Finding Chicago-style out West
Posted: June 15, 2024 Filed under: Analysis, Discussion, Entertainment | Tags: Chicago-style, desperation, dievca, eating, Farmer's Market, Food, Hot Dog, Humor, Life, Love, Midwestern, travel, Utah Leave a comment
dievca took a moment after hiking (she’s in UT) to stop by a Farmer’s Market. There wasn’t much “farm” in the market, but more pre-made food and goods for sale. One stand offered Chicago-style Hot Dogs, burgers and the owner (a transplant from Chicago) was trying-out Italian Beef, too. Out of desperation, dievca just wanted the traditional Chicago-Style Dog (NYC does hot dogs poorly), its been over 10 years…so she figured if you are going to kill yourself eating processed meat – let’s make it good.
A Chicago-style Hot Dog is a salad on a Vienna Beef piece of processed meat:
The Chicago transplant did well. The Vienna Beef hot dog had snap, the pickle, peppers and tomatoes were crisp, a hint of salt, mustard and relish were just enough. The bun was solid. Maybe not Portillo’s, but a good solid meal. Now if dievca could just stop rifting…
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