My nephew loves State Fair corndogs. Because he can cook them, I love
them too. The only problem is that when frying them the very ends get
burned because they don't float in the Frydaddy.

I think I have the largest Frydaddy they make but they will only do 2
corndogs at a time. I think the reason they don't get any larger is
because having to heat a larger amount of grease would overload the
kitchen outlets. I try to get him to cook them in the toaster over,
but deep fried grease tastes better.

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Wed, 9 May 2012 13:09:14 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 09 May 2012 13:34:01 -0400, Metspitzer wrote:
> >
> >> My nephew loves State Fair corndogs. Because he can cook them, I love
> >> them too. The only problem is that when frying them the very ends get
> >> burned because they don't float in the Frydaddy.
> >>
> >> I think I have the largest Frydaddy they make but they will only do 2
> >> corndogs at a time. I think the reason they don't get any larger is
> >> because having to heat a larger amount of grease would overload the
> >> kitchen outlets. I try to get him to cook them in the toaster over,
> >> but deep fried grease tastes better.
> >
> > Attach the Popsicle sticks to binder chips hanging from a chopstick
> > suspended over the top of the fryer to keep the corn dogs from hitting
> > the bottom of the fryer. Cut the popsicle sticks down if you have to.
>
> And make sure you're at least buying the BEEF State Fair corn dogs,
> not that chicken-shit. Or better yet, make your own corndogs using a
> really quality hot dog or other sausages, and make the batter more
> savory than sweet.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz...ream/lightbox/
>
> The fatter three around the outside are hot Italian links from the NY
> Style Sausage Company (Sunnyvale, CA). The slightly smaller ones are
> Nathan's skinless, IIRC.
>
> -sw

Dammit Steve. Now I'm hungry! ;o

PS - what do you think about Nathan's? I'm not all that impressed. I think
OM beef dogs taste way better.

Gary

On 2012-05-09 19:48:27 +0000, Sqwertz said:

> On Wed, 09 May 2012 15:16:28 -0400, Gary wrote:
>
>> PS - what do you think about Nathan's? I'm not all that impressed. I think
>> OM beef dogs taste way better.
>
> OM has 20 different varieties of hot dogs. Most of them including the
> "Classic" and the "Cheese Dogs", are made from turkey and chicken.
> Therefore they suck.
>
> Nathan's are made form beef. Hot dogs should be made with beef or
> beef and pork. Not mechanically separated poultry (pink poultry
> slime). Nathan's, especially the skinless ones, are not the best but
> they are far better than any other poultry-based hot dog.
>
> Caspar's and Vienna Beef Natural Casings are the kind.

I got a package of Vienna Beef franks that were really quite excellent
a couple of seeks ago. It's easier and cheaper for me to get the Boar's
Head which I really like too. Their casings are sturdy and the
appropriate snap--but the taste is excellent as well.

"Sqwertz" <>
> Attach the Popsicle sticks to binder chips hanging from a chopstick
> suspended over the top of the fryer to keep the corn dogs from hitting
> the bottom of the fryer. Cut the popsicle sticks down if you have to.
>
> It's not rocket science.
I think your solution IS rocket science and really brilliant. Thank you.
Polly

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 9 May 2012 15:28:15 -0500, Polly Esther wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" <>
>>> Attach the Popsicle sticks to binder chips hanging from a chopstick
>>> suspended over the top of the fryer to keep the corn dogs from hitting
>>> the bottom of the fryer. Cut the popsicle sticks down if you have to.
>>>
>>> It's not rocket science.
>> I think your solution IS rocket science and really brilliant. Thank you.
>> Polly
>
> Thank you.
>
> That was binder CLIPS in case anybody was wondering WTF I was talking
> about.
>
> -sw

Crap, I wish you would have clarified that before I glued all of these
potato chips together!

On Wed, 9 May 2012 15:44:56 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Wed, 9 May 2012 13:02:35 -0700, gtr wrote:
>
>> On 2012-05-09 19:48:27 +0000, Sqwertz said:
>>
>>> Caspar's and Vienna Beef Natural Casings are the kine.
>>
>> I got a package of Vienna Beef franks that were really quite excellent
>> a couple of seeks ago. It's easier and cheaper for me to get the Boar's
>> Head which I really like too. Their casings are sturdy and the
>> appropriate snap--but the taste is excellent as well.
>
>Boars head are $5.49/lb (beef and pork) and $5.99/lb (beef only) here.
>That's just ridiculous. Vienna skin-on are $4.30/lb but I had to buy
>10lbs worth. Retail Vienna dogs are skinless except in the Illinois
>area. Vienna will only sell the skin-on dogs VIA foodservice outlets
>anywhere else (or VIA mail order for $10/lb). Which is why I had to
>buy that 10lb box.

Even in Chicago the only place you can get natural casings is at the
Vienna outlet. We went to the south side to Bobak's over the weekend
for our sausage fix. They had beef hot dogs for $1.99 a pound. I got
a couple pounds but haven't tried them yet. We also got a 1.5 pounds
of Lithuanian sausage which is to die for. That was 2.19 a pound.
shemp will probably chime in and say you can't get sausage that cheap
but I won't see it.

Lou

Lou Decruss wrote:
>
> We went to the south side to Bobak's over the weekend
> for our sausage fix. They had beef hot dogs for $1.99 a pound. I got
> a couple pounds but haven't tried them yet.

All beef hotdogs for $1.99 a pound? What a great deal! The best I can do
here is wait for a sale and get them for $2.99

Gary

On 2012-05-10 15:20:58 +0000, Lou Decruss said:

> Even in Chicago the only place you can get natural casings is at the
> Vienna outlet. We went to the south side to Bobak's over the weekend
> for our sausage fix. They had beef hot dogs for $1.99 a pound. I got
> a couple pounds but haven't tried them yet. We also got a 1.5 pounds
> of Lithuanian sausage which is to die for.

I have Lithuanian relatives. I went looking at Bobak's website but
couldn't find the Lithuanian stuff. Can you name the article you
actually found?

> That was 2.19 a pound. shemp will probably chime in and say you can't
> get sausage that cheap but I won't see it.

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Wed, 09 May 2012 15:16:28 -0400, Gary wrote:
>
> > PS - what do you think about Nathan's? I'm not all that impressed. I think
> > OM beef dogs taste way better.
>
> OM has 20 different varieties of hot dogs. Most of them including the
> "Classic" and the "Cheese Dogs", are made from turkey and chicken.
> Therefore they suck.

You weren't paying attention. I did specify OM beef dogs, not the others.

Between OM beef dogs and Nathans beef, I prefer the OM ones. Greasy but they
taste so good that I often won't even add any condiments.

That said, I do like the OM cheese dogs. Not beef but that cheese works for
me. Those are good.

Gary

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Thu, 10 May 2012 12:11:35 -0400, Gary wrote:
>
> > Sqwertz wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, 09 May 2012 15:16:28 -0400, Gary wrote:
> >>
> >>> PS - what do you think about Nathan's? I'm not all that impressed. I think
> >>> OM beef dogs taste way better.
> >>
> >> OM has 20 different varieties of hot dogs. Most of them including the
> >> "Classic" and the "Cheese Dogs", are made from turkey and chicken.
> >> Therefore they suck.
> >
> > You weren't paying attention. I did specify OM beef dogs, not the others.
>
> OK, Score one for Gary. Finally! :-)
>
> -sw

WHEW! :-D hahaha

PS - my local grocery store "Farm Fresh" is very expensive much like you
have ranted about Safeway stores. Probably because it's only 2 blocks from
the oceanfront? Long ago it actually used to be a Safeway.

Expensive but I go there most times because it is the closest. The last
time my daughter came here though, she went there and was horrified at the
prices. She actually yelled at me for shopping there due to the prices.

Gary

Gary > wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 9 May 2012 13:09:14 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 09 May 2012 13:34:01 -0400, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>
>>>> My nephew loves State Fair corndogs. Because he can cook them, I love
>>>> them too. The only problem is that when frying them the very ends get
>>>> burned because they don't float in the Frydaddy.
>>>>
>>>> I think I have the largest Frydaddy they make but they will only do 2
>>>> corndogs at a time. I think the reason they don't get any larger is
>>>> because having to heat a larger amount of grease would overload the
>>>> kitchen outlets. I try to get him to cook them in the toaster over,
>>>> but deep fried grease tastes better.
>>>
>>> Attach the Popsicle sticks to binder chips hanging from a chopstick
>>> suspended over the top of the fryer to keep the corn dogs from hitting
>>> the bottom of the fryer. Cut the popsicle sticks down if you have to.
>>
>> And make sure you're at least buying the BEEF State Fair corn dogs,
>> not that chicken-shit. Or better yet, make your own corndogs using a
>> really quality hot dog or other sausages, and make the batter more
>> savory than sweet.
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz...ream/lightbox/
>>
>> The fatter three around the outside are hot Italian links from the NY
>> Style Sausage Company (Sunnyvale, CA). The slightly smaller ones are
>> Nathan's skinless, IIRC.
>>
>> -sw
>
> Dammit Steve. Now I'm hungry! ;o
>
> PS - what do you think about Nathan's? I'm not all that impressed. I think
> OM beef dogs taste way better.
>
> Gary

Nathan's to me are a little more greasy and flavorful. They need to be
cooked right to agree with me. I like ordinary dogs without crunchy
casings, not that Nathan's have that type, I don't know. My dogs are
usually slightly crunchy, and burnt.

Greg

http://www.thegreenhead.com/2007/09/...-dog-maker.php


This looks almost just like the above described fryer! Hope sqwertz
got a copyright on that design. nice job.

On Thu, 10 May 2012 11:57:55 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>>
>> We went to the south side to Bobak's over the weekend
>> for our sausage fix. They had beef hot dogs for $1.99 a pound. I got
>> a couple pounds but haven't tried them yet.
>
>All beef hotdogs for $1.99 a pound? What a great deal! The best I can do
>here is wait for a sale and get them for $2.99

They have different deals at the store than online or what they pack
for other stores. We used to go more often but only get there every
couple months now.

Lou

On Thu, 10 May 2012 09:03:31 -0700, gtr > wrote:

>On 2012-05-10 15:20:58 +0000, Lou Decruss said:
>
>> Even in Chicago the only place you can get natural casings is at the
>> Vienna outlet. We went to the south side to Bobak's over the weekend
>> for our sausage fix. They had beef hot dogs for $1.99 a pound. I got
>> a couple pounds but haven't tried them yet. We also got a 1.5 pounds
>> of Lithuanian sausage which is to die for.
>
>I have Lithuanian relatives. I went looking at Bobak's website but
>couldn't find the Lithuanian stuff. Can you name the article you
>actually found?

I actually found Lithuanian sausage. It's spiced differently than
other sausages. If you click the sales ad PDF on the site they have a
ring for 3.39. The retail packs are different than what's at the meat
counter. The counter is also much cheaper. The pound and a half I
got was only four sausages.

We also got a couple pounds each tomato/basil Italian sausages and
smoked cheddar. They were also 1.99 a pound. They also make
tomato/basil breakfast sausage but they were out of it.

Lou

On 2012-05-11 16:00:29 +0000, Lou Decruss said:

> On Thu, 10 May 2012 09:03:31 -0700, gtr > wrote:
>
>> On 2012-05-10 15:20:58 +0000, Lou Decruss said:
>>
>>> Even in Chicago the only place you can get natural casings is at the
>>> Vienna outlet. We went to the south side to Bobak's over the weekend
>>> for our sausage fix. They had beef hot dogs for $1.99 a pound. I got
>>> a couple pounds but haven't tried them yet. We also got a 1.5 pounds
>>> of Lithuanian sausage which is to die for.
>>
>> I have Lithuanian relatives. I went looking at Bobak's website but
>> couldn't find the Lithuanian stuff. Can you name the article you
>> actually found?
>
> I actually found Lithuanian sausage. It's spiced differently than
> other sausages. If you click the sales ad PDF on the site they have a
> ring for 3.39. The retail packs are different than what's at the meat
> counter. The counter is also much cheaper. The pound and a half I
> got was only four sausages.
>
> We also got a couple pounds each tomato/basil Italian sausages and
> smoked cheddar. They were also 1.99 a pound. They also make
> tomato/basil breakfast sausage but they were out of it.

Many thanks. For passersby it can be found he

http://tinyurl.com/7cqoys4

"Metspitzer" > wrote in message
...
> My nephew loves State Fair corndogs. Because he can cook them, I love
> them too.

Wow. Sounds like he's a real kitchen afficionado. LOL

The only problem is that when frying them the very ends get
> burned because they don't float in the Frydaddy.
>
> I think I have the largest Frydaddy they make but they will only do 2
> corndogs at a time. I think the reason they don't get any larger is
> because having to heat a larger amount of grease would overload the
> kitchen outlets. I try to get him to cook them in the toaster over,
> but deep fried grease tastes better.
>
How about you tell him they're already fried? Unless you're making corn
dogs from scratch, corndogs as he knows them are pre-made and bought from
the freezer case. I know this because occasionally I like corn dogs and I
buy them in the freezer section of the grocery store. So tell the nephew
twice-frying of corndogs isn't necessary. They're already fried. All they
need is reheating.

Jill

On May 10, 8:20*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> On Wed, 9 May 2012 15:44:56 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >On Wed, 9 May 2012 13:02:35 -0700, gtr wrote:
>
> >> On 2012-05-09 19:48:27 +0000, Sqwertz said:
>
> >>> Caspar's and Vienna Beef Natural Casings are the kine.
>
> >> I got a package of Vienna Beef franks that were really quite excellent
> >> a couple of seeks ago. It's easier and cheaper for me to get the Boar's
> >> Head which I really like too. Their casings are sturdy and the
> >> appropriate snap--but the taste is excellent as well.
>
> >Boars head are $5.49/lb (beef and pork) and $5.99/lb (beef only) here.
> >That's just ridiculous. *Vienna skin-on are $4.30/lb but I had to buy
> >10lbs worth. *Retail Vienna dogs are skinless except in the Illinois
> >area. Vienna will only sell the skin-on dogs VIA foodservice outlets
> >anywhere else (or VIA mail order for $10/lb). *Which is why I had to
> >buy that 10lb box.
>
> Even in Chicago the only place you can get natural casings is at the
> Vienna outlet. *We went to the south side to Bobak's over the weekend
> for our sausage fix. *They had beef hot dogs for $1.99 a pound. *I got
> a couple pounds but haven't tried them yet. *We also got a 1.5 pounds
> of Lithuanian sausage which is to die for. *That was 2.19 a pound.
> shemp will probably chime in and say you can't get sausage that cheap
> but I won't see it.

Whoa, Bobak's makes natural casing dogs.They don't have a real great
snap, though.

On Mon, 14 May 2012 11:15:09 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> wrote:

>On May 10, 8:20*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
>> On Wed, 9 May 2012 15:44:56 -0500, Sqwertz >

>> Even in Chicago the only place you can get natural casings is at the
>> Vienna outlet. *We went to the south side to Bobak's over the weekend
>> for our sausage fix. *They had beef hot dogs for $1.99 a pound. *I got
>> a couple pounds but haven't tried them yet. *We also got a 1.5 pounds
>> of Lithuanian sausage which is to die for. *That was 2.19 a pound.
>> shemp will probably chime in and say you can't get sausage that cheap
>> but I won't see it.
>
>Whoa, Bobak's makes natural casing dogs.They don't have a real great
>snap, though.

I meant Vienna natural. I wasn't clear. Sorry.

Lou

On Sat, 12 May 2012 14:14:51 -0700, gtr > wrote:

>On 2012-05-11 16:00:29 +0000, Lou Decruss said:
>
>> On Thu, 10 May 2012 09:03:31 -0700, gtr > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2012-05-10 15:20:58 +0000, Lou Decruss said:
>>>
>>>> Even in Chicago the only place you can get natural casings is at the
>>>> Vienna outlet. We went to the south side to Bobak's over the weekend
>>>> for our sausage fix. They had beef hot dogs for $1.99 a pound. I got
>>>> a couple pounds but haven't tried them yet. We also got a 1.5 pounds
>>>> of Lithuanian sausage which is to die for.
>>>
>>> I have Lithuanian relatives. I went looking at Bobak's website but
>>> couldn't find the Lithuanian stuff. Can you name the article you
>>> actually found?
>>
>> I actually found Lithuanian sausage. It's spiced differently than
>> other sausages. If you click the sales ad PDF on the site they have a
>> ring for 3.39. The retail packs are different than what's at the meat
>> counter. The counter is also much cheaper. The pound and a half I
>> got was only four sausages.
>>
>> We also got a couple pounds each tomato/basil Italian sausages and
>> smoked cheddar. They were also 1.99 a pound. They also make
>> tomato/basil breakfast sausage but they were out of it.
>
>Many thanks. For passersby it can be found he
>
> http://tinyurl.com/7cqoys4

The ones I got weren't smoked.

I was at Ream's today and they also have Lithuanian sausage. I just
learned of the place and I see it becoming our new meat stop. I don't
think they do mail order so unless you're local you're SOL.

http://elburnmarket.com/index.html

Lou

On 2012-05-16 02:36:09 +0000, Lou Decruss said:

> On Sat, 12 May 2012 14:14:51 -0700, gtr > wrote:
>
>> On 2012-05-11 16:00:29 +0000, Lou Decruss said:
>>
>>> On Thu, 10 May 2012 09:03:31 -0700, gtr > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2012-05-10 15:20:58 +0000, Lou Decruss said:
>>>>
>>>>> Even in Chicago the only place you can get natural casings is at the
>>>>> Vienna outlet. We went to the south side to Bobak's over the weekend
>>>>> for our sausage fix. They had beef hot dogs for $1.99 a pound. I got
>>>>> a couple pounds but haven't tried them yet. We also got a 1.5 pounds
>>>>> of Lithuanian sausage which is to die for.
>>>>
>>>> I have Lithuanian relatives. I went looking at Bobak's website but
>>>> couldn't find the Lithuanian stuff. Can you name the article you
>>>> actually found?
>>>
>>> I actually found Lithuanian sausage. It's spiced differently than
>>> other sausages. If you click the sales ad PDF on the site they have a
>>> ring for 3.39. The retail packs are different than what's at the meat
>>> counter. The counter is also much cheaper. The pound and a half I
>>> got was only four sausages.
>>>
>>> We also got a couple pounds each tomato/basil Italian sausages and
>>> smoked cheddar. They were also 1.99 a pound. They also make
>>> tomato/basil breakfast sausage but they were out of it.
>>
>> Many thanks. For passersby it can be found he
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/7cqoys4
>
> The ones I got weren't smoked.

Is the one you got at Bobak's not listed on their website? That was all
I could find.

> I was at Ream's today and they also have Lithuanian sausage. I just
> learned of the place and I see it becoming our new meat stop. I don't
> think they do mail order so unless you're local you're SOL.
>
> http://elburnmarket.com/index.html

As assumed. But it's good to know for a trip to Chicago.

On Tue, 15 May 2012 20:38:54 -0700, gtr > wrote:

>On 2012-05-16 02:36:09 +0000, Lou Decruss said:
>>> http://tinyurl.com/7cqoys4
>>
>> The ones I got weren't smoked.
>
>Is the one you got at Bobak's not listed on their website? That was all
>I could find.

No. I couldn't find the fresh version on the site. They have lots of
things not listed.

>> I was at Ream's today and they also have Lithuanian sausage. I just
>> learned of the place and I see it becoming our new meat stop. I don't
>> think they do mail order so unless you're local you're SOL.
>>
>> http://elburnmarket.com/index.html
>
>As assumed. But it's good to know for a trip to Chicago.

The Chicago metro area is a great place to live if you like to cook.
New York, Tex-ass and parts of Ca. also sound pretty good.

Lou

On May 15, 7:26*pm, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> On Mon, 14 May 2012 11:15:09 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
>
> > wrote:
> >On May 10, 8:20*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> >> On Wed, 9 May 2012 15:44:56 -0500, Sqwertz >
> >> Even in Chicago the only place you can get natural casings is at the
> >> Vienna outlet. *We went to the south side to Bobak's over the weekend
> >> for our sausage fix. *They had beef hot dogs for $1.99 a pound. *I got
> >> a couple pounds but haven't tried them yet. *We also got a 1.5 pounds
> >> of Lithuanian sausage which is to die for. *That was 2.19 a pound.
> >> shemp will probably chime in and say you can't get sausage that cheap
> >> but I won't see it.
>
> >Whoa, Bobak's makes natural casing dogs.They don't have a real great
> >snap, though.
>
> I meant Vienna natural. *I wasn't clear. Sorry.

I see. Similarly I have heard that in LA there is a meat company
called "Hoffy" that apparently makes natural casing dogs only for the
well-known Pink's hot dog stand in Hollywood.

On 2012-05-16 06:08:13 +0000, Lou Decruss said:

>>> I was at Ream's today and they also have Lithuanian sausage. I just
>>> learned of the place and I see it becoming our new meat stop. I don't
>>> think they do mail order so unless you're local you're SOL.
>>>
>>> http://elburnmarket.com/index.html
>>
>> As assumed. But it's good to know for a trip to Chicago.
>
> The Chicago metro area is a great place to live if you like to cook.
> New York, Tex-ass and parts of Ca. also sound pretty good.

Chicago beckons by virtue of its eastern European options.

On Wed, 16 May 2012 00:33:16 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> wrote:

>On May 15, 7:26*pm, Lou Decruss > wrote:
>> On Mon, 14 May 2012 11:15:09 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
>>
>> > wrote:
>> >On May 10, 8:20*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
>> >> On Wed, 9 May 2012 15:44:56 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> >> Even in Chicago the only place you can get natural casings is at the
>> >> Vienna outlet. *We went to the south side to Bobak's over the weekend
>> >> for our sausage fix. *They had beef hot dogs for $1.99 a pound. *I got
>> >> a couple pounds but haven't tried them yet. *We also got a 1.5 pounds
>> >> of Lithuanian sausage which is to die for. *That was 2.19 a pound.
>> >> shemp will probably chime in and say you can't get sausage that cheap
>> >> but I won't see it.
>>
>> >Whoa, Bobak's makes natural casing dogs.They don't have a real great
>> >snap, though.
>>
>> I meant Vienna natural. *I wasn't clear. Sorry.
>
>I see. Similarly I have heard that in LA there is a meat company
>called "Hoffy" that apparently makes natural casing dogs only for the
>well-known Pink's hot dog stand in Hollywood.

Portillo's has their own thing going on too. I don't know if he farms
it out or has his own plant but the dogs are unique.

Lou