having it split in half despite my valiant effort was such a letdown.

I don't eat meat but if I have veggie dogs in the house I wrap them in a tortilla sometimes. Same concept, but much better execution.

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create360@reddit

I still eat a raw one whenever I’m grilling.

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stations-creation@reddit

My DAWG!

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Icy_Prior_5825@reddit

I feel like this was the kids I babysat, children of firm Xers.

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bravoromeokilo@reddit

You’re the only other person I’ve encountered that used to eat cold hotdogs.

Like, it’s basically just tubular balogna? What’s the big deal?

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SuperFrylock@reddit

It's more like spam. You can eat it safely out of the package but it tastes much better when cooked.

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DarthMech@reddit

I ate cold Big 8s throughout my childhood. Of course, I was also addicted to braunschweiger, liked spam from the can, enjoyed milk bones with the dogs, and ate freshly home-made horseradish straight from the jar. So I’m not sure I’m someone you want in the club.

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va2wv2va@reddit

My grandfather liked to eat them cold from the fridge so I picked it up as a kid too. Haven’t tried in years but don’t think I’d like it now

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DjCyric@reddit

As a latch key kid I also ate cold hot dogs. I used to prefer them cold. Now they're all disgusting.

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Vasto_LordA@reddit

I cant trust cold hotdog eaters.

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Doesitmatter98765@reddit

With a bit of ketchup on regular bread.

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stations-creation@reddit

Or peel them like string cheese

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Doesitmatter98765@reddit

My husband was sooooo scandalized when he found out that me & my friend used to eat them cold out of the fridge. He’s never been poor. We loved it.

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stations-creation@reddit

Ha! Poormaxxing!

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Doesitmatter98765@reddit

omg 😆

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cellrdoor2@reddit

Oh god, the microwaved ones… they got weirdly bumpy and dry on the outside. Plus the end of the casing would open up and also be extra dry and bumpy. My parents got us a microwave cookbook so we could cook for ourselves after school as 7 year olds. I think I burned and or cut myself for really subpar food more often than if they had just let us use the stove. I was using the stove when home alone by 8 anyway.

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Angry_Chowder@reddit

95% of all the hotdogs I’ve made in my home has been microwaved.

I’ll eat two on the way to work. And I’ll mention that my farts are due to my “breakfast hotdogs”. Then I find myself asking firmly what’s gross about “breakfast hotdogs” that isn’t gross about “breakfast burritos”?

Chef Mike has made me hundreds of dogs, and he’ll make me hundreds more.

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stations-creation@reddit

I tried making caramel popcorn by putting an actual candy caramel in a bag of popcorn and almost burned the house down.

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bravoromeokilo@reddit

Gotta run a slit down the length of them before the nuker

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Rob_LeMatic@reddit

These days, I cut a spiral around the dog and pan fry it with a little butter

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bravoromeokilo@reddit

Fuckin health-nut over here!

Ngl that sounds awesome

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Rob_LeMatic@reddit

Ends up like this, but I like mine with a little char

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MommyWithAZoo@reddit

I was a latch key kid and my parents had that weird microwave Tupperware cooking set. Beige bottoms and clear tops. You could boil hot dogs and kraft dinner, inside microwaved plastic. Good times

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stations-creation@reddit

Oh my god. I just literally rawdogged the dog on the glass plate probably. Single moms hate me for this one simple trick.

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phydaux4242@reddit

I always microwave mine. Drives my wife crazy. She won’t eat them if they’ve been zapped

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antwan_benjamin@reddit

I can either wait 5 minutes for the stove or 45 seconds for the microwave. More times than not I'm gonna microwave it. I'm not eating hot dogs for fine cuisine.

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stations-creation@reddit

We need to make a latch key kid cookbook! (It’s always flagged at the library when rented and CPS shows up at your house)

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Chemical-Coconut-879@reddit

Hot and fast and wrapped in a slice of white bread

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Cromasters@reddit

I still microwave my kid's hotdogs. Those little gremlins aren't waiting for me to cook them in a skillet or the grill.

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stations-creation@reddit

Well I was alone and 7

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greaterwhiterwookiee@reddit

Microwaved. Yes. Latch key kid, also yes.

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ImOnlyHereForTheCoC@reddit

Back when I was a kid and Bill Cosby was beloved and frequently photographed with a cigar I would pretend I was Bill smoking one of my own via cold hot dog. Bite off one tip and then puff on it, make some ash by nibbling off the casing on the other end. Every so often tap the dog and bite off the ash. Grosses me out now thinking how warm and dirty that thing probably was after several minutes of constant handling!

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Lcky22@reddit

This is insane and also great

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Neil_sm@reddit

So the longer you smoked jt, the closer it began to resemble a real cigar!

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Greghole@reddit

Because those are the two best ways to cook them. Granted, it's better to simmer than boil so they don't split open like that, but the hotdog water gives you soft steamed buns.

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elmoosh@reddit

Charcoal grills and fewer microwaves

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Krystalmyth@reddit

That char means you've had a good childhood.

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StrangerBright1289@reddit

I like boiled dogs.

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Thewayliesbeforeyou@reddit

Who doesn't love a burnt weenie sandwich?

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mattlore@reddit

Left side is pure nostalgia flavour. The slight char gives it a great taste... Probably hella carcinogenic though haha!

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nutime43@reddit

As a kid I never could figure out why anyone liked hot dogs. Then I grew up and realized that there are good quality hot dogs and they can be grilled properly.

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AllenKll@reddit

where? how? what brand? please, I need to know! I haven't had a good hot dog in 30 years!

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nutime43@reddit

The best ones that I have found readily available in my area are Nathan's and Hebrew National.

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RicketyCricketsDrum@reddit

I much prefer burgers because I think the toppings are better

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BagOnuts@reddit

What if I told you you could put all those same toppings on a hotdog, if you wanted?

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AllenKll@reddit

I put tomato sauce and mozzeralla on mine... then under the broiler for a few moments... PIZZA DOG!

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RicketyCricketsDrum@reddit

What…. 🤯

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ambercrayon@reddit

It took living in Chicago for me to realize this because I had to try the iconic dog… and it was so good 😂. I hadn’t eaten hot dogs since like elementary school before then.

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EmperorSkyTiger@reddit

Nothing like a Vienna beef dog!

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Polkawillneverdie17@reddit

I have this one in my kitchen.

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wafflesforcats@reddit

Where did you get this? It's amazing!

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jillobiafra@reddit

Harebrained Designs makes this and a bunch of other super dope Chicago-centric merch

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tackleboxjohnson@reddit

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gummi-demilo@reddit

On the weekend we would get them from a cart outside Home Depot

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Polkawillneverdie17@reddit

Chicago hotdogs gang rise up

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ThinManagement2363@reddit

I got a hot dog from a street vendor after a concert in Seattle and the vendor offered to make "Seattle Style" and I was nervous about what that would include. Cream cheese. They spread cream cheese on the bun. It was amazingly delicious with caramelized onions and the slightly charred dog. My partner said it was blasphemous to do anything other than Chicago style though. His loss! Both are great!

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LKayRB@reddit

I had one in NYC that was wrapped in bacon, with cream cheese and everything bagel seasoning. It was incredible!

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TieAdventurous6839@reddit

Inused to eat them a lot as a kid, now i can only think of what disgusting things they're filled with

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Lehk@reddit

It’s just meat purée, liverwurst or spam or bologna is the same

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TieAdventurous6839@reddit

And thats disgusting

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ambercrayon@reddit

Fair. I still won’t touch bologna or Vienna sausages or any of that other weird extruded meat stuff

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Capn_Yoaz@reddit

One you get a Vienna beef or a Nathan’s it’s hard to eat any other brands.

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MotherofaPickle@reddit

From Chicago. Currently living many hundreds of miles away. They stopped stocking Nathan’s near us a while ago. Husband’s cousin had extra hot dogs in the freezer that she wanted to get rid of. Nathan’s!

We only eat hot dogs once or twice a year (usually while camping, like god intended), so we’re set.

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Upstairs_Usual_4841@reddit

Best hot dog I ever had was after a concert last year in Chicago from a street vendor. Absolutely delicious.

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Canadatron@reddit

Did you run it through the garden?

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MunkyDawg@reddit

It would be weird if they didn't.

"Hey, let me try that infamous Chicago Style Dog! Ketchup only, please."

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ambercrayon@reddit

Of course! I still get them occasionally, the gourmet level ones are great but so are the cheapos, it’s just a great combo

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rogueciridae@reddit

Next you’re going to tell me you can make a grilled cheese without carbonizing one side…

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nutime43@reddit

Believe it my friend 🤣

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Conscious-Swimmer954@reddit

Same, having a nice natural casing hotdog is such a massive difference from the stuff like oscar mayer

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mrdon83@reddit

100% beef, browned not burnt

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Thin_Cable4155@reddit

Yeah. Gotta get the beef hot dogs. They're four times the cost but they actually taste good.

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buffaleezy@reddit

Went to a hot dog stand in the park in the city On my way! to get a hamms and damn it tasted good

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VaticRogue@reddit

The difference between a well cooked and dressed dog vs some cheap crap dog some meathead halfassed is unreal.

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stareweigh2@reddit

sahlens if you are near Buffalo or some Publix stock them too.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

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nyXhcinPDX@reddit

This

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honcho713@reddit

I’ve never witnessed a boomer man correctly cook a piece of meat.

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Japhet_Corncrake@reddit

Because your parents can't cook.

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ZeldaHylia@reddit

They’re so good in the air fryer.

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ASH_the_silent@reddit

Because George Foreman was only beginning to sell his grills.

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ShogunFirebeard@reddit

Insane that those were almost Hulk Hogan grills.

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caetrina@reddit

I will only eat grilled ones!!! yummy char.

I didn't even know people boiled them until I was an adult. 🤢

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Orion13Quest@reddit

I was dating this chick for a hot minute & she invited me over to a cookout w/ her family. The grill was lit & cranking out hamburgers, & chicken leg quarters. The hot dogs however, stay w/ me now... were in the kitchen, on the stove, in a pot of water like they were getting a spa treatment. I immediately turned around & left like I was at the wrong address & didn't speak to a soul. That was 1995, & I've never seen, nor heard from her again.

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BayouLuLu@reddit

My parents always boiled hot dogs. I hated hot dogs until I discovered a method my great aunt used. It became one of my latch key kid go-to meals: hot dog + butter + Worcestershire sauce in a pan. Cook it until it gets a little char on each side.

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ass-eatn-szn@reddit (OP)

That sounds awesome. Ill have to try it.

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overmonk@reddit

We got a microwave and I learned if you don’t slice them lengthwise they explode.

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Major_Prize3722@reddit

Boil a hot dog, put it on a bun with shredded mozzarella on top and tell me it doesn’t smack👍

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Redlady0227@reddit

The blackened ones are the bomb

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AllenKll@reddit

add in nuked... and ... what other way exists?

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Time_Honey3150@reddit

Boiled hot dogs can kiss my a$$

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Furious-Shores@reddit

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One-Roof2326@reddit

Show the ones in you

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lemmylemonlemming@reddit

I would totally eat either one of those hotdogs. Even the ones that are burnt af on the outside and reduced to like hotdog jerky on the inside. And the only time I like kraut on dogs is when they're boiled. Idk why.

But hell, two beef dogs in the microwave for a minute no buns no topping is fine with me. I'm no hot dog connoisseur, I just like me some hot diggity dogs

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rhoswhen@reddit

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cranberries87@reddit

I had no idea there is a hotdog subreddit!

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ZaphodBeeblebrahx@reddit

Reddit is sort of like rule 34 in that way.

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GreenSpleenRiot@reddit

There used to be a sub called Pictures of Ian Sleeping or something like that. It was just a guy posting pictures he took of his roommate, Ian, asleep. It wasn’t like Ian was in weird positions or places either. He was just in bed under a comforter. I really enjoyed that.

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lemmylemonlemming@reddit

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Neil_sm@reddit

I'm no hot dog connoisseur,

the hotdog subreddit of which I am a top contributor.

I feel like these 2 statements contradict each other.

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lemmylemonlemming@reddit

I should say that compared to some on the hotdog subreddit that I'm no connoisseur. It gets pretty wild over there.

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CupcakeGoat@reddit

Is this you?

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lemmylemonlemming@reddit

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optionstrategy@reddit

Eager to contribute a humble opinion...

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Natural_Hair464@reddit

Boiled has the best texture and flavor. Overcooked grilled dogs get tough. They're precooked so they heat up quickly, and the grill doesn't add much if any flavor. Grill marks look nice. That's it.

Great street dogs or ballpark dogs are boiled.

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ZaphodBeeblebrahx@reddit

Fellow member of that sub and totally got fooled too. I’m over here about to launch into my dirty-water-dogs-are-delicious-how-dare-you rant

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lemmylemonlemming@reddit

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ZaphodBeeblebrahx@reddit

That’s fucking great! what is that from??

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nearly_enough_wine@reddit

This is a scene from the legendary British sci-fi TV show called Red Dwarf.

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ZaphodBeeblebrahx@reddit

Thank you. I love Brit TV shows. I’ll def check that out.

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lemmylemonlemming@reddit

I have no idea, I just wanted a goofy salute that two people from the hotdog subreddit might use lol.

Btw. Douglas Adams is awesome too. I hope the restaurant at the end of the universe serves hotdogs

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ZaphodBeeblebrahx@reddit

Agree and if they don’t serve hotdogs I’m probably not staying long.

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potentially_limited@reddit

Preach Brother! 1981, and I love me a hot dog!

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ass-eatn-szn@reddit (OP)

I still appreciate a boiled dog, but I don't like the extra burnt crust dog.

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hogua@reddit

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Alchia79@reddit

The only ones I’d even consider eating are on the left.

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sailorknots77@reddit

Because our parents smoked the last cig when putting to dog on the grill and had to go find a fresh pack.

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XComThrowawayAcct@reddit

I will not stand for this burnt-hotdog slander!

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edasto42@reddit

I grew up in Chicago. We are very particular about our hot dogs. Traditional way to make Chicago style is to boil them (same as New York style). There’s nothing wrong with that. What would you prefer, microwaved?

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rebelangel@reddit

We never boiled ours. Either grilled or microwaved. Grilled is the best. I’m sad I can’t eat hot dogs anymore though. My stomach gets horribly upset when I eat them now.

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Low_Break1305@reddit

Dad just always left them on too long

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S0bchak@reddit

I prefer my slurried cow and pig scraps left in the refrigerator at the store.

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LeavesOfBrass@reddit

Oscar Meyer weiners are a perfect example, along with Kraft Mac and cheese, of a food that is obviously inferior to a more refined version but I still love the hell out of it.

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JJD8705@reddit

The grilled hot dogs look perfect

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Skerrydude@reddit

Now i just fry them in butter

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TheyCallMeSuperChunk@reddit

Because being a parent is a lot of work and you're busy all the time so give them a break if they forgot to check on the hot dogs for two minutes.

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rick43402@reddit

My dad grilling hot dogs were much more burnt, he'd get distracted and or be drinking. If he was doing steak, those came out perfect. I never had boiled hot dogs until I was in college.

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SciFi_Wasabi999@reddit

My neighbor used to burn them like that and I loved it. Later a friend said there were a specific type of hotdog in the 70s-80s that you're supposed to burn? Not sure what they're talking about...

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engrish_is_hard00@reddit

Boil them or put them in a bowl of water in the microwave for 2 mins

Dats how i do op

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darthduder666@reddit

Charred hotdogs > boiled

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exu1981@reddit

Why, it's just what it was and still is..

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ShelleyMonique@reddit

How else would they be?

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wesleyoldaker@reddit

I am concerned by people that boil hot dogs. Why would you do such a thing? With such sharp culinary instincts as this, I can only assume the plan is to save the hot dog water and turn it into hot dog popsicles. Or perhaps it's for hot dog water balloon fights.

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OkAdagio9622@reddit

Because the ones on the left are delicious

And the ones on the right are easy

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Total-Valuable-5640@reddit

Boiled my dogs for over 30 yrs(or grilled if by chance) until one day I’m like “you know what? Maybe I’ll try them in my new air fryer!” Best hotdog idea ever! I’ll never boil another dog again! Made my house smell like I’m cooking 20 lbs of different bbq style meats. If you haven’t I highly recommend it!

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Scott_R_1701@reddit

The ones on the left are 5 star cuisine.

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FangFioDente@reddit

Because Americans don’t know how to cook

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ConfusionOk4129@reddit

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GreenSpleenRiot@reddit

If you’re not splitting your hotdogs down the middle twice and then smush fry, you’re doing it wrong.

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TheMeticulousNinja@reddit

Boiling them in water was never an option in my house. Always fried or grilled

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CupcakeGoat@reddit

Fried? Like deep fried?

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TheMeticulousNinja@reddit

No, just a little grease in the pan

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LesserGooglyMooglie@reddit

You are lucky, my family boiled all the flavor out of the hot dogs and I always wanted to use the old hot dog water to make ice cubes for my shitty step dads jack and coke.

Shit I went a little far there.

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Ordinary_Cap_6812@reddit

I don't get the hate, boiled hotdogs are great.

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vanillaninja16@reddit

I love me a turkey dog that’s been boiled, but I am absolutely grilling any beef dog.

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LesserGooglyMooglie@reddit

For me, the char gives it the real dick throbbing American flavor!

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turtleandpleco@reddit

Its just how you cook em. You missed the both ends blown out microwave dog.

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Exact-Truck-5248@reddit

I LOVE the burnt weenie

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King_of_Lunch223@reddit

I know I'm in a minority, but I prefer my hot dogs boiled. When I was younger, my parents would buy the cheapest/ poorest quality mystery meat hot dogs, and burn them to a crisp on the grill. The flavor just disgusted me. At least when you boil them, some of the salt, fat, and hostile flavors seep out into the water.

As an adult, I only buy Nathan's or Hebrew National.

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jesusismygardener@reddit

Boiled is the best and I’ll die on that hill. Especially for chili dogs

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FledglingNonCon@reddit

I prefer zero beef (pork and chicken) dogs gently warmed in water (not boiled) for about 10 min (water will almost, but not quite boil by the end) and steam the buns over the pot with a wire cooling rack. As close to a $2 street corner dog as I can get at home. I also use Sriracha instead of ketchup on them.

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flyinthesoup@reddit

Costco's are also great, both the regular and the giant kind.

I prefer my weiners boiled for hotdogs, but everything else grilled is better. Microwave as a last resort option. Oh, I do boil them for ramen too, I toss them in the pot with the noodles.

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Chemical-Coconut-879@reddit

There's nothing wrong with a dirty water dog

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Environmental_Ant268@reddit

Hotdog is all shit have you seen how it's made ?

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3OsInGooose@reddit

Beer boil your dogs and brats.

This is the single meaningful culinary contribution of the state of Wisconsin

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MegatronusThePrime@reddit

Sorry for being dumb but do you mean just put beer in a pot/pan and boil it?

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3OsInGooose@reddit

Yep! Boil em in beer like you would water. Can poke the casings with a fork a couple times to let the beer in

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avalonfaith@reddit

Can you then grill then for char and like maximize. Flavor?

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TheDodoBird@reddit

Oh for sure, mate. That’s basically step 2. Never had beer boiled hot dogs, but beer boiled brats are amazing.

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avalonfaith@reddit

Next on the list!

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MotherofaPickle@reddit

Of course. But then you still have to char them on the grill/campfire.

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MegatronusThePrime@reddit

Do you use a specific one (like what do you like) and also do certain beer work better like lager or stout etc? Thanks!

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3OsInGooose@reddit

Nah, any garbage macrobrew works pretty well. whatever’s cheap

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RoutineLingonberry48@reddit

As someone who has tried this: It's a waste of beer. Comes out just like you used water. Any difference is an illusion. Beer. Root beer. whatever. Just use water.

The only time this matters is if you're boiling something way longer than you would beef franks, that starts dry and inedible and ends up mostly soft because it's mostly water: Rice. Beans.

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ass-eatn-szn@reddit (OP)

Ohhh, I like the beer boiled brat idea. Never tried it.

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MotherofaPickle@reddit

WHAT? It’s the only way. Johnsonville now sells beer brats already infused with beer.

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Drum_Eatenton@reddit

Boil them until done, then sear them on the grill. I was a naysayer until I tried it, very juice without being greasy.

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handsomeape95@reddit

Never tried brats either. But I became a snob lately and only beer boil frankfurters.

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3OsInGooose@reddit

If you're really fancy quarter an onion in there with it

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MiniRems@reddit

Naw, gotta make tons of onions slivers, then those perfectly grilled brats soak in a beer and onion jacuzzi while the corn on the cob and other veg are being grilled up. Then you serve up the brats with onions and mustard.

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viperised@reddit

And steam your rolls over the pan

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radarksu@reddit

This is the single meaningful culinary contribution of the state of Wisconsin

And it's shit. Either the beer/water never gets through the casing, and never does anything. Or the casing breaks and the brat is ruined by being in water. Both options are shit.

If you boil your meat, the terrorists win.

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Cisru711@reddit

Isn't that a waste of beer? Or do you drink from the pot afterwards?

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FancyThought7696@reddit

I tried that once but then I burned my esophagus

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LoudSheepherder5391@reddit

And now you need Funky Cold Medina?

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chrjohns21@reddit

Beer grows on trees in WI so no worries

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3OsInGooose@reddit

Cheapass beer works great for this, and forgive my privilege but I'm in my goddamn 40s: I'm long since past worrying about "wasting" 4 cans of Busch.

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Melancholy_Rainbows@reddit

This is the only way I like brats (hot dogs are disgusting any way they're prepared).

My husband will only eat them grilled, though.

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3OsInGooose@reddit

A beer boiled brat is... pretty goddamn good. Can even touch em with the grill if you want.

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distant_diva@reddit

i like the burnt ones. my fil loves the boiled version 😆

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whitethug@reddit

Both are perfect.

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knarusch123@reddit

I was a latchkey kid and microwaved my hotdogs. I was disgusted when I first saw someone boil them 🤢

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2PM2@reddit

I like the burn ones …. That what I ask for

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jadethebard@reddit

I grew up eating boiled hot dogs and hated them. Then when I was at my dad's he'd microwave them until they were deformed. Now I pan fry them in butter til they look like the grilled ones. So much better.

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TrixieBastard@reddit

Charred hot dogs are the best and you cannot change my mind

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vegaslocal46582@reddit

Because you were loved

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DampWarmHands@reddit

Blanch then grill for the ultimate dog.

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Big_Emu_9921@reddit

100% the dogs on the left are waaay better

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kol1157@reddit

Dads were to busy drinking and talking to remember to turn the dogs and moms were to lazy drink wine (mine drank daiquiris) to check on them so they boiledem.

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ApartRegister6851@reddit

I miss having a gas range...

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assa9sks@reddit

What are you even asking!? Both look great!

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TeddyAtTheReady@reddit

My aunt used to turn them into charred carbon sticks on the grill and then yell at all of us kids to eat them. I turned to my cousin and whispered “it looks like the crypt keeper’s wiener” and we laughed so hard that we got to see her turn from annoyed to enraged. To this day, any cookout we attend is an opportunity to bring up the crypt keeper story and laugh like we’re 12 again.

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create360@reddit

Both are good.

Moving on.

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Striking-Win-3239@reddit

I only like mine charred, thank you

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teffanien@reddit

I ate boiled hot dogs for days on end until I suddenly was disgusted by them and couldn’t eat one afterwards without wanting to vomit.

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SilverStL@reddit

I never cared for hotdogs that much unless they were grilled. As I got older I’d deliberately burn them in the skillet. Not often but I’d say I’m in the mood for a burnt hotdog.

One day I was fixing hotdogs for my kids’ lunch and my nine year old son asked if I could burn his. 😁

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JustaAnotherRand0@reddit

The left hotdogs are the only real way to tell a hotdog is A: done and B: fkn delicious and I will not be convinced otherwise

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Kyauphie@reddit

Mine were not.

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ImNotSkankHunt42@reddit

Anyone remember a brand of chicken hotdogs that had like a skin you could peel with your teeth and were tasty af? I think they had a maple leaf as logo. I stopped seeing it around early 2000’s.

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BrittaUnfiltered67@reddit

They taste better blackened.

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BrittaUnfiltered67@reddit

Same goes for bolgna

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No-Swordfish-1763@reddit

We'd be playing outside, run in and grab a couple raw ones and eat them just like that and go back to playing.

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DarksunDaFirst@reddit

Boiled then cut up hot dogs, kraft Mac and cheese, and ketchup.

Lunch of runner ups.

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degeneratesumbitch@reddit

Only if it's octopus hotdogs with the Mac n cheese.

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4RealzReddit@reddit

KD and dogs is a good time.

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FulcrumYYC@reddit

Boiled, it's as nature intended!

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Own-Satisfaction4427@reddit

Hot dogs ruin mac n cheese, & adding ketchup is a war crime. I'll die on this hill, fight me

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DarksunDaFirst@reddit

I wonder if it’s an east coast or even a Philly thing. Have you seen what we do with a long roll, steak, and cheese wiz?

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Own-Satisfaction4427@reddit

Hot dogs in mac n cheese? & Yes I have! I've been to Philly once, but never tried one!

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Logvin@reddit

Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew...

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IComposeEFlats@reddit

Kraft Spiral mac&cheese for the premium level.

Elbows are whatever, good I guess, but spirals & dogs was divine

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TiEmEnTi@reddit

We'd do it with canned beans as well

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handsomeape95@reddit

"Boiled" in Spaghettio-Os was my go to.

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Chemical-Coconut-879@reddit

The dogs were a side dish... If anything. Made Mom's Mac and cheese taste weird in the not a good way.

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firewings42@reddit

I like at the lunch of runner ups. 🏆

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ass-eatn-szn@reddit (OP)

Right, just a classic lol

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BeefSupremeeeeee@reddit

Boiled hotdogs are gross.....

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Mega_Dragonzord@reddit

Those are both tasty. What magical princess method do you require for a hot dog?

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Raisdonruin@reddit

Slightly charred dogs are great. Boiled is nasty

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Chemical-Coconut-879@reddit

There's nothing wrong with a dirty water dog

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MotherofaPickle@reddit

A dirty water dog is completely different. I would much rather risk parasites from a legit “dirty water dog” in NYC or Chicago than boil a hot dog on my stove when I have a perfectly good grill and fire pit.

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FledglingNonCon@reddit

The key to replicating the dirty water dog is to not boil it. Since the dogs are already cooked you are looking to gently warm them to the appropriate temperature. I find 10 min in the pot at just past medium comes very close to replicating the $2 city corner dirty water dog. You can also steam the bun over the pot with a wire cooling rack. Do this for lunch almost once a week.

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Good_Adhesiveness_75@reddit

Both look amazing. Need a grilled split top bun on the left & a steamed bun on the right.

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UseDue6373@reddit

Why are Reddit posts like Facebook posts recently

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goodhumorman85@reddit

Nope, I grew up with these!

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Remytron83@reddit

The left is proper. The right is poo.

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Dont-tell_Frank@reddit

You mean they aren’t still like this??

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RedSolez@reddit

Just count yourself lucky if you didn't have parents from Brooklyn who insisted on Nathan's hot dogs with the skin 🤢

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Kamerlyn@reddit

Hey, hey, Gen X here. We got claim on these first. Yes the burnt ones were better. Added flavor. Boiled had stinky water.

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mtrip98@reddit

while growing up? my shit still looks like this to this day.

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Vanman04@reddit

Dad was drunk.

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Usagi_Shinobi@reddit

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Kweller3117@reddit

How else do you cook them shits?

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Musicbath@reddit

And yet people were content.

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realoctopod@reddit

These are fine, so is cold or microwaved. Steam is good too. Just like the ball park.

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Easy_Action_1380@reddit

Because those are the two main ways you cook a hot dog?

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TheHairyHeathen@reddit

You mean good?

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DingbattheGreat@reddit

Jokes on u, they’re already cooked.

Boiling them adds no flavor tho there are sausages you can start cooking in water.

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SchoolOfYardKnocks@reddit

Those are still my methods of cooking hot dogs

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Pixilatedhighmukamuk@reddit

You’re missing the ones cut up for Spagettios.

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zenlittleplatypus@reddit

Dude, a little char is top tier!!

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somecoolname42@reddit

There are men out there, women too probably, that don't know how to grill. Somehow, they ended up married. I guess some women just latch on to whatever they can find first and don't question it.

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nullpassword@reddit

Third option gas station roller dogs...

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SoupBeans25@reddit

So you’re asking why were hotdogs good?

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butterfly_ashley@reddit

Love rhe burnt ones off charcoal grill..yes!

Sometimes I still boil mine today if I sm just throwing in a bowl with some condiments.

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Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit

Cause you were a coward! Kidding. You were polite, unlike me, who would go out there and rescue my hot metts at the perfect level of burnished. Yes, Uncle Paul, I am telling you how to do your job.

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Thorn_Within@reddit

I loved the burnt ones.

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JEPressley@reddit

My mom boiled them in the bag so they’d cook in the brine and opened them on a plate when they were done.

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emjay144@reddit

My barbecue nightmares were rare-cooked burgers 🤢

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thewalruscandyman@reddit

I always pan fried mine with the chili and onions all at once while the bun toasted.

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Adrasteia-One@reddit

The charred ones had that great, smoky depth of flavor that I looked forward to, hehe. I thought they were extra fancy.

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Jade-almost26@reddit

And WHY do I still love them when they are cooked like this!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

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dj72c10@reddit

Boiled hot dogs are for with the sports. Grilled hot hot dogs are for with the homies.

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machacker89@reddit

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Defiant-Fix2870@reddit

Which one? Grilled—perfect. Boiled— 🤮

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Skywren7@reddit

Because we didn't own one of those fancy hotdog roller things 😂

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runlalarun@reddit

Always booked except the 4th of July when dad got the grill out.

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HappinessIsaColdPint@reddit

(Just the) Pro-Tip: Do both.

Bring water to a rolling boil, turn off and add your hort dags. Basically a light parboil; let them jacuzzi for about 7~10 minutes.

Pull from the hot dog flavored water and rest on paper towel/plate. Then grill or broil them however you wish.

Less dry, less shriveling and more flavor.

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Kill_Kayt@reddit

Boiled hotdogs are the worst

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CrazyMinute69@reddit

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

Charcoal is a superpower

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hereforpopcornru@reddit

So is a pellet smoker.. tried it one day when I was smoking ribs.. no regrets

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JoshKottlovski@reddit

The right side was last night's dinner! I started to make a dinner of Svíčková na smetaně s knedlíky but it wasn't done enough so I found a stopping point and reached for my emergency hot dogs, a pasta,mashed potatoes or rice side I already made that has been frozen and some frozen veg. While heating up I chopped a small salad side dish. I've had 10+ back surgeries and if it's late and I'm getting sore, I'll find a safe way to cool the meat after fully cooked and leave it for tomorrow while I enjoy my cheap ass hotdog meal. Also sometimes when I'm not making Czech food, it's a quick easy meal. Love hot dogs simmered. I save the water to cook with sometimes.

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montuckyd@reddit

Shit mine were microwaved most of the time!

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Internal_Ice7577@reddit

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ResumeFluffer@reddit

Because they weren't 100% beef and the flavor was otherwise awful, so the burn added a little extra.

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Senior-Afternoon-786@reddit

Boomers?

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Similar_Sale_5136@reddit

Love burnt dogs.

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BittenHand19@reddit

I thought that’s how hotdogs were supposed to be made until I learned how to cook. My dad just burnt them all the time. I’ll still make one or two like this and my kid hates it lol

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HislersHero@reddit

Because it was the best way to eat them.

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Any-Scarcity-5020@reddit

Speak for yourself.

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kmill0202@reddit

I love a good partially burnt hot dog. But the straight up boiled, or even worse, microwaved ones, are ass.

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Kuneria@reddit

Do you have unplanned kids and a full time job?

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JeffTS@reddit

I’ve got a funny story about hot dogs. My friend can’t cook. Like, boiling water and making a baked potato are beyond him. One day, he had a cookout at his place. I showed up late and he was into the drink. He asked what I wanted I told him to throw a couple hot dogs on the grill. Well, he forgot about them. I asked him where my food was and we both walked over to his grill. He lifted the lid and it was just 2 lines of char on the griddle. Just like from a cartoon. I ended up making my own food at his cookout.

A few years ago, he did nearly the same thing to a perfectly innocent set of ribs.

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IllegalGeriatricVore@reddit

Your parents were too tired to cook well

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ass-eatn-szn@reddit (OP)

Good point. I agree, thats definitely part of it.

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LocalDesign1313@reddit

Add some charred chicken breasts on that shared space lake beach grill with Kraft bbq sauce

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ThreeIfByBike@reddit

Looking back I'm almost upset by how often boiling was the preparation of choice for far too many foodstuffs.

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Mammoth_Mixture4735@reddit

The left ones are the best. Grilled or pan fried

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sedatedforlife@reddit

Left is still the best way to eat a hot dog!

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Meetzorp@reddit

Burnt is the only way they taste any good!

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Floundering_Dad_43@reddit

I don't understand what the alternative is

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Mad_Spaniel@reddit

Actual ruddy sausages. Frankfurters ain't that; let alone the Yankified ones. Neither never have been. Nor never will be.

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Feefifiddlyeyeoh@reddit

We didn’t have microwaves?

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TheMacintoshGeek@reddit

Because air fryers weren’t invented yet. Air fryer dogs are peak 👌

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Smile_Space@reddit

Boiled dogs are just the best. Grilled are good too! I like the char, but man a tasty boiled glizzy goes so hard.

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G0DS_DEMON@reddit

Absolutely hate boiled hotdogs. Grilled is the way to go…

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MajesticLow@reddit

I would have loved the burnt version 😂. We were a boiled hot dog household, and while I had no other option back then, I live for the more burnt dogs now 😅

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Chemical-Coconut-879@reddit

There's nothing wrong with a dirty water dog

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MajesticLow@reddit

Nothing wrong at all! I’ve just enjoyed the options of burning over boiling them as an adult.

Give me a boiled dog+white bread +ketchup and I’m aril a happy camper 😂

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OkCriticism9433@reddit

Idk but I appreciate both to this day

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TheMadMetalhead@reddit

I only do my hot dogs in New York style dirty water they soak up all the spices and they are delicious

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poop-money@reddit

Our parents learned to cook from their parents and in much of America that meant depression/silent generation recipes, overcooked meat, Americanized Chinese food, Americanized Mexican food, and the Better Homes & Gardens cookbook.

I feel lucky to have the Internet and curiosity enough to be an adventurous eater. I also don't regret cooking professionally for 16 years, until I look at my retirement savings.

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ohb78@reddit

Didn’t know there were other options…

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Skitzafranik@reddit

Growing up??😁 it still is !!😂😂

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Logvin@reddit

I actually sent this post to my kids - grandpa cooks the left image, grandma cooks the right image. They may be in their 70's but they still cook them EXACTLY like this.

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pregnantandsober@reddit

I still love boiled hot dogs, but now I eat Hebrew Nats instead of Ball Park.

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Skitzafranik@reddit

Similarly same! I’ve upgraded from whatever C grade no-name brand hot dogs my parents bought, to Nathan’s !!!🙌🏽😁😎

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ouijahead@reddit

Tremendous upgrade. Also different from when I was a child, if it can go on a hotdog, put it on there. I like everything.

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One-Earth9294@reddit

You should have seen my dad's hamburgers. Just chunks of carbon.

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ass-eatn-szn@reddit (OP)

Me too. Holy cow. Why did they hate a good medium cooked burger

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Logvin@reddit

Bold of you to assume my dad was even aiming for medium.

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HighSeasArchivist@reddit

Hard pass on the right, but I'll crush a handful of the ones on the left.

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Curious-Comedian-285@reddit

I question people that boil their hot dogs. I like mine burnt.

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balzstein@reddit

Grill pork hotdogs. Boil beef hotdogs.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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General_Citron_121@reddit

Because burnt dogs taste better

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ohmyloood@reddit

any more time then 30s in the microwave is the perfect about of time befored they start to deform

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Otakur42@reddit

Electrocuted! Not this exact model, but one very similar.

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Umberlee168@reddit

Mine were on bread slices too. Kids these days don't know how good they have it.

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miz_mantis@reddit

Oooh, those burned ones are so good!

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0peRightBehindYa@reddit

I air fry mine now. Run em for like 15 minutes at 375 to get that nice, crunchy outside that's oh so delightful.

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MontyRapid@reddit

Because you cooked them wrong. They still look like that when you cook them wrong.

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notnotwatchinthis_00@reddit

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rolandguy85@reddit

I steam then slice 6 times per side (maybe spiral if that’s what I’m into that day) and sear

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Elethuir@reddit

Yes

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mondomiketron@reddit

Is that the ball park dogs that get bigger when cooking them? That's what my family used growing and now I can only eat Hebrew national or nathans

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AppliedCarbon@reddit

I see two perfectly good way to down then dawgs

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benvader138@reddit

Mine were usually microwaved

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OneRub3234@reddit

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NewSpice001@reddit

I mean, I grew up with steamies, but I've found out that's really a Quebec thing and less everywhere else. But fries were always cooked in a chip pot on the stove.

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TimmyRamone1976@reddit

I retired my dad from grilling because he couldn’t cook hot dogs any other way except completely mummified

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xRVAx@reddit

Chipped up in kraft Mac n cheese

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MeatPopsicle10@reddit

What’s the third option?

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Material-Jacket3939@reddit

You forgot the exploded microwaved dogs.

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llahlahkje@reddit

Air frying kosher hot dogs is the way to go.

But I grew up on questionable meats cuz we didn’t always have food in the house and you take what you can get.

Many is the times I made a lunch out of a can of vegetables with the smallest amount of butter.

During those times I’d have killed for a shitty ass, burned Jenni-O link.

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PetuniaPicklePepper@reddit

Gross. Please don't eat conventional hotdogs. 😩

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dudly825@reddit

Chef was waaaaaay drunker than we realized

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Reddiculusness@reddit

you should have had fried hot dogs too

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Rdubya291@reddit

Because our parents grew up with their depression era parents. So few of them learned how to cook.

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billskionce@reddit

Boiled hot dogs? Did we lose another war or something?

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malibuklw@reddit

On the left looks okay, probably need a few more minutes if I’m honest

On the right, absolutely not.

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RealityOk9823@reddit

I actually prefer boiled hot dogs.

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aravarth@reddit

"Oh NO! My STEAK is TOO JUICY, and my LOBSTER is TOO BUTTERY!"

FOH. These were delicious ass hotdogs.

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Azaroth1991@reddit

laughs in campfire black

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vid_icarus@reddit

The ones on the left are fine but honestly whoever was at the grill just forgot to keep rotating them. If you didn’t have a relative that took grilling seriously your hotdog experience was unfortunate.

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nunja_biznez@reddit

Not the ones I grew up with. But I'm not American.

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Gr8tfulmoeron@reddit

The first thing I learned to cook was boiled hotdog! Now looking back on it, I know better.

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Tyenkrovy@reddit

Growing up? Hell, I still have them like this. 😅

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VA1N@reddit

I grew up on boiled hot dogs. My dad would boil them and wrap them in tin foil and we’d go to the ballgame together. To this day, I still love them boiled. I know it’s a minority opinion, but it reminds me of the good days before family life went south growing up.

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Pmood@reddit

I'll take a "burnt" one!!

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Kjler@reddit

We had an electric hot dog cooker. It looked a lot like an old battery charger if each end (+ and -) had a sort of spike. You'd stab each end of the dog onto a spike, slightly arched, and electrocute it until it began to split down the middle. It could cook up to 4 hot dogs at once and nothing else.

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mcbeardsauce@reddit

Because your dad was tired of you bugging there were grill marks so your mom took over

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OldCreezy@reddit

Boiled Oscar Mayer 4 lyfe!!!

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enphurgen@reddit

Did anyone else's mom boil water and throw a hotdog in a thermos for your school lunch?

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82ndGameHead@reddit

Cuz they tasted good. Especially the ones on the left.

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dying-of-boredom1966@reddit

To this day, I love the taste of burnt meat

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Coomstress@reddit

Burnt ones are 100% better than boiled in water!

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No_Raisin_250@reddit

I don’t like them boiled I like them burnt ones

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Puffyfugu8@reddit

I hated it when my mom boiled hotdogs. I always felt cheated somehow.

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lankyleper@reddit

Sounds weird, but the crappy chicken/pork hot dogs boiled in beer, then topped with sauerkraut and spicy mustard, are actually pretty delicious. Give me a beef hot dog or coney grilled over being boiled any day, though.

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Lethave@reddit

I could see that being good, it's almost like brining them in flavor

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BlackBasementCats@reddit

Because both slap

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SimpleVegetable5715@reddit

Uh, someone didn’t know the stove has a setting other than high?

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sonsofthedesert@reddit

You don’t like boiled dogs?

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False-Storm-5794@reddit

I will never eat another boiled hot dog in my life. They are so disgusting!

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BossDjGamer@reddit

Both of these are delicious. Suck it Trebek

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KevinStoley@reddit

Bonus points if you didn’t have buns and ate it with a piece of white bread.

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damnyankeeintexas@reddit

I don’t understand why anyone boils them , at least pan fry them!

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ThePhoenix63@reddit

Broiled in the oven. Or boiled in water

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jdg401@reddit

Fuck a boiled hotdog. Pan/grill char every time ftw

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gesis@reddit

My grandpa used to serve me boiled hot dogs on plain white bread when I was a kid.

These days, it's Nathans or Hebrew Nationals cooked on a cast iron grill, served on lightly toasted potato rolls.

I should revisit the boiled dogs on occasion...

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yourunclegord@reddit

I love boiled dogs

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SubstantialGas6185@reddit

Was there some other way ??

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ThukeNazty@reddit

Bear dicks 4 life

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rawbface@reddit

Charred on the left is still 🔥 to this day

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qtjedigrl@reddit

Left looks delicious

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AcanthaceaeLucky4842@reddit

…and that’s why we’re all getting colon cancer

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CunnyMaggots@reddit

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CaulkSlug@reddit

Drunk parents. One is drinking and not paying attention to the bbq. The other is drunk and figured that was enough effort.

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PaGaNfUn818@reddit

I used to cook hot dogs stuck with a fork over the oven burner

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Plastic_Electrical@reddit

Every year, my dad would drop a few into the fire... Dig it out, slap it on a bun

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yumi_Blaze@reddit

Only way I'll touch a dog it has to charcoal grilled

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Stink_Snake@reddit

I boil hotdogs before I get some color on them to knock out a lot of salt.

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HedgehogOpening8220@reddit

Lol i remember my momma boiling them

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Emannuelle-in-space@reddit

I’m going to show this picture to whoever asks me the difference between my mother and my father

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ass-eatn-szn@reddit (OP)

This is hilarious 😂

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Cryptic1911@reddit

Burnt dogs are the best. If they aint lookin like fire marshall bill, I don't want em

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ass-eatn-szn@reddit (OP)

Man, you guys are so funny 🤣🤣🤣

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Clawman1701@reddit

A little charred ? It’s fine, though I dislike crunch in hot dogs, there’s a fine line of char for me… Solid black charcoal and as crunchy as a potato chip with no juice or tenderness at all? Heck no, disgusting.

But it could be worse.. though my grandma liked them rock hard and burnt to a crisp (not exaggerating.) my mom would eat them frozen out of a freezer 🤢

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Life_Grade1900@reddit

Dude. The ones on the left are pure perfection

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OnlySezBeautiful@reddit

I only ever knew the blackened ones. Can't stand any others! I've found my people.

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J_is_for_Journey@reddit

I'm a glizzy equal opportunist. Please and Thank You.

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Desperate-Revenue513@reddit

My Mexican-American dad who grew up in the 50’s would char the hell out of a corn tortilla and then put a cold hot dog straight from the package into it. It’s one of my favorite snacks to this day.

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ass-eatn-szn@reddit (OP)

That will put some hair on your chest haha. I do like the idea of a corn tortilla.

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Chelostyles@reddit

That's the life and still is. Everyone's just scared of living and eating because of the media telling you the quote unquote dangers

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RockShowSparky@reddit

As opposed to microwaving it for one minute? I mean, both of these are better but I’m lazy.

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TiEmEnTi@reddit

You forgot the microwaved wrapped in a paper towel version

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radarksu@reddit

Because your parents didn’t love you.

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MojoHighway@reddit

I don't know but I love both with all of my 12 year old heart. Holy shit I miss being a kid and eating this tasty trash.

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gummi-demilo@reddit

My mom used to make me Frito dogs that she learned to make in Campfire Girls. Sliced down the middle and filled with mustard and crushed Fritos, then topped with shredded cheese before heating

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OffMeta13@reddit

I prefer them burnt

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Cisru711@reddit

There were also campfire dogs, which were always undercooked or burnt because they fell off your stick.

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handsomeape95@reddit

I enjoy making them in the summer over my fire pit. Last year I bought a grate that fits over it. Sometimes we make a pigs in blanket kind of thing with Pillsbury cresent rolls.

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Cisru711@reddit

That would be cool

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mizushimo@reddit

Those hotdogs, they were always charred on the outside and stone cold on the inside in a cold bun. They were just something to eat that I didn't hate on a cookout.

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handsomeape95@reddit

Dare we start the ketchup vs mustard arguement?

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optionstrategy@reddit

Both.

A charred hot dog on a cheap but fresh bun, dollar store ketchup and mustard.

Perfection when drunk around 1pm.

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iloveyourlittlehat@reddit

What argument? Mustard.

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handsomeape95@reddit

I'm in violent agreement as we're adults now.

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RamblinShambler@reddit

Has anyone else had a moment where they realized that their parents just weren’t very good cooks? Or is it just me?

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XXBubblesLaRouxXX@reddit

There was no in between. Ever.

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doyoubelieveinfarts@reddit

I do enjoy a bbq hot dog but my go to is microwave steamies. Put it in the bun, wrap in paper towel. Two dogs at 1min 10sec and the are perfect

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Shoddy_Bet9619@reddit

I prefer the grilled but will take a boiled dog any day over a Microwaved one, etc

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CaterpillarMore9104@reddit

I grew up on boiled hot dogs in a piece of white bread folded in half.

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Willow1883@reddit

Shitty food culture and parents being drunk when they cooked.

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optionstrategy@reddit

And cancer at a young age

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dmanthony41@reddit

I hated boiled hot dogs. I’d take an overcooked grilled dog every time. Sooo good. I did however love how my grandmother always steamed the buns though.

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k0alaFRESH@reddit

Bro speak for yourself I’d demolish every single one

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Raff102@reddit

Delicious?

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turdferguson3891@reddit

Don't forget doing them in the microwave and having them explode.

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lothartheunkind@reddit

Burn em more! They need to be blackened all the way around!

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JaredUnzipped@reddit

Boiled or steamed hot dogs are still my preferred way of eating them.

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SirFlannel@reddit

Easy... dad's cooking (on the grill) vs mom's cooking (on the stove)

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Persis-@reddit

Boiled hot dogs are an abomination.

The grilled ones look great!

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shagbark_dryad@reddit

No octopus dogs?

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Chemical-Coconut-879@reddit

Girlfriend does that .

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hahanawmsayin@reddit

My mom was a genius and I loved hot dogs so she’d boil some in the morning and I’d bring them to school in a thermos with the hot water. Still good by lunchtime

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Summerie@reddit

I would devour picture number one.

But then again I'm a huge fan of microwaved hotdogs, so what do I know.

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Munchkin531@reddit

My dad always burned hot dogs 🌭 🤮 The first time i had one that was boiled I knew that was the only way I would eat them.

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Doesitmatter98765@reddit

Mm. Now I’m hungry.

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Legitimate_Bird_5712@reddit

Because my dad was divorced and this is what love tasted like.

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moredustythandigital@reddit

"You know what the gourmet here wanted? Hot dogs! You know what they're made of, Chet? Lips and assholes!"

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Vaguely_vacant@reddit

We never boiled dogs growing up. It was charcoal grilled with toasted buns, pan grilled in butter with buttered and grilled buns, or steamed with steamed buns. From New England so we used the New England style buns

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BraveLittleToaster8@reddit

New England style buns are the way! So much surface area to toast them to perfection with perfect grill stripes!

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ass-eatn-szn@reddit (OP)

Sheesh. Sounds awesome. Ill have to try it.

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Opposite-Mushroom940@reddit

Left is perfection

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BeefModeTaco@reddit

I don't love the charred ones, but I understand people do, and I don't think they're wrong it just doesn't hit for me.
Boiled always sounded horrible, though...

I always just nuked them in the microwave for like 30 seconds or so. I want it hot, but not exploding or inverting itself...
Preferably with some artificial cheese food product injected inside...

Yeah, I'm weird, you can say it.

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Walter_Padick@reddit

What's the third way you want?

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Traditional-Goose-60@reddit

The ones on the left are perfecion. The ones on the right are poorly cooked.

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CeemoreButtz@reddit

I'll take the dogs on the left. All day.

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westcoastweedreviews@reddit

I just cooked them in the microwave until the ends got exploded and dry, perfection

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johnb300m@reddit

What’s the malfunction here?

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astralchanterelle@reddit

They're carcinogenic AND gross. If something causes cancer, it should at least taste good

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jazzbot247@reddit

If it wasn’t a BBQ mine were cooked in the microwave.

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Southern_Growth_7991@reddit

That’s why I put my hotdogs on the top rack when grilling. Everything else cooks at high heat while the hotdogs slowly cook the whole time. I’m the only one I’ve ever seen make the hotdogs have “leopard spots” it’s like crisp on those burnt ones but more even. Flip every 5 mins and away from high heat will get you the perfect dog.

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YakiVegas@reddit

Um, they weren’t? Sorry your adults were shitty cooks lol

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ass-eatn-szn@reddit (OP)

I agree. My parents were very below average cooks.

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Tall-Introduction414@reddit

We burnt ours in the oven growing up. I always thought boiling then was weird, but apparently they do that up north.

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Beaverhuntr@reddit

Does anyone else remember making the shoe box hot dog cooker in elementary science class?

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Neil_sm@reddit

No but I saw the Mr. Wizard where he cooked one by electrocuting it.

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_procrastinatrix_@reddit

Yes, but it was Girl Scouts for me!

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SweetCosmicPope@reddit

This isn't something I'm familiar with, but my son made a s'more cooker at summer camp using a box and tin foil.

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roughsmotheness@reddit

Pretty sure the ones on the left were cooked in the package.

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Pretend_Emu_1691@reddit

I'll take the burnt one!

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Intelligent-Salt-362@reddit

Those just look like shitty quality dogs. We always bought Nathan’s and then boars head which you could get a good even char on, and they snapped when you bit into them. These look like Hebrew Nationals which absolutely suck. As far as the grilled ones, looks like pops was getting another beer or two when he should have been flipping them bitches. The boiled ones are just a travesty and whoever did that should be bought up on charges.

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