Who said: "Weenie, Widi, Wici!"?
Who proclaimed with all his might: "Weeni - Widi - Wici!"? Caesar - upon conquering the Frankfurters! Ouch...!
Really good ones are hard to find - jokes as well as wiener dogs. It's very important to know your weenie! Here are some recommendations for the true Hot Dog/Wiener/Beef Frank/Frankfurter/Weenie fan. You won't find any great weenies at a ball park or at open-air mass events. Good hot dogs cost more - you'll get what you pay for. But there are places where you can buy "the real thing", and recently, some of the large food manufacturers in America have released much tastier versions of their most popular products.
A "Wiener Schnitzel" is something completely different - a pounded pork cutlet, breaded and fried. Not something you should get at a fast food outlet.
Here we talk juicy links, pretzels, and beer.
Chef Keem says: "Ich bin ein Weenie!"
Table of weenie topics:
- My thoughts on Weenies...
- Second thoughts on Weenies...
- Third thoughts on Weenies...
- Original Bavarian Pretzel Recipe
- Weenie In Disguise With Ketchup!
- Frankly - where did it all start?
- Wiener Parade On Flickr!
- Government in Action
- Weenie Quote by James Beard, famous culinary writer and cook
- "You're Such A Brat, Weenie!"
- Weenie Encyclopedia Frankannica
- Quick! What Is Agasweet?
- EBay Buyers Love Agasweet!
- Sweeten your weenies!
- Please Visit My Blog "Chef Keem's Squid Kitchen"
- Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
- Weenie Heaven!
- Great Weenies on Amazon
- Weenie Poll
- Weenies on eBay
- Weenie Posts from Google
- A Wiener on YouTube
- Hot dog vendor tells of bizarre customer behavior
- See Bavaria with Orbitz!
- Hello, fellow weenie lovers!
My thoughts on Weenies...
Wieners, that is - hot dogs.
The correct spelling is wiener, not weiner. The name comes from the Austrian city Wien (Vienna). We're talking about Wiener sausage here, called hot dog in America. I was born in Munich, Germany, to a German father and an Austrian mother. I was weened on wieners, hence my expertise on the subject. I might talk with an accent, write funny grammar, at times - but I do know my weenie!Fun fact: Wieners are actually called "Frankfurters" (after the German city Frankfurt) in Vienna. Peculiarly enough, in Frankfurt, they're called "Wieners". Go figure. (I went, and I couldn't.)
Second thoughts on Weenies...
...not to be confused with second-guessing!
IMHO, a good weenie is made from beef only, and then they're usually called franks. A superior beef frank contains lots of quality meat cuts, fat, and stronger seasoning than a wiener. Wieners are made from pork, chicken, turkey, meat substitutes, and I-don't-wanna-know-what-else.Very important is the "snap" when you bite into your weenie. And the juice should squirt a bit, and then dribble down your chin. Nobody likes a dry weenie!
Third thoughts on Weenies...
...what goes well with weenies?
Mustard. Smooth, slightly spicy mustard. Or, the grainy, slightly sweet variety. I'd say: You must have mustard, ketchup only if you must. Sorry. (For the lame pun.)Personally, I don't care for the common hot dog buns. I'd rather have a more substantial sourdough bun, or a slice of sourdough bread with my weenie.
Frankly, it's best to bake your own fresh pretzels. See a fantastic recipe below, please.
There you go, that's all you need for a tasty meal. Maybe some beer, too. A good book, a funny TV show - and you're set.
Original Bavarian Pretzel Recipe
Goes well with weenies!
1 Package active dry yeast (2 tsp)Warm water (1/8 Cup-105°F)
Warm water (1 1/3 Cup)
Brown sugar (1/3 Cup)
Flour (4 1/2 Cups)
Baking Soda
Pot of water
Dissolve yeast in 1/8-cup warm water. Stir in 1 1/3 cups warm water, 1/3-cup brown sugar and flour. Knead dough until smooth and elastic. You can let the dough rise for a half hour or so, but it is not required.
Heat oven to 475°F. In a saucepan, measure 2 tablespoons baking soda to each cup of water. Put enough water to fill the saucepan at least 3 inches high. Bring soda and water mixture to a light boil and set heat to simmer. Make sure the baking soda is well dissolved.
Tear off some dough and roll a long thick pencil shape with your hands. Pick up both ends, cross to form rabbit ears and then twist the ends and pull them back to the rest of the loop. Place aside on lightly floured surface and let rise a few minutes.
Place pretzels one at a time in water/baking soda mixture for 10 seconds on each side or until the pretzel dough is light yellow in color. Remove the pretzel from boiling water and place onto a salted cookie sheet.
Salt the top of the pretzels with coarse ground sea salt. Place cookie sheet with pretzels into the oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until pretzel is golden brown. Enjoy while warm.
I recommend Dusseldorfer style mustard. Great with German Weisswurst and a Weissbier!
Notes: Do not refrigerate this dough, it will become unworkable.
Weenie In Disguise With Ketchup!
Frankly - where did it all start?
A little history is called for.
Claims of invention of the hot dog are difficult to assess, because various stories assert the creation of the sausage, the placing of the sausage (or another kind of sausage) on bread or a bun as finger food, the popularization of the existing dish, or the application of the name "hot dog" to a sausage and bun combination.The city of Vienna traces the lineage of the hot dog to the wienerwurst or Viennese sausage, the city of Frankfurt to the frankfurter wurst, which it claims was invented in the 1480s; the hot dog has also been attributed to Johann Georghehner, a 17th century butcher from the Bavarian city of Coburg who is said to have invented the "dachshund" or "little-dog" sausage and brought it to Frankfurt.
Around 1870, on Coney Island, a German immigrant named Charles Feltman began selling sausages in rolls.
Others also have been acknowledged for supposedly having invented the hot dog, including Anton Ludwig Feuchtwanger, a Bavarian sausage seller who is said to have started serving sausages in rolls at the World's Fair-either the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago or the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis -because the white gloves he gave to customers so that they could eat his hot sausages in comfort began to disappear as souvenirs.
Full article here
Wiener Parade On Flickr!
Guess which one is not quite in the right shape...
Government in Action
USDA on weenies...
Byproducts, Variety Meats"Frankfurter, Hot Dog, Wiener, or Bologna With Byproducts" or "With Variety Meats" are made according to the specifications for cooked and/or smoked sausages (see above), except they consist of not less than 15% of one or more kinds of raw skeletal muscle meat with raw meat byproducts. The byproducts (heart, kidney, or liver, for example) must be named with the derived species and be individually named in the ingredients statement.
Species
Beef Franks or Pork Franks are cooked and/or smoked sausage products made according to the specifications above, but with meat from a single species and do not include byproducts.
Turkey Franks or Chicken Franks can contain turkey or chicken and turkey or chicken skin and fat in proportion to a turkey or chicken carcass.
USDA report
Weenie Quote by James Beard, famous culinary writer and cook
"Many people think all frankfurters are the same. Nothing could be more wrong. Too often the frankfurter in the market display case is a dreary hunk of pressed meat. There is not much you can do to give it flavor. Hunt out German shops, Greek or Kosher delicatessens for the well-seasoned franks."
"You're Such A Brat, Weenie!"
Weenie Encyclopedia Frankannica
- Wikipedia on hot dogs
- Origin, ingredients, preparations, competitions, and more - on Wikipedia
- USDA
- Hot dogs and food safety on the Dept. of Agriculture site
- What's cooking in America
- History and legends of hot dogs - this site is full of resources.
- Chicago-style
- Wikipedia entry on Chicago-style weenies
- HotDogSpot
- Blog about the quest for the best hot dog in L.A.
- How stuff works
- What are hot dogs made from? Answers here.
- Nathan's famous
- Nathan's home page. It's not my favorite weenie, but it stands above the crowd.
- Bavaria Sausage, Inc.
- Here you get a true weenie! And so many more real good Bavarian and German food products. And gifts galore! Bourdain highly recommends it.
- Nueske's Applewood smoked
- Step through the Pearly Gates - you have arrived. The Nueske Weenie is hands down the best frank I've juiced on my chin, outside of my home land Bavaria.
"Gourmet Weenies? You'd be surprised how good a squeeze of flavored agave nectar is on your weenie!"
Quick! What Is Agasweet?
Get updated on this fantastic new condiment...
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Organic Flavored Agave Nectar and Diabetic Sweetener - Low Glycemic Agasweet
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Recipes and information about Agasweet, the original healthfully flavored agave nectar, currently causing a nation-wide buzz of excitement due to its wonderful taste and incredible versatility. Please note! When I state that agave sweeteners are "su...
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Agave Nectar Recipes - Agasweet FAN Site
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FAN stands for Flavored Agave Nectar. But it also means Fantastic, Alternative, Natural agave sweetener. As a companion to my other Agasweet pages on Squidoo.com, this lens shall provide a showcase of agave nectar recipes, customer feedback, and info...
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Recipes and Cooking with Lavender
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This lens is dedicated to the exploration of lavender as a culinary ingredient. You will find many different kinds of recipes using fresh or dried lavender, lavender oil, lavender agave nectar, lavender sugar, and other fine lavender-flavored product...
EBay Buyers Love Agasweet!
Sweeten your weenies!
This healthy natural sweetener and condiment is the perfect drizzle on any weenie. Agasweet flavored agave nectar - what a delicious concept!
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Please Visit My Blog "Chef Keem's Squid Kitchen"
"Secret" recipes revealed and much more...
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byNathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
Sensational development!
2007 marks the first time in 6 years that the Japanese title holder Takeru Kobayashi was defeated at Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. And the wiener...er... winner is: Joey Chestnut, from San Jose, CA.
Weenie Heaven!
Nueske's wieners are served when you enter paradise.
Buy some now because you never know...
buy some now, at Amazon below.
Great Weenies on Amazon
Applewood Smoked Wieners
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Super-Size Nueske Wieners
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Smoked Meat Lover's Gift Box
Amazon Price: $43.95 (as of 07/26/2008)
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Nueske Thick Sliced Applewood Smoked Bacon
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Nueske Party Basket
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Weenie Poll
Wiener or Beef Frank
Wieners are made from pork, and/or chicken, turkey, bone meal, whathaveyou...
Beef franks are made from beef (and some fillers)
Weenies on eBay
Fetching new data from eBay now... please stand byWeenie Posts from Google
- UCI Professor Replies To Jon Wiener´s Anti-Semitism Denial
- In the July 7, 2008 issue of The Nation, Jon Wiener, professor of history at UCI and frequent contributor to the weekly magazine, published an article entitled "Warriors for Zion--in California." Prof. Wiener attributes Daniel ...
- At the Movies: Wiener Takes All
- If there were any event I might want to see in person besides the World's Ugliest Dog Competition, it'd be a screening of Wiener Takes All! I've been hearing rumblings for weeks now about this new "dogumentary" that takes a ...
- we have a wiener!
- you may have heard that michael savage outdid his rude self by saying austism was a racket and 99 percent of autistic children needed fathers to tell them to stop acting "like a moron." as you can imagine, many people are not so happy ...
- Dan Wiener says Turmoil isn't over yet
- The turmoil isn't over yet, and I expect we'll have plenty more volatility to live through before the light shines bright at the other end of this tunnel. But I'm confident we'll see it?soon enough.
Here's my favorite link:
See Bavaria with Orbitz!
You haven't lived if you haven't visited Munich!
Hello, fellow weenie lovers!
Are you hungry, yet? I'd love to hear from you about your favorite weenies and what you think about my lens. After all, it's all about "linking", right?
Your Chef Keem
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KimGiancaterino
I'm a vegetarian, so it's St. Ives veggie dogs for me. They're pretty good, though. Nicely done, especially the photos. Posted March 18, 2008 |
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d-artist
ahhh ein Frankfurter...a fun lens! 5*s Posted March 01, 2008 |
