Nancy Young wrote:
> 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.

No, it's not weird. It's the proper thing to put on a hotdog.
Sheesh! :-)

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?