Extra Credit Questions

[Joe Di Cola]

How about other garnishes such as chili, cheese, and sauerkraut? The only way I will eat the latter is either on a hot dog or a Reuben.

When I was a child, there used to be a great, old department store in Washington named Lansburgh's. They had a mezzanine dining room that looked out over the ground floor shopping area so that you could people watch as well as eat. My favorite lunch there was something called a Hot Dog Special. It was a regular hot dog topped with loosely chopped raw cabbage and Thousand Island dressing.

Laurie,

What I described was a Chicago Dog, my favorite way of eating a hot dog. However, I also like them with sauerkraut and mustrad (more of a New York City thing)--and, at the ball park, I musually just eat them plain. I like sauerkraut with roasted pork, too, or when having any kind of fresh German sausages such as thuringer, knockwurst, etc.

Now I am hungry and having to wipe drool off of my keyboard. Oops, now I think I am sharing too much information.

Joe