hahabogus wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> I'm not given to going out for hotdogs, but I have visited
>> Max's in Long Branch. They make a nice hotdog there.

> when I was about 12 I remember going to theif river falls I think in
> ND with my parents on a camping/shopping trip. They parked me in a
> luncheonette in some store I don't remember the name of. I ordered a
> hot dog. The dog came with a bun that had been buttered and then
> toasted. This was a new revelation to me...a never had before. I
> think I ordered 6 hot dogs one after the other, till the waitress got
> peeved and told me to leave and that I couldn't be that hungry.

(laugh) You were a growing boy!

> This
> was a key moment in my life...buttered buns and then toasted...WOW!
>
> It isn't just the dog that effects the taste.
>
> Another hot dog WOW in my life was the first time I tried kraut on a
> dog.

Sauerkraut is the perfect foil for a hot dog. In the same way
that I like mustard and relish on my dogs.

I grew up with ketchup, that does seem weird now.

nancy