Maybe Margarita Will doesn't ride anymore...
At his age, he might have to slow down a bit
Dang... I fail to read the board for 16
hours and look what they start sayin' about me...
I just realized that I never posted the "after action" report for...
Bawlmer Wienie Run I
Since "The Run"... I've spent more than a little time devoted to becoming one of the Wienie Cognoscente.
As a matter of fact, I stopped last night on the way home for a couple of dogs at Weenie World!
When one begins to delve into the world of the frankfurter, one begins to understand the complexity of the subject and the emotional response the tube steak elicits in its consumers...
Weenie World, for example, sells
Burks (Reading, PA) hot dogs & sausages bedded in buns from
H&S Bakery (Baltimore, MD).
Burks hot dogs aren't my favorites, but still quite good. I don't believe they sell any hot dogs in a casing - which means they don't have that "snap" when you bite into 'em. Personally, I prefer hot dogs in a casing.
H&S Bakery's hot dog buns are more dense than many other brands. While they're quite good quality, they're almost too much bread...
One of my favorite "sausages" was Best's Kosher Beef Polish Dogs. I found out recently that Best's Kosher (owned by conglomerate Sara Lee) was "put to death" at the end of January 2009. As soon as I heard that I ran to Sam's Club and bought eight packages of their Beef Polish Sausage & eight packages of their Dinner Beef Franks. I've got mine. You'd better go get yours!
Anyway...
Where was I?!?!
Oh, yeah...
Since only 6 of us (4 GL1800Riders members, 2 "significant others") were able to make Bawlmer Wienie Run I, I propose...
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Drum roll, please...)
Bawlmer Wienie Run II
I'd like to go back to Ann's Dari-Creme, 'cause those footlongs are just sooo good (the shakes, too!) - and want to find out who makes their footlongs. I can tell you that they're not your run-of-the-mill mass-produced hot dogs.
I'd also like to stop at Pollock Johnny's - their dogs are made especially for them (but I'm not sure who's makin' 'em).
Another place I'd like to try is Attman's Deli near Baltimore's Inner Harbor - urban legend has it that they're the home of the "Baltimore-Style" hot dog.
(A "Baltimore-Style" hot dog is a beef kosher dog wrapped in bologna and grilled. Apparently, this style is not unique to the Baltimore area, but since this is
my story, I'm going to call it "Baltimore-Style".)
I had another "intriguing" idea...
How about a ride to New York's Coney Island for one of
Nathan's Famous hot dogs?!?!
Or maybe Toledo, Ohio to go to
Tony Packo's (made famous by Jamie Farr's character Max Clinger from M*A*S*H).
Or maybe
Pink's in Los Angeles, CA...
Or maybe...
Or maybe...
(Quick! Someone! Stop me!)