[besson3c]

Ever tried one?

[bstone]

No. I only eat kosher.

[iMOTOR]

My gas station doesn’t serve hot dogs.

[imitchellg5]

Originally Posted by bstone 

No. I only eat kosher.

Pretty much any commercially available hot dog is kosher.

[Shaddim]

The ones at the local Weigel's are good, they use Hebrew National, most others are garbage.

[Big Mac]

Originally Posted by imitchellg5 

Pretty much any commercially available hot dog is kosher.

Not really. Most of the brands in regular American supermarkets are decidedly not kosher. (I'd love for the opposite to be true!) And some portion of Orthodox Jews won't even eat Hebrew National because they question its kosher certification. (I'm not at that level and sometimes live on Hebrew National.) But even if you have a kosher brand of hot dog, to remain kosher (at least by the normal Jewish standard) it has to be cooked on a kosher surface. And restaurants usually need kosher supervision. Hulk Hogan learned a bit about that issue on "Hogan Knows Best" when he invited some Jewish neighbors for a barbecue: He bought kosher meat but put it on the grill along with regular meat, and they wouldn't eat it. I felt bad when I saw that, even though I bet it was probably staged.

Gas station food that's cooked there on the premises kind of skeeves me out. Really any non-brand gas station food does. I had a kosher sandwich from an Israeli gas station that was pretty good, though, especially after I had been generally starving myself the previous couple of days.

[iMOTOR]

I could have sworn Hebrew National used to not contain nitrates. Just noticed that they do, when did that happen?

[abbaZaba]

Originally Posted by iMOTOR 

I could have sworn Hebrew National used to not contain nitrates. Just noticed that they do, when did that happen?

damn nitrates are SO gross

[Dork.]

I always wonder about that one, lonley hotdog rotating in the hot dog cooker, which looks like it's been in there for years. Does anyone ever buy those?

[besson3c]

Maybe the Portuguese?

[bstone]

Originally Posted by imitchellg5 

Pretty much any commercially available hot dog is kosher.

Nope. Untrue.

[Lateralus]

QuikTrip has the best hot dogs on Earth. And I've travelled the Earth.

[SpaceMonkey]

Nope, I've never even been tempted.

[imitchellg5]

Originally Posted by Big Mac 

Not really. Most of the brands in regular American supermarkets are decidedly not kosher.

In supermarkets, sure. I am meaning from a gas station that is already cooked. At work, I can't even order non-kosher hot dogs, our 4 vendors (the four largest in the area), don't even offer any non-kosher hot dogs.

[olePigeon]

Deletinated.

[SSharon]

Originally Posted by imitchellg5 

In supermarkets, sure. I am meaning from a gas station that is already cooked. At work, I can't even order non-kosher hot dogs, our 4 vendors (the four largest in the area), don't even offer any non-kosher hot dogs.

Something doesn't sound right about this. I thought most hot dogs were made with pork.

I can't think of anyone I know who is orthodox who eats Hebrew National hot dogs by the way.

[olePigeon]

Deletinated.

[The Final Dakar]

Seriously dude, enough with the religious baiting.

[SpaceMonkey]

Originally Posted by SSharon 

Something doesn't sound right about this. I thought most hot dogs were made with pork.

I can't think of anyone I know who is orthodox who eats Hebrew National hot dogs by the way.

Most "normal" hot dogs are made from a paste made of a mixture of pork and turkey scraps and assorted "other." Then you have all-beef franks like Hebrew National, Nathan's and others.

I think if you are getting any non-packaged food from a gas station you are asking for trouble. Except coffee or something.

[imitchellg5]

Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey 

Most "normal" hot dogs are made from a paste made of a mixture of pork and turkey scraps and assorted "other." Then you have all-beef franks like Hebrew National, Nathan's and others.

Yep, as well as beef. Generally hot dogs that you buy in the store that don't specifically call themselves beef or pork will be a conglomeration of leftover beef, pork, and turkey from other manufacturing processes. AKA all the bad bits. After being in the restaurant industry for the past year, my diet has become mostly vegetarian and very specific

[Big Mac]

Originally Posted by SSharon 

I can't think of anyone I know who is orthodox who eats Hebrew National hot dogs by the way.

I trust the Triangle K hechsher that they upgraded to, but I'm am a not-so-strict Baal Teshuva speaking only for myself. I'm really surprised by the claim found on Wikipedia that it isn't even the hechsher that's the biggest issue with Hebrew National at this point but rather that most American Orthodox Jews only eat glatt kosher (as opposed to Orthodox communities in other countries that don't hold to that standard). I did not know that. I'm somewhat amazed that American kosher restaurants can stay in business assuming they're all paying for premium glatt kosher meat.

[Lateralus]

Speaking of hot dogs... I'm in New York this week and thought the hot dogs sold throughout Central Park might be something special.

Nope. Completely un-special. Anti-special, in fact.

[finboy]

Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey 

Nope, I've never even been tempted.

Not.even.once.

Boy those things are scary. Worse than the hotdogs they serve at high school football games. Well, almost.

[brassplayersrock²]

Originally Posted by Dork. 

I always wonder about that one, lonley hotdog rotating in the hot dog cooker, which looks like it's been in there for years. Does anyone ever buy those?

I love it when people answer their own questions without realizing.