Is Nathan's Hot Dogs really the best?

Chris · 09-20-2009, 10:21 PM

I go into my local Sam's Club and for a $1.70 get a dog and drink....it's really good. I go to the store and buy a pack...and they don't seem like the same dogs.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

What about at the store on Coney Island? Are they different? I want to go and sit down and eat about 2 of them with a cold root beer to report back!

stalebiscuit · 09-20-2009, 10:25 PM

you gotta try as many as you can

thats my moto, i think thats why we are awesome

larmus · 09-20-2009, 10:37 PM

they are good thats for sure... they lose something though when bought in a package and cooked at home verses gettin one from a fair or from the source...

PAPA G · 09-20-2009, 11:06 PM

they gotta set in hot water cooker, in which the dog water has never been changed. thats the only way to cook one. nothing like it.

jimkim · 09-20-2009, 11:08 PM

I like Hebrew National better. Nathan's has a little too much garlic for me. If you can find them up there try Lee Premium Weiners. D.L. LEE & SONS They are a good clean(no mystery meat) southern style pork weiner.

TRUE GRIT · 09-20-2009, 11:26 PM

We had Nathan's today for lunch (store bought pack). I boil them in beer ( PBR) than throw them on the grill for a minute, that makes for a good dog, but you have to have the Kraut, tomatoes, mustard and a dill slice on top.

It is of my personal opinion that it is a sin to put ketchup on a hot dog.

Jersey Jailer · 09-20-2009, 11:57 PM

Boil the water, turn off the heat, put dogs in water, wait 10-15 minutes, eat dogs on bun the way you like them. Always put condiments on the dog not the bun.

If you can find them the dogs in a 3 or 5 pound box are better than the 1 pound package.

Locally, Dietz and Watson and Thumans packaged dogs under a Black Forest label as natural casing, taste as close to real ball park dogs as any I have tried. Nothing really beats a Nathans dog at a nathans stand on a boardwalk, nor porkroll from a Taylors stand.

Jersey Jailer · 09-21-2009, 12:03 AM

True Grit......Nah... "It is of my personal opinion that it is a sin to put ketchup on a hot dog." It's offered at Nathans, if I can't get chili or kraut then I put ketchup,mustard,onion and relish on mine.

HEMI · 09-21-2009, 12:30 AM

Hebrew National=Dog food.
Harvest hills rocks

GlockMeister · 09-21-2009, 12:31 AM

Chris, it's the way they cooked them at Sam's club that makes them taste as good as they do.

If you can find a kitchen sized one, and they are out there, the best way is one of the roller ovens...

Like this >>>>>

Nostalgia Electrics Old Fashioned Hot Dog Roller and Bun Warmer at Cooking.com

Here's one for the grill >>>>>

http://www.ahappycamper.com/products...ler/index.html

Midas · 09-21-2009, 12:32 AM

Nathan's have been awesome in my experience.

thatdogwonthunt · 09-21-2009, 12:50 AM

dont know Chris I havent had a Nathan's hotdog. i dont like the snap that natural casing gives and i always thought that Nathan's were a natural casing

Lng Rng · 09-21-2009, 01:01 AM

I have always liked the Ambassador hotdogs. They aren't cheap, but are hard to beat.

JG12gauge · 09-21-2009, 01:40 AM

I always liked those hot dogs with the soda you get for $1.50 a costco,

SwedeSteve · 09-21-2009, 01:49 AM

roll the dog in flour, then into a beer batter. Then deep fry until batter is browned. Sheer Ecstacy !!

Frank is from franfurter sausage, the original. First sold at the worlds fair !!

ArkansasHunter · 09-21-2009, 01:50 AM

To me the store bought Nathans are not that good and I don't like the texture of the Hebrew Nation's either.

I use to like Oscar Mayer Beef Hot Dogs until they changed them to a beefier one and called it Premeium Beef !!!
I guess they quit putting lips and tail meat in them...I don't no.

There is one I like thats a close 2nd. to the former Oscar Mayer Beef Hot Dog and that be those Big BEEF Ball Park Franks...Why they call them Frank ???

I ate 4 for lupper yesterday...I normaly only eat two, but they was Yummy good !...A.H
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thrillbilly · 09-21-2009, 01:51 AM

They plump when ya cook 'em! LOL

.22hustler · 09-21-2009, 08:23 AM

Zwieglers or Hoffmans....NY delicacy..

jerry · 09-21-2009, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Midas

Nathan's have been awesome in my experience.

Same here. There are others (beef) I like too. I woke up and decidded I would not eat bologny dogs any longer. Life it too short.

Earl Easter · 09-21-2009, 08:40 AM

When i was working in Pittsburgh I ate at Peppi's Smithfield street one block from the bridge, they would not tell me the name brand of the dogs that they purchased. But they had fried onions,dark mustard,clausen's dill slicked kosher pickle on a half toasted brat bun that they fried right on the flat stainless steel grill. They where huge. You could get em any way you liked, but this was my favorite. They also served a stack of pushed potatoes that were deep fried. Barely could you eat everything and drink your soda.... I have found nothing that was as good anywhere up here in the country. Most hotdogs here are water logged and ya taste em fer many hours afterwards...Yuck....
Never tasted a Nathan dog but i will go look for some.......

09-20-2009, 10:21 PM	#1
Chris Site Founder Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,616 Blog Entries: 28	Is Nathan's Hot Dogs really the best? I go into my local Sam's Club and for a $1.70 get a dog and drink....it's really good. I go to the store and buy a pack...and they don't seem like the same dogs. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm What about at the store on Coney Island? Are they different? I want to go and sit down and eat about 2 of them with a cold root beer to report back! __________________ Rules \| Contributing Members No one has the right to deny my personal safety Please be descriptive in your thread titles! NRA Life Member

09-20-2009, 10:25 PM	#2
stalebiscuit Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: atlanta, but much rather be in valdosta Posts: 3,246	you gotta try as many as you can thats my moto, i think thats why we are awesome __________________ honey, i forgot to duck!

09-20-2009, 10:37 PM	#3
larmus Domestic Engineer Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: arizona Posts: 3,386	they are good thats for sure... they lose something though when bought in a package and cooked at home verses gettin one from a fair or from the source... __________________ Lawrence Home Defense: .45 and a Shovel...

09-20-2009, 11:06 PM	#4
PAPA G Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somerset, kentucky Posts: 9,451	they gotta set in hot water cooker, in which the dog water has never been changed. thats the only way to cook one. nothing like it. __________________ MOE! LARRY! THE CHEESE!

09-20-2009, 11:08 PM	#5
jimkim Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Near the Little Ocmulgee river in GA Posts: 4,562 Blog Entries: 18	I like Hebrew National better. Nathan's has a little too much garlic for me. If you can find them up there try Lee Premium Weiners. D.L. LEE & SONS They are a good clean(no mystery meat) southern style pork weiner. __________________ The bigger the government, the smaller the individual.

09-20-2009, 11:26 PM	#6
TRUE GRIT Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North East L.A Posts: 589	We had Nathan's today for lunch (store bought pack). I boil them in beer ( PBR) than throw them on the grill for a minute, that makes for a good dog, but you have to have the Kraut, tomatoes, mustard and a dill slice on top. It is of my personal opinion that it is a sin to put ketchup on a hot dog. __________________ Roll with the punches, learn from your scars.

09-20-2009, 11:57 PM	#7
Jersey Jailer Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: SOUTH Jersey Posts: 695	Boil the water, turn off the heat, put dogs in water, wait 10-15 minutes, eat dogs on bun the way you like them. Always put condiments on the dog not the bun. If you can find them the dogs in a 3 or 5 pound box are better than the 1 pound package. Locally, Dietz and Watson and Thumans packaged dogs under a Black Forest label as natural casing, taste as close to real ball park dogs as any I have tried. Nothing really beats a Nathans dog at a nathans stand on a boardwalk, nor porkroll from a Taylors stand. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Austrailian Shepherds are like potato chips... You can't have just one

09-21-2009, 12:03 AM	#8
Jersey Jailer Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: SOUTH Jersey Posts: 695	True Grit......Nah... "It is of my personal opinion that it is a sin to put ketchup on a hot dog." It's offered at Nathans, if I can't get chili or kraut then I put ketchup,mustard,onion and relish on mine. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Austrailian Shepherds are like potato chips... You can't have just one

09-21-2009, 12:30 AM	#9
HEMI Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,185	Hebrew National=Dog food. Harvest hills rocks

09-21-2009, 12:31 AM	#10
GlockMeister Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 10,374	Chris, it's the way they cooked them at Sam's club that makes them taste as good as they do. If you can find a kitchen sized one, and they are out there, the best way is one of the roller ovens... Like this >>>>> Nostalgia Electrics Old Fashioned Hot Dog Roller and Bun Warmer at Cooking.com Here's one for the grill >>>>> http://www.ahappycamper.com/products...ler/index.html __________________ "The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion." "Edmond Burke"

09-21-2009, 12:32 AM	#11
Midas Chief Troll B' Gone Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NW Arkansas Posts: 3,735 Blog Entries: 6	Nathan's have been awesome in my experience. __________________ NRA Life Member 10mm Auto-The ultimate trail gun

09-21-2009, 12:50 AM	#12
thatdogwonthunt Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: central, ohio Posts: 195	dont know Chris I havent had a Nathan's hotdog. i dont like the snap that natural casing gives and i always thought that Nathan's were a natural casing __________________ better to be jugded by 12 than carried by 6

09-21-2009, 01:01 AM	#13
Lng Rng Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,138	I have always liked the Ambassador hotdogs. They aren't cheap, but are hard to beat.

09-21-2009, 01:40 AM	#14
JG12gauge Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Athol Idaho (northern part) Posts: 702	I always liked those hot dogs with the soda you get for $1.50 a costco, __________________ Idiots are like slinkies they are completely useless but its nice to see them fall off the stairs.

09-21-2009, 01:49 AM	#15
SwedeSteve Suspected Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Anchortown, Alaska Posts: 25,525	roll the dog in flour, then into a beer batter. Then deep fry until batter is browned. Sheer Ecstacy !! Frank is from franfurter sausage, the original. First sold at the worlds fair !! __________________ In the absence of orders, ATTACK !!

09-21-2009, 01:51 AM	#17
thrillbilly Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ozark Hill Country Posts: 3,182	They plump when ya cook 'em! LOL __________________ *" I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on."* John Wayne

09-21-2009, 01:50 AM	#16
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas. Posts: 18,224	To me the store bought Nathans are not that good and I don't like the texture of the Hebrew Nation's either. I use to like Oscar Mayer Beef Hot Dogs until they changed them to a beefier one and called it Premeium Beef !!! I guess they quit putting lips and tail meat in them...I don't no. There is one I like thats a close 2nd. to the former Oscar Mayer Beef Hot Dog and that be those Big BEEF Ball Park Franks...Why they call them Frank ??? I ate 4 for lupper yesterday...I normaly only eat two, but they was Yummy good !...A.H __________________ __________________ IN GOD WE TRUST NRA MEMBER

09-21-2009, 08:23 AM	#18
.22hustler Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York Posts: 2,630	Zwieglers or Hoffmans....NY delicacy..

09-21-2009, 08:40 AM	#20
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,444	When i was working in Pittsburgh I ate at Peppi's Smithfield street one block from the bridge, they would not tell me the name brand of the dogs that they purchased. But they had fried onions,dark mustard,clausen's dill slicked kosher pickle on a half toasted brat bun that they fried right on the flat stainless steel grill. They where huge. You could get em any way you liked, but this was my favorite. They also served a stack of pushed potatoes that were deep fried. Barely could you eat everything and drink your soda.... I have found nothing that was as good anywhere up here in the country. Most hotdogs here are water logged and ya taste em fer many hours afterwards...Yuck.... Never tasted a Nathan dog but i will go look for some.......