Culinary kitbashing

[dvandom]

Okay, I like hot dogs. Especially cheese dogs. In fact, I like cheese dogs with extra cheese on them, plus some spices. But this requires a bun of some sort.

I do not like hot dog buns. They're so-so when fresh, and go stale far faster than I can use 'em up. And while I could use kaiser rolls or something, I'm trying to avoid excess carbs.

So my solution has been various flatbreads and wraps, which give me just enough breadness for structural and mouthfeel purposes, but minimal carbs. Thing is, securing them with toothpicks has never really been satisfactory, so I've been looking on and off for a better solution for a while, and I finally found one:



Yep, a taco stand (insert joke about the shape of a hot dog and "let's blow this taco stand"). Just the right size for an "8 to the pound" style of hot dog, like Nathan's or Ballpark. Keeps it rolled tightly so the flatbread doesn't dry out where it isn't in contact with the dog, and lets the cheese slices melt a bit before I eat it (I have no microwave, but if I did, these stands are microwavable too...again, superior to the toothpick solution).

Ironically, Nathan's is brand somewhat known for being kosher (not that a cheesedog can be kosher in the first place), and the flatbread I'm using is Pareve certified...but the final result is aggressively treyf. ;) Assuming, as always, that there's actual meat in there somewhere. But these days, if there wasn't any meat they'd be marketing it as vegetarian or something, so it probably does have meat. And cheeeeese. Yum.

Comments

[z4nd4r.livejournal.com]

So your sausage goes into the taco? ;/

Also, those look damn tasty--though have you just tried bisecting the dogs lengthwise and broiling them and placing the cheese on top? And just eating them with a knife and fork? Remove the bread entirely...

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I used to do various entirely bunless methods, but it just didn't work for me. There's a mouthfeel issue...without some sort of bread element, the "skin" of the hot dog is a little offputting. And peeling a hot dog is more work than it's worth. ;)