Wendy's changed their fries.

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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited January 2011
    bruss wrote: »
    5 Guys is totally worth a try IMO. I love their burgers and they are currently #1 on zagats

    They make kickass hotdogs too!
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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited January 2011
    Theres an interesting topic: Hotdogs

    There prepared so differetly from region to region.

    Here is the Chicago hotdog:
    beef dog
    poppyseed bun
    mustard
    pickle spear and/or relish
    onions
    tomato
    sport peppers
    celery salt

    NO ketchup :biggrin:

    I'm always amazed at the different variations when I'm traveling
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2011
    I put ketchup on my hot dog EVERY TIME. Anyone who doesn't like it can bite me.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited January 2011
    I'm not particularly adverse to putting ketchup on a hot dog. But I've gotta admit, Chicago style is on a whole other level. But I'm with you... I've never understood the concept of "hot dog snobbery".

    I'm sure our friends here in Arizona can attest to the thing of wonder that is a Sonoran hot dog.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • scottyboy76
    scottyboy76 Posts: 2,905
    edited January 2011
    normally i dont care for waffle fries, actually i dont consider them fries, but chick fil-a has some pretty good ones.

    we tried wendys new fries, with a single and chocolate shake, about on a par with all the others, we were never crazy about their old fries.

    the new ones are sorta like steak and shake.

    and you better believe fries cooked in beef tallow were better, and no that does not mean smart, just delicious.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,391
    edited January 2011
    Chili, saute'd onions and a healthy(cough) helping of cheddar/jack cheese for me.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited January 2011
    The new ones are nothing like Steak and Shake - those being of the "shoestring genus".

    Good to see the fat chicks are finally coming out of the woodwork.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2011
    Ok, here's a test for you Jersey guys who aren't too young? Anyone remember Jimmie's Hot Dog stand on the Jersey side of the Pa./N.J. Border (on the other side of the Delaware Bridge). Easton, Pa/Phillipsberg, N.J.?

    I bet George Grand knows?

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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited January 2011
    Don't they deep-fry their dawgs?
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,391
    edited January 2011
    scottyboy76 wrote: »
    and you better believe fries cooked in beef tallow were better, and no that does not mean smart, just delicious.


    Thanks for that... It was my original point!:smile:

    I particularily liked the thicker cut "steakhouse" fries we had at a place called the "Ground Round" up in the Twin Cities.
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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited January 2011
    Is there really hot dog snobery?

    Hot dogs are just one of those things, like pizza. Regions pride themselves on certain things. (chicao's the best for both, btw. hahaha)

    I really couldn't care less if someone eats a hotdog with ketchup. It's just funny cuz you'll get a lot of sideways looks the second you ask "have any ketchup" *record screech*
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  • newrival
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    edited January 2011
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Chili, saute'd onions and a healthy(cough) helping of cheddar/jack cheese for me.

    What kind of chili?
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,391
    edited January 2011
    Has to be of a thicker variety, but with beans. That way you can create just the right aroma for others to enjoy later.:biggrin:
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  • newrival
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    edited January 2011
    Has anyone had those smiley fries Buffalo Wild Wings used to have? Those were way good, if a little bit childish.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2011
    zombie boy 2000 wrote: »
    I'm not particularly adverse to putting ketchup on a hot dog. But I've gotta admit, Chicago style is on a whole other level. But I'm with you... I've never understood the concept of "hot dog snobbery".

    I'm sure our friends here in Arizona can attest to the thing of wonder that is a Sonoran hot dog.

    Yeah, I mean, if I had some kinda gourmet "Chicago" hot dog it might be different, but the standard ballpark pig lips and ****? Who cares what you put on it? It's a bunch of processed meat in tube form.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,391
    edited January 2011
    newrival wrote: »
    Has anyone had those smiley fries Buffalo Wild Wings used to have? Those were way good, if a little bit childish.

    I knew you weren't that far removed from Happy Meals.:tongue::wink:
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  • Jstas
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    edited January 2011
    cnh wrote: »
    Ok, here's a test for you Jersey guys who aren't too young? Anyone remember Jimmie's Hot Dog stand on the Jersey side of the Pa./N.J. Border (on the other side of the Delaware Bridge). Easton, Pa/Phillipsberg, N.J.?

    I bet George Grand knows?

    cnh

    You sure it was Jimmy's? I used to stop at a Hot Dog Johnny's (it's still there) up in that area. The line stretches almost a 1/4 mile on real nice days. They are on Rt 46 just north of Phillipsburg.

    If that's the one you're talking about then yes, I have patronized that establishment a few times. However, this Jimmy's...I know not what you speak of.
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  • Jstas
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    edited January 2011
    Hot Dog Johnny's: http://www.hotdogjohnny.com/shop/
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  • amulford
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    edited January 2011
    cnh wrote: »
    Ok, here's a test for you Jersey guys who aren't too young? Anyone remember Jimmie's Hot Dog stand on the Jersey side of the Pa./N.J. Border (on the other side of the Delaware Bridge). Easton, Pa/Phillipsberg, N.J.?

    I bet George Grand knows?

    cnh

    By the time I was old enough, it was turned into HotDog Johnny's. Jimmy died, of a heart attack...:biggrin:

    HotDog Johnny took over the other shop in Buttzville (yeah, Buttzville. If you don't like it you can kiss my...)

    Over in Delaware there is a shop on 13 called The Dog House. Foot longs wit chili and cheese whiz and a dinner plate side of fries cooked in peanut oil smothered with Old Bay. F#ckin A...
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  • newrival
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    edited January 2011
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    I knew you weren't that far removed from Happy Meals.:tongue::wink:

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  • newrival
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    edited January 2011
    Check out Hot Doug's specials: http://www.hotdougs.com/specials.htm

    They've had some crazy cased meats through there including rattlesnake, moose, and antelope. He makes them all the night before and when he runs out he's out. They open at 10a and by 10:30 the lines around the block. Only room for about 20 people inside, too
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  • Jstas
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    edited January 2011
    amulford wrote: »
    By the time I was old enough, it was turned into HotDog Johnny's. Jimmy died, of a heart attack...:biggrin:

    HotDog Johnny took over the other shop in Buttzville (yeah, Buttzville. If you don't like it you can kiss my...)

    Over in Delaware there is a shop on 13 called The Dog House. Foot longs wit chili and cheese whiz and a dinner plate side of fries cooked in peanut oil smothered with Old Bay. F#ckin A...

    Dude, Hot Dog Johnny's has been in business since 1944. Maybe Jimmy's was the one in Butzville that Johnny's took over? Johnny's started out as a shack at a gas station on the corner of Rt 46 and Rt 31 owned by John Kovalsky. They moved the stand to the larger Rt 46 site in like 1946. Been there ever since.
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  • cnh
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    edited January 2011
    Jimmie's may or may not have been around before 1944! I think it was? I'm not old enough to know and my Father is gone. But Jimmy lived to about 100 so I suspect he got started earlier--as he was among the first wave of immigrants on the Pa. side. Definitely not Johnny's, though I think I know what you're talking about. Back in the 50s....people used to drive 50, 60, 70 miles for a Jim's Dog. They weren't deep fried, but they were fried in a mixture of lard, onions, probably some salt and pepper? This guy was selling them 2 for a quarter and making thousands and thousands of dollars back then with ONE small, ONE room stand directly on the Banks of the Delaware river in Phillipsburg. The Original Jims was left to his daughter who ran it from a distance for a while when it relocated from the river's edge (after a truck backed into it and took it out) to a larger building a hundred or so feet away.

    Then after that, a couple of the workers, took the recipe and the name to a strip Mall in Easton, Pa., where until recently, it continues....at least I think it's still there? As for Buttzville...I know where that is, but I can't comment on 'any' relationship with Jimmie's. As I don't know of one.

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    edited January 2011
    White "Coney dogs" FTW.
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  • Jstas
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    edited January 2011
    cnh wrote: »
    Jimmie's may or may not have been around before 1944! I think it was? I'm not old enough to know and my Father is gone. But Jimmy lived to about 100 so I suspect he got started earlier--as he was among the first wave of immigrants on the Pa. side. Definitely not Johnny's, though I think I know what you're talking about. Back in the 50s....people used to drive 50, 60, 70 miles for a Jim's Dog. They weren't deep fried, but they were fried in a mixture of lard, onions, probably some salt and pepper? This guy was selling them 2 for a quarter and making thousands and thousands of dollars back then with ONE small, ONE room stand directly on the Banks of the Delaware river in Phillipsburg. The Original Jims was left to his daughter who ran it from a distance for a while when it relocated from the river's edge (after a truck backed into it and took it out) to a larger building a hundred or so feet away.

    Then after that, a couple of the workers, took the recipe and the name to a strip Mall in Easton, Pa., where until recently, it continues....at least I think it's still there? As for Buttzville...I know where that is, but I can't comment on 'any' relationship with Jimmie's. As I don't know of one.

    cnh

    Well, I'll tell ya, I don't remember of any Jimmie's or Jimmy's on the Jersey side in that area. There was one called Jimmie's down in New Hope before it became hippie central. I know Hot Dog Johnny has been there for a long time. My father used to do field work in the 70's for TRW and was up that way all the time for banks, fixing ATMs. He said when he was a kid, in the boy scouts, they would stop at Hot Dog Johnny's on the way back from camping trips up in the Delaware Water Gap Park. That was in the 50's. The first time I went there, I was 5 years old and my brother was an infant. Had to be like 1982. It hasn't changed since. It's up there in God's country too. Just a beautiful area, especially with the river going right past the stand.
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,047
    edited January 2011
    newrival wrote: »
    Theres an interesting topic: Hotdogs

    There prepared so differetly from region to region.

    Here is the Chicago hotdog:
    beef dog
    poppyseed bun
    mustard
    pickle spear and/or relish
    onions
    tomato
    sport peppers
    celery salt

    NO ketchup :biggrin:

    I'm always amazed at the different variations when I'm traveling

    When I lived up there, I was never a huge fan of the hot dog being cooked / warmed in that funky vat of water...I prefer them grilled. With that said, if you are ever in the greater ORD area, check out a chain called Portillo's. Great dogs, Italian sausage and beef, ribs to name a few. Atlanta has nothing close to a Portillos that I am aware of :frown:
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    edited January 2011
    MMMMMM.... Portillo's.:tongue:
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,047
    edited January 2011
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    MMMMMM.... Portillo's.:tongue:


    You know they deliver just about everything on the menu via FedEx...not sure if they are located in IN. also...
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  • nooshinjohn
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    edited January 2011
    About 90 minutes north, in Merriville. I stop there every time I am up there.
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    edited January 2011
    5-guys best fries or Fuddruckers all you can eat fries
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