Whatcha Want On Your Dog?

Recently, a customer at the cafe requested that we add a slaw dog to our menu.  For those of you not from the South, a slaw dog is a hot dog with mustard and cole slaw on it.  Simple yet elegant.  Also, not a particular favorite of mine – I’m not much of a cole slaw fan.  But as I am like to do I am adding it to the menu.  With the usual Stuart approach.  Do I use a traditional Southern hot dog like Bryan?  You know, one of those pork/chicken/beef/roadkill sausages that are bright red?  Oh no.

You see, Southerners do a lot of things well in regards to food.  One of them, however, is not making a quality hot dog.  As much as it pains me to say it, Yankees have us beat on this.  Vienna from Chicago and Hebrew National from New York are at the pinnacle of the American hot dog world but I did not even go there.  I went to the original, Coney Island’s own Nathan’s Famous makers of the very first hot dog.  The finest frankfurter I have ever tasted.  So maybe we need to call this the Mason-Dixon Slaw Dog?

We will also be offering a dog with mustard and sauerkraut and another with chili and cheese.

I like my dog all sorts of ways.  Although New Yorkers tell me that grown men don’t put ketchup on hot dogs I love it with a generous helping of mayo as well.  So, using the comment box, let the world know whatcha want on your dog?