The Hot Dog.

Apparently July according to some weirdo some where is 'hot dog' month. And because there's been a hot dog vender out side of my theater for almost 2 months I thought I'd share some facts about the ' food ' that I had a few times. Not nearly as much as one of my coworkers who's had one almost everyday he's worked on this show. 65 hot dogs once a day 6 days a week.






Frankfurt , Germany claims that they originated the wiener , and the word wiener refers to Vienna, Austria, 'Wien' .

It has been called 'dog' since around 1884 , when sausage makers used dog grade meat to make them. However Wikipedia says "dog meat" which is uh....different then dog grade....(could it be true???)

Most are made of meat slurry which is liquid meat with paprika, salt, garlic. Then they are smoked and cured.

For a mind blowing production video check : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhwXPsTaRgc

WOW

Cayenne rub Blue cheese heat with baby reds smashed with mustard butter

I know it's July and it's hot , but I couldn't resist. This one I got from a kid who work at Guiseppe's, Oliver. Variations on a theme.

serving size: 1

Steak

3-4ozSteak...(shown it top loin.)
cayenne rub (see below)
blue cheese

Potatoes

5 baby red potatoes or fingerling size

1 tsp. dry mustard (should be some what moist though)
pch. salt
pch. pepper
1 Tbl Butter

Set potatoes to boil. Cook till the tine of a fork is firm but gives. Strain and let rest.
Dry rub cayenne mix on steak pieces and pan sear. Tranfer to broiler and broil broil one side flip and add blue cheese. Broil and melt blue cheese. Pull the steak and let rest. Smash potatoes with a rubber spatula add in butter , salt, pepper, mustard.

Cayenne rub used.
appox.

1 teaspoon c. pepper
1 teaspoon Paprika
2 teaspoon salt
pinch of mexican smoked salt (stuff is strong!)
1/2 teaspoon ckd black pepper