BRING ME YR LARGEST HOT DOG, PLEASE
Aug. 8th, 2008 01:56 amITEM [via BoingBoing]: As an American living overseas, I get lots of questions from locals who are planning to visit the USA for a holiday or business trip and need traveling tips like: “Where can I get me a 3.5 pound hot dog?”
Easy. Just go to Hillbilly Hotdogs in West Virginia and order a Homewrecker.
What’s a Homewrecker, you ask? That’s a deep-fried 15", 1-pound dog with peppers, onions, nacho cheese, chili sauce, jalapenos, mustard, ketchup, coleslaw, tomatoes, lettuce, and shredded cheese. Yrs for $14.99 – or free of charge if you can eat it in under four minutes. (Finish it in under 12 minutes and you get a free t-shirt.)
As seen on the Food Network.
DISCLAIMER: I love hot dogs. And I love diner/drive-in food culture as a concept, as well as a lot of the food associated with it. I also like the Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives segments – they uncover some cool restaurants from time to time. But I watch stuff like this and I think to myself, “See, THIS is why we can’t afford a national healthcare system.”
I’d go on, but Bill Maher did it for me a year ago.
BONUS TRACK: Five more hot dogs that will also probably kill you.
Damn. Now I’m hungry. And I could go for a Superdawg about now. Those of you in Chicago, pls send one by air mail.
Hot diggety dog,
This is dF
Easy. Just go to Hillbilly Hotdogs in West Virginia and order a Homewrecker.
What’s a Homewrecker, you ask? That’s a deep-fried 15", 1-pound dog with peppers, onions, nacho cheese, chili sauce, jalapenos, mustard, ketchup, coleslaw, tomatoes, lettuce, and shredded cheese. Yrs for $14.99 – or free of charge if you can eat it in under four minutes. (Finish it in under 12 minutes and you get a free t-shirt.)
As seen on the Food Network.
DISCLAIMER: I love hot dogs. And I love diner/drive-in food culture as a concept, as well as a lot of the food associated with it. I also like the Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives segments – they uncover some cool restaurants from time to time. But I watch stuff like this and I think to myself, “See, THIS is why we can’t afford a national healthcare system.”
I’d go on, but Bill Maher did it for me a year ago.
BONUS TRACK: Five more hot dogs that will also probably kill you.
Damn. Now I’m hungry. And I could go for a Superdawg about now. Those of you in Chicago, pls send one by air mail.
Hot diggety dog,
This is dF