On 2009-08-14, Nancy Young > wrote:

> Frankly (harrr), I have eaten my share of dirty water dogs, lived
> on them for a time, for that matter, but at home I would not
> consider boiling my hot dogs. Either grill them outside, or cook
> them in a skillet on the stove.

Agreed. Grilling seems to be an East Coast thing. Rarely see it out
West. The one time I did, the place was billed a NY hot dog stand.
Also, consider nuking. You get no carmelization, but at least the
flavor is not leached out by the water.

> I buy Nathan's or Hebrew National, or from the butcher.

I prefer them both, but am disturbed by the bizarre looking grease
oozed out from Nathan's dogs when nuked.

nb