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Hot Dog Survey
We are looking into doing this and have found processor, which is unfortunately out of state. I would be interested in hearing from people who have done this as to what their experiences were, things to do, watch out for, etc. A few more questions:
Do you prefer skinless or natural casing hot dogs?
Do you prefer nitrate free hot dogs? (Must be kept frozen)
Has anyone here made hot dogs from pork themselves?
Has anyone take a meat to a processor to have hot dogs made?
Cheers,
Walter Jeffries
Sugar Mountain Farm
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/blog
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10/11/07, 08:00 PM
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I'm not gonna be much help, Walter....
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Originally Posted by highlands
Do you prefer skinless or natural casing hot dogs?
Skinless
Do you prefer nitrate free hot dogs? (Must be kept frozen)
Yes
Has anyone here made hot dogs from pork themselves?
Not me
Has anyone take a meat to a processor to have hot dogs made?.
Not me. I have had link sausages done (breakfast & brats), but don't recall having options other than flavorings.
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10/11/07, 08:11 PM
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I Prefer Natural Casing Dogs And All meat type NO fillers. Other than that. Can't help.
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10/11/07, 08:23 PM
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I've made stuff fine ground sausages before, and smoked them, then froze em... were extremely good. Wasn't the same as hot dogs.
I'd prefer natural casings, and as few nitrites as possible. If you're going to make a big batch, you'd probably have to freeze em anyhow, unless you were going to have a huge hot dog party.
If you do get some made, let us know the results.
I've got the equipment to do it all here at the house, just never got around to making em... Usually max out on hamburger, ground pork, and different sausage varieties, when I'm processin large amounts of pork or venison...
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10/11/07, 08:27 PM
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As a consumer (for now) I definitely demand natural casing, no nitrates, no fillers. 100% natural. They taste better that way, too 
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I prefer them to be .99 cents a pack or less.
two fer tastes even better.
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10/11/07, 11:50 PM
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I prefer them to be .99 cents a pack or less.
two fer tastes even better.
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99¢, you must like those expensive hot dogs, I get mine for 59¢.
Thought about trying the 39¢ hot dogs, but the Green fur is a bit of a turn off.
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10/12/07, 12:07 AM
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59 cents a pack?
where?
those must be delicious!!
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10/12/07, 12:10 AM
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I do make our hot dogs. We do use pink salt. Sheep casings. The current king of wieners is Hot Dougs in Chicago. You may want to look at his menu and specials. He is a CIA trained chef and has a line waiting for his dogs.
hotdougs.com
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10/12/07, 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by comfortablynumb
59 cents a pack?
where?
those must be delicious!!
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Bar S brand, at the local Crest grocery store.
Tastes like a hot dog.
Bun, hot dog, mustard, chili and Picante Sauce, what else is needed on a hot dog?
Bar S store locater
Bar S foods
I use and eat quite a bit of the Bar S products. Especially the smoked sausages.
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10/12/07, 08:01 AM
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Do you prefer skinless or natural casing hot dogs?
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Natural casing.
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Do you prefer nitrate free hot dogs? (Must be kept frozen)
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Yes.
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Has anyone take a meat to a processor to have hot dogs made?
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I haven't but have been with a friend when she picks hers us. She worked with the butcher to figure out the right recipes. Some of the hot dogs some smoked. She raises grass fed, 100% pastured beef, pork and lamb as part of her farm business. She has chicken on pasture all day and closed in the impressive chicken RV at night. Anyway, more than you asked for. The hot dogs are excellent. She uses Herring Brothers in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine for all of her beef, pork and lamb processing.
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10/12/07, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by highlands
We are looking into doing this and have found processor, which is unfortunately out of state. I would be interested in hearing from people who have done this as to what their experiences were, things to do, watch out for, etc. A few more questions:
Do you prefer skinless or natural casing hot dogs?
Do you prefer nitrate free hot dogs? (Must be kept frozen)
Has anyone here made hot dogs from pork themselves?
Has anyone take a meat to a processor to have hot dogs made?
Cheers,
Walter Jeffries
Sugar Mountain Farm
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/blog |
Natural casings; Need the nitrates for color; never made hot dogs myself, but love Vienna Beef and David Berg the best.
Oh, and never ever put ketchup on a hot dog. In these parts (Chicago) you can get arrested for such desecration.
Pony!
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10/12/07, 10:36 AM
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Ball Park Franks
(They plump when you cook 'em)
They're really really bad for you. But, I like 'em.
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10/12/07, 10:54 AM
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Make sure the place that does them is CLEAN! I got listeria from Ballpark Franks once (confirmed by a doc and the package number). It sux! During that outbreak, two people in Memphis and one in Nashville died. You have a 1 in 4 chance of dying if you get listeria, Merck Medical Manual says.
While I realize the media plays down foodborne illness as only affecting the elderly, very young, or people with compromised immune systems, I was in my early 40s, fit, and healthy, and it got me. It was a very bad experience, lasting about 10 days in my case with extremely severe cramps. Since then, I have eaten exactly TWO hot dogs of any kind. I do crave them sometimes, but it's just hard to overcome the memory of being that sick.
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10/12/07, 01:15 PM
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I Love 'Em!
I Love Hot Dogs! All kinds of Hot Dogs.
I Love Franks!
I Love Sausages, on Buns!
I Love Bratwursts!
I Love Italian Sausages!
I Love KielBasas, Polish Sausages.
I Love Knockwursts!
And, I love them all on Buns.
They are Great Plain, with or without Mustard, Brown Mustard or Yellow Mustard.
I Love them with Relish, or Saur-kraut.
I love them with sauteed bell peppers & onions.
A couple Hot Dogs or Sausages, at a Football Game, or at a Campfire,
on a beautiful Fall day, with a good cold Beer..........Or even a Mug of Hot mulled Cider.........WOW, one of the GOOD things in life.
Thanks!
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10/12/07, 01:29 PM
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It's like this inverse rule of food for hot dogs. The worse they are for you, the better they taste and the more you want them!
Me, I love the NYC dog from a street vendor with all the toppings. Especially the red mystery gravy with onions in it. Then dollop on mustard and s.kraut and VOILA!
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10/12/07, 07:14 PM
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My 5 year old does not like hot dogs.
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10/12/07, 07:27 PM
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Whatever is in Nathan's, regular length, the bun length are pretty darn nasty.
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10/12/07, 08:09 PM
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Beef only WITHOUT natural casing.
I usually don't eat any of them though....
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10/12/07, 10:23 PM
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My bro-in-law has a butcher from the old country (Poland) that makes his own hot dogs, sausages, hams, etc. Unbelievable the difference that meat will make in a hot dog. Those things that you get in the store are unedable to me now. Many people that process a lot of deer are a good place to start. NO nitrates is the way to go. Casings will be a prefrence thing. If you can supply your own meat a lot of these guys do a really good job. Now is their busy season though. Best of luck, you will not regret it the first time you eat some ham that is real pig butt, not injected with brine (you should see what birne REALLY is) and tasting like punky old willow stump. Mike 
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