Mustard on the dog and sauerkraut preferably on the side. Love sauerkraut. When I was a kid in NYC, we went to a real life Hungarian butcher (don't exist any more sadly). We kids got a glop of barrel sauerkraut on wax paper while waiting for Mom to finish shopping. I miss barrel sauerkraut, but Clausson's is pretty decent. Historical aside: look at old menus 30s-40s-50s. Sauerkraut juice was on the breakfast menus. Sauerkraut is actually a probiotic (spell check doesn't think it's a word!), which means it's good for you. Love the sauerkraut, but the juice is a bit too strong. :-)
When I lived in NYC, lunch at work was either a slice of pizza (I swear there were pizzerias every other block), all of them hand-tossed - sorry, Chicago, but NYC has the best real pizzas. Or a hot dog from a cart or at Nathans. I'm getting hungry. There are days I miss NY food.
NYC does have the best pizza, and I love hot dog carts. I had to scream STOP at the hot dog man last time I was in the city, as he was trying to put ketchup on my dog.
Ketchup! Sacrilege! He must have been new at the job. When I lived in NYC in the 70s, ketchup did not exist on hot dog carts. It was a bun, the hot dog, mustard and sauerkraut!
In New Jersey, not far from Hillside where my dad (z”l) was born and lived til college in WI then drafted his senior year to WWII, was Millman’s. The town I can’t remember. It was part of our yearly visits East from Ohio for their foot long dogs with mustard and sauerkraut. I can’t eat a hot dog without sauerkraut - it’s just wrong or so my dna tells my tastebuds!
Ketchup only on onion rings if they are perfect rings - crispy outside & soft inside. Not strings - big old rings! Have a similar to Clay’s aversion to mayo on most things, esp (blech) pastrami on white with mayo.
I like sauerkraut on mashed potatoes, instead of gravy. Especially with pork roast. The Amish have a way with sauerkraut; every family has their own recipe, and you can bet they're all tasty.
I like ketchup with liver & onions, burgers, and hash browns. Gimme Thousand Island dressing for my fries.
Sounds good; I'll give it a shot at my next opportunity. I've had coleslaw on BBQ, but never 'kraut. Good sauerkraut is not easy to find out here at the Upper left-Hand Corner of the Map. Growing up on the edge of the world's largest Amish community, I got spoiled on good 'kraut growing up.
I actually like mayo with fries - alternate with ketchup. I eat sauerkraut with a lot of foods, but not ON them. I prefer eating it as a side - one bite potatoes followed by sauerkraut, an alternative to real pickles (Grillo's is tasty). In private, to avoid weird looks, I'll take the onions and pickles off the burger and munch that way with the burger whatever. Never have lettuce/tomato on a burger. If I want salad, I'll order one. To me, all the lettuce/tomato do is make the bun soggy and take away from the taste of the burger. Peasant that I am, I also eat the salad with the foods, as a condiment, not before or after.
I'm fine with lettuce on a burger, but I don't like tomato for the same reason. I also hate it when a restaurant puts the burger on the bun straight from the grill. It makes the bottom bun soggy if they don't put it on a paper towel first for at least a minute.
Fellow food mates! I'm a Hungarian peasant (born there), with German roots. Been doing it all my life; ditto my parents.
It's always annoyed me that I could never find true deli-style pickles anywhere. Don't know where those folks get them, but I wish they'd market them to us as well. Grillo's is the closest I've eaten, and I'm so glad they changed the way the jar opens & closes - it used to make a mess! The only sauerkraut that tastes like barrel-kraut used to is from Clausson, and I've tried every other kraut, including imports, out there.
Just saw your background is Eastern Europe. Where? My paternal grandfather was German, along the Austrian border before settling in Hungary. I think my maternal grandmother had what is now Romanian roots. Everyone else is from Hungary, including me - arrived in US with family in 1956.
My sister was born in 1955 in Hungary. She lost her pacifier as we were crossing the fields to the Austrian border east of Györ. Needless to say, the others we were with left as she began to cry.
I'm glad you put Pizza Rat back in ... you know I love him and this one seems perfect for him! Good 'toon, Clay, as always! You gave me a much-needed smile!
Chicken or turkey hot dogs are lower in fat and cholesterol than the pork or beef dogs, if that helps bring them into a more acceptable range. As for pizza, you'd probably have to skip the cheese and fatty meats, at which point it's basically toasted bread topped with veggies. Yeah.
While I do like ketchup and mustard on hotdogs, I also like good quality ketchup, preferably unsweetened, but if not, sweetened with a bit of sugar instead of a gallon of corn syrup.
Love that you put Peezy in the 'toon. I always look for him. What is this sauerkraut nonsense on a dog? Love Chicago dogs. An all beef dog on a poppy bun with yellow mustard only. Then some green relish, chopped white onions, tomato, dill pickle, sport peppers, and celery salt. Yum to the max!
I like that so far all the comments are about Pizza Rat and food...LOL Hot dogs need mustard, sauerkraut and mayo or pickle relish of some combination of the above. I got the mayo habit when a store I worked at had a hot dog cart out front. I tried it and it stuck. It's even better on a polish sausage. Good times..
I'm so ashamed. I put ketchup, mustard and relish on my hot dogs if they are in a bun. If I eat them without a bun, I tend to cut them up and, depending on my mood, dip the pieces in ketchup or brown mustard. That's usually when I'm counting calories and am having some steamed veggies with a kosher Nathan's hot dog for one of those "I am too lazy to cook tonight" dinners.
I've only been to Chicago once, when my son was in vet school at UIUC (good grief, that was 20 years ago!). Didn't get any pizza, but spent a cloudy, chilly day in May (with snow flurries!) wandering the Magnificent Mile, visiting the Field Museum to see Sue the T-Rex, and had dinner at a place called Rosebud on Rush. It was so cloudy that we couldn't see the top half of the Sears / Willis Tower, but we enjoyed looking at the architecture of the other buildings (like Wrigley).
Mustard on the dog and sauerkraut preferably on the side. Love sauerkraut. When I was a kid in NYC, we went to a real life Hungarian butcher (don't exist any more sadly). We kids got a glop of barrel sauerkraut on wax paper while waiting for Mom to finish shopping. I miss barrel sauerkraut, but Clausson's is pretty decent. Historical aside: look at old menus 30s-40s-50s. Sauerkraut juice was on the breakfast menus. Sauerkraut is actually a probiotic (spell check doesn't think it's a word!), which means it's good for you. Love the sauerkraut, but the juice is a bit too strong. :-)
When I lived in NYC, lunch at work was either a slice of pizza (I swear there were pizzerias every other block), all of them hand-tossed - sorry, Chicago, but NYC has the best real pizzas. Or a hot dog from a cart or at Nathans. I'm getting hungry. There are days I miss NY food.
NYC does have the best pizza, and I love hot dog carts. I had to scream STOP at the hot dog man last time I was in the city, as he was trying to put ketchup on my dog.
Ketchup! Sacrilege! He must have been new at the job. When I lived in NYC in the 70s, ketchup did not exist on hot dog carts. It was a bun, the hot dog, mustard and sauerkraut!
In New Jersey, not far from Hillside where my dad (z”l) was born and lived til college in WI then drafted his senior year to WWII, was Millman’s. The town I can’t remember. It was part of our yearly visits East from Ohio for their foot long dogs with mustard and sauerkraut. I can’t eat a hot dog without sauerkraut - it’s just wrong or so my dna tells my tastebuds!
Ketchup only on onion rings if they are perfect rings - crispy outside & soft inside. Not strings - big old rings! Have a similar to Clay’s aversion to mayo on most things, esp (blech) pastrami on white with mayo.
I like sauerkraut on mashed potatoes, instead of gravy. Especially with pork roast. The Amish have a way with sauerkraut; every family has their own recipe, and you can bet they're all tasty.
I like ketchup with liver & onions, burgers, and hash browns. Gimme Thousand Island dressing for my fries.
Try sauerkraut on a BBQ sandwich.
Sounds good; I'll give it a shot at my next opportunity. I've had coleslaw on BBQ, but never 'kraut. Good sauerkraut is not easy to find out here at the Upper left-Hand Corner of the Map. Growing up on the edge of the world's largest Amish community, I got spoiled on good 'kraut growing up.
WOW! Pat Gleason me too! The sauerkraut on mashed taters and pork! Never knew anyone else.
Many German dishes serve sauerkraut or red cabbage with the taters and meat. Your choice when to mix together. :-)
German-Jewish background and no one left to ask why the sauerkraut! I wish I knew my reaction as a young child tasting it for the first time!
AND it was as good if not better than prunes!
I actually like mayo with fries - alternate with ketchup. I eat sauerkraut with a lot of foods, but not ON them. I prefer eating it as a side - one bite potatoes followed by sauerkraut, an alternative to real pickles (Grillo's is tasty). In private, to avoid weird looks, I'll take the onions and pickles off the burger and munch that way with the burger whatever. Never have lettuce/tomato on a burger. If I want salad, I'll order one. To me, all the lettuce/tomato do is make the bun soggy and take away from the taste of the burger. Peasant that I am, I also eat the salad with the foods, as a condiment, not before or after.
I'm fine with lettuce on a burger, but I don't like tomato for the same reason. I also hate it when a restaurant puts the burger on the bun straight from the grill. It makes the bottom bun soggy if they don't put it on a paper towel first for at least a minute.
We just discovered Grillos! Oh my! The closest jarred pickles to deli ones. Great crunch!
I think we must be related - I too eat the sides with a bite of. It’s so nice to know what my spouse thinks are odd dining habits are shared.
Fellow food mates! I'm a Hungarian peasant (born there), with German roots. Been doing it all my life; ditto my parents.
It's always annoyed me that I could never find true deli-style pickles anywhere. Don't know where those folks get them, but I wish they'd market them to us as well. Grillo's is the closest I've eaten, and I'm so glad they changed the way the jar opens & closes - it used to make a mess! The only sauerkraut that tastes like barrel-kraut used to is from Clausson, and I've tried every other kraut, including imports, out there.
Just saw your background is Eastern Europe. Where? My paternal grandfather was German, along the Austrian border before settling in Hungary. I think my maternal grandmother had what is now Romanian roots. Everyone else is from Hungary, including me - arrived in US with family in 1956.
Lithuania is where my maternal grandfather came from. Others from elsewhere in the Pale of the Settlement.
My sister was born in 1955 in Hungary. She lost her pacifier as we were crossing the fields to the Austrian border east of Györ. Needless to say, the others we were with left as she began to cry.
I'm glad you put Pizza Rat back in ... you know I love him and this one seems perfect for him! Good 'toon, Clay, as always! You gave me a much-needed smile!
How did I miss Pizza Rat and deep dish pizza? Love the toon!
Thank you for putting peeza in. It wouldn’t feel right otherwise.
These comments are making me want pizza and hot dogs, of which neither would my cardiologist approve.
Chicken or turkey hot dogs are lower in fat and cholesterol than the pork or beef dogs, if that helps bring them into a more acceptable range. As for pizza, you'd probably have to skip the cheese and fatty meats, at which point it's basically toasted bread topped with veggies. Yeah.
While I do like ketchup and mustard on hotdogs, I also like good quality ketchup, preferably unsweetened, but if not, sweetened with a bit of sugar instead of a gallon of corn syrup.
Love that you put Peezy in the 'toon. I always look for him. What is this sauerkraut nonsense on a dog? Love Chicago dogs. An all beef dog on a poppy bun with yellow mustard only. Then some green relish, chopped white onions, tomato, dill pickle, sport peppers, and celery salt. Yum to the max!
I think sauerkraut is good on a brat, but not a hot dog.
Have to agree with you there. We do sauerkraut with Hungarian sausage, too.
And BBQ sandwiches. They do that in Mississippi.
Hmmm. Never heard of that one before, but it sounds good!
I like that so far all the comments are about Pizza Rat and food...LOL Hot dogs need mustard, sauerkraut and mayo or pickle relish of some combination of the above. I got the mayo habit when a store I worked at had a hot dog cart out front. I tried it and it stuck. It's even better on a polish sausage. Good times..
I'm so ashamed. I put ketchup, mustard and relish on my hot dogs if they are in a bun. If I eat them without a bun, I tend to cut them up and, depending on my mood, dip the pieces in ketchup or brown mustard. That's usually when I'm counting calories and am having some steamed veggies with a kosher Nathan's hot dog for one of those "I am too lazy to cook tonight" dinners.
I've only been to Chicago once, when my son was in vet school at UIUC (good grief, that was 20 years ago!). Didn't get any pizza, but spent a cloudy, chilly day in May (with snow flurries!) wandering the Magnificent Mile, visiting the Field Museum to see Sue the T-Rex, and had dinner at a place called Rosebud on Rush. It was so cloudy that we couldn't see the top half of the Sears / Willis Tower, but we enjoyed looking at the architecture of the other buildings (like Wrigley).
Now I wish I had gotten pizza and a hot dog!!!