marylander1940 Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 (edited) OP note: Beyond Americana! Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest 2023 time, channel: What to know about July 4th tradition WWW.USATODAY.COM The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is back this 4th of July. Here's everything you need to know about this year's competition. The real reason we all eat hot dogs on the Fourth of July WWW.INSIDER.COM Nathan's has claimed that's it's been hosting its hot dog eating contest on Independence Day since 1916 — but that's a hoax. Edited July 5, 2023 by marylander1940 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 (edited) It would be @pubic_assistance's ultimate dream to win this contest. Edited July 4, 2023 by samhexum for shits and giggles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 I'm wondering when these contestants are going to get colon cancer... 😧 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pubic_assistance Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 3 hours ago, samhexum said: It would be @pubic_assistance's ultimate dream to win this contest. Ha. I haven't eaten a hot dog since I was a kid. Even then I didn't like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ José Soplanucas Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 There are several articles today in the Washington Post about these contests. Unfortunately, they are behind a paywall. I share a graphic illustrating how they progressed from eating ten hotdogs to eating 76 in 10 minutes. marylander1940 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylander1940 Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 4 hours ago, pubic_assistance said: Ha. I haven't eaten a hot dog since I was a kid. Even then I didn't like them. and yet you came out bisexual... back to your post, do you realize you're in the minority and most people love hot dogs, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+ Italiano Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) It's hard for me to try to understand the meaning (is there one?..) of this annual competition. 🤷♂️🤢 Edited July 5, 2023 by Italiano thomas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ sync Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 I don't know what it is within me, but I get really upset when food is disrespected. Eating contests in which so much food is wasted, or food fights just irritate me. My low-brow sense of humor enjoys the three stooges until they start throwing pies, cakes, and whatever other foods. My thoughts just go immediately to the food-insecure populations. + Italiano, cany10011 and pubic_assistance 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maninsoma Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 I don't understand the interest in eating contests, either for the participants or the viewers. It just is gross to me to watch people be that gluttonous. + sync, Luv2play, thomas and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike carey Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 5 minutes ago, maninsoma said: I don't understand the interest in eating contests, either for the participants or the viewers. It just is gross to me to watch people be that gluttonous. The penny just dropped as to why the TV report I saw today on this event had a chyron referring to it as 'gelatinous'. AI strikes again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cany10011 Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 How does one prepare for such a contest? Do they just swallow the hot dogs? Hot dogs are made from the worst cuts of meat. Imagine all the carcinogens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pubic_assistance Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 1 hour ago, cany10011 said: Hot dogs are made from the worst cuts of meat. Imagine all the carcinogens. Not necessarily what you would even call "meat". Everything that you can't sell in the butcher counter goes in there. Penis, balls, asshole, ears, ankles and snout to name a few disgusting parts that get ground up for hot dogs. No thanks. cany10011 and + sync 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Suraci Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 This contest was on TV at the bar a couple week or so ago. They play all kinds of random obscure sports when the popular ones have a lull. I was trying to eat my brunch, sipping a mimosa, and looked up and almost lost my brunch. Begged the bartender to change it and she commented on how this is what we watch even as so many people live with food insecurity, both inside and outside our own country. So. Gross. I can’t even with this. It’s quintessentially American and one of the many reasons I feel embarrassed when I travel to other countries. CarolinaRen, + Italiano and + Vegas_Millennial 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ BOZO T CLOWN Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) Miki Sudo, the perennial woman's Nathan's hot dog eating champ is married to Nick Wehry. Nick also enters many of the competitive food eating contests (currently ranked fourth in the world), and usually finishes third or fourth in the Nathan's contest. Nick seems no worse for the wear: Cameo by Nick Wehry | Cameo WWW.CAMEO.COM Check out this Cameo by Nick Wehry! BoZo Edited July 10, 2023 by BOZO T CLOWN Simon Suraci and + Vegas_Millennial 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Vegas_Millennial Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Simon Suraci said: It’s quintessentially American and one of the many reasons I feel embarrassed when I travel to other countries. The winner or runners up is usually Japanese and the frankfurter is a German food. The only thing American about this is the willingness to bury the hatchet after past wars and welcome people and appetites from around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Simon Suraci said: ... I can’t even with this. It’s quintessentially American and one of the many reasons I feel embarrassed when I travel to other countries. Yikes! Don't you think you're catastrophizing the issue? When traveling to other countries, just respect the locals and their cultures. Try to learn some of the language if possible. That way you'll be a good ambassador and can feel proud rather than embarrassed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ azdr0710 Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 if you're still interested in Nathan's and hot dog history.......... The Origin of the Coney Island Hot Dog Is a Uniquely American Story WWW.SMITHSONIANMAG.COM They also have very little to do with the New York City amusement park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Italiano Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 11 hours ago, Vegas_Millennial said: The winner or runners up is usually Japanese and the frankfurter is a German food. The only thing American about this is the willingness to bury the hatchet after past wars and welcome people and appetites from around the world. Still I find it a horrible annual event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Hagen Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Nathan's hot dogs are extraordinary. Don't get them with all the extra crap. Just mustard. Just Mustard: MikeBiDude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 On 7/4/2023 at 4:07 PM, pubic_assistance said: I haven't eaten a hot dog since I was a kid. Even then I didn't like them. This is dedicated to you, @pubic_assistance: A Field Guide to the Great Hot Dogs of AmericaFrom New York’s all-beef classic to Alaska’s reindeer-driven rendition, here are 15 supremely local versions that flaunt the bounty to be found on a bun. By J. J. Goode August 14, 2023. Summer is high season for the hot dog, from backyard grills to ballparks to the finest roadside joints. Across the United States, hot dogs exhibit a striking diversity that reflects the microclimates in which they’ve evolved ever since the 1860s, when an entrepreneurial immigrant introduced the species from Germany. Here we take a wide-ranging, but admittedly inexhaustive, look at some of the varieties you may encounter in the wild. New York Dog NATURAL HABITAT The Big Apple DISTINCTIVE FEATURES All beef, with sauerkraut and spicy brown mustard New York State is a epicenter of American hotdoggery, home to beloved hyperlocal wieners like Syracuse’s Snappy Grillers, micro-regional variants like the three-inchers of Troy, and destination footlongs like those grilled over coals at Ted’s in Buffalo. Still, New York City lays claim to the defining dogs: not the dirty-water type, but the all-beef franks puckering on the griddles at Nathan’s Famous in Coney Island, pastrami-slinging delis and storefronts with “Papaya” in their names. Tomato-stained “onions in sauce” is a worthy condiment, but spicy brown mustard with either sauerkraut (for traditionalists) or relish (for swashbucklers) is the move. Tales are even told of those who take both. Texas Tommy NATURAL HABITAT The Delaware Valley, oddly DISTINCTIVE FEATURES Bacon and cheese In the grand tradition of misleading hot dog names, this mid-20th-century creation hails not from the Lone Star State but, reportedly, from Pottstown, Pa. It may have taken its name from a Ragtime dance that was as indecorous then as the topping combo may seem today. Now you can get one from Wilmington, Del. (at Johnnie’s Dog House & Chicken Shack, it’s bacon-wrapped in the original fashion), to Philadelphia (at Steve’s Prince of Steaks, you’ll find a split wiener topped with bacon strips and whiz). The region’s other contender, a fried fish cake on a dog, doesn’t stand a chance. Slaw Dog NATURAL HABITAT The South DISTINCTIVE FEATURES The slaw In West Virginia, which lays claim to masterminding the topping way back in the 1920s, it’s often paired with hot dog sauce (or, as some might identify it, chili). In North Carolina, it could come piled on an electric-red, locally revered Bright Leaf dog. The dog is nearly vermilion at Nu-Way Weiners, a Macon, Ga., destination since 1916, where the slaw atop the chili is cold, creamy and finely chopped. So, too, is the topping at the Varsity in Atlanta, where it’s a valid move to skip the chili and order an all-beef frank crowned with just slaw. Puerto Rican-Style Dog NATURAL HABITAT The island’s many stands and carts DISTINCTIVE FEATURES No topping spared Puerto Rico is rich with carts selling hot dogs adorned in the Boricua style. These low-key setups belie the joys of this frank, which is decked out with some version of virtually every standard topping: Squirts of mustard, ketchup and cheese sauce join forces with layers of sauerkraut, onions and carne molida (ground beef cooked with sofrito that plays the role of chili). Finally, there are crunchy potato sticks, the crown that turns this variety into dog royalty. The Sonoran NATURAL HABITAT Arizona in general, Tucson in particular DISTINCTIVE FEATURES The best kind of fusion The name nods to the leading theory of its provenance: Sonora, the Mexican state just across the border. But spend enough time in metro Phoenix or Tucson and you’ll see that this extravagant dog is Arizonan to the core. The “dogueros” who operate the mobile outfits (like El Sabroso in Phoenix) and griddles (Los Chipilones in Tucson) don’t hold back. In a roll that clocks in somewhere between bolillo and bun, there are pinto beans, diced tomatoes and onions, as well as stripes of mustard, drizzles of green salsa and squiggles of mayo. Under there somewhere is a hot dog wrapped in bacon and on the side, a little gift — a couple of charred yellow chiles. The Ripper NATURAL HABITAT North Jersey DISTINCTIVE FEATURES Deep-fried perfection The paradigmatic New Jersey dog is defined by its cooking method, a bath in hot oil that transforms a natural-casing frank into the blistered archetype of ugly-delicious. Some North Jersey legends specialize in the ultimate version: rippers. The default at Hiram’s Roadstand in Fort Lee and an option at Rutt’s Hut in Clifton, they are fried until they burst and new nooks and crags emerge to char as crisp as cracklings. Chili-cheese, relish and mustard are all welcome. A highly honorable mention goes to the Italian Dog, invented in Newark at the original Jimmy Buff’s: Two links are fried, stuffed in “pizza bread” and buried under cooked peppers, onions and crispy potato. <b<New York System NATURAL HABITAT Rhode Island, strangely DISTINCTIVE FEATURES Meat sauce, strict parameters and a touch of flair Don’t let the “New York” fool you — these are pure Rhode Island, and rival Chicago dogs in their particularity. The midcentury brainchild of the Original New York System restaurant, they are also called hot wieners, gaggers and Greek lobsters, though never hot dogs. At places that carry on the tradition, staffers deftly prepare them “on the arm,” lining up steamed, slightly sweet buns from Homestead Baking Company on their forearms and filling them with wieners made from veal, beef and pork. They are then dressed with mustard, “meat sauce” (what an outsider might call chili), raw onions and a flurry of celery salt. That’s “all the way,” and with a glass of coffee milk on the side, it’s the only way. Chicago Dog NATURAL HABITAT The Windy City and its environs DISTINCTIVE FEATURES “The garden” Regional hot dog tradition at its most precise, the Chicago dog is an improbable masterpiece, whether you’re peacefully taking down a boiled version at Superdawg Drive-In or ordering a char dog while you get roasted by the staff at the Wiener’s Circle. It’s “dragged through the garden,” which means topped with exactly seven items that doting partisans can rattle off without hesitation: yellow mustard, relish (customarily a neon green), chopped white onions, tomato slices, a pickle spear, pickled sport peppers and celery salt. The foundation beneath is also imperative: a natural casing, all beef (nearly always from the local wiener maestros at Vienna Beef), tucked inside a poppy-seed bun. Half Smoke NATURAL HABITAT Washington, D.C. DISTINCTIVE FEATURES A special sausage Underneath the blanket of saucy chili and beyond the chopped onions and yellow mustard that are vital to a Half Smoke served “all the way” is the signature sausage that defines this capital classic. While the smoky, slightly spicy pork-and-beef links were invented as breakfast fare at the Weenie Beenie, they are now available at establishments throughout the city. But no purveyor is more famous than Ben’s Chili Bowl, the U Street monument to meat. Technically, its Half Smoke is more sausage than hot dog, but it’s so good that we don’t care. Cheese Coney NATURAL HABITAT The chili parlors of Cincinnati DISTINCTIVE FEATURES The city’s famous (or infamous) chili This Midwestern standout wields a familiar trinity: chopped onion, a stripe of mustard, a sauce of finely ground beef. But it is then topped with a prodigal pile of shredded Cheddar. Adherents who haunt parlors like Skyline and Camp Washington scoff at the it’s-not-chili complaints, celebrating the sauce’s distinctive spicing of nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon — and the miraculous merging of Mediterranean and Slavic flavors with early-20th-century American tastes. That said, they also take theirs on spaghetti, so the jury’s still out. Seattle Dog NATURAL HABITAT The food carts of Seattle DISTINCTIVE FEATURES Hot frank, cool cream cheese Outsiders sometimes wince at the thought of Seattle Dogs. Even some locals consider them fit only for a post-boozing binge. Yet there they are, cream cheese-slathered buns hosting hot dogs. Lore has it that the creation is a good three decades old, invented by a bagel purveyor named Hadley Longe. He opened a bagel cart in Pioneer Square, and soon after began offering dogs served with a schmear on bialy rolls, begetting imitators galore who swapped in buns. Griddled onions — possibly a nod to the onions on bialys — complete the style. Coneys NATURAL HABITAT Michigan DISTINCTIVE FEATURES Not just another chili dog with mustard and raw white onion Coney Island is the name for the dogs, the whole category of restaurants that sell them, and the place that inspired their originator, a Greek immigrant (either Gust Keros or George Todoroff, depending on whom you ask) who passed through the hot dog hub of New York City on his way west. Michiganders differ, with Midwestern politeness, over Coney particulars: In Detroit, the Coney sauce at the stalwarts American Coney Island and Lafayette Coney Island has a fluidity that makes staining your shirt inevitable. In Flint, locals call the sauce “dry” as a compliment, while the city of Jackson has its own variation, with differences so subtle they’re nearly undetectable by outsiders. Most everyone seems to agree on the supremacy of Koegel’s brand dogs and the necessity of beef heart in the chili. Bologna Dog NATURAL HABITAT The Jewish delis of Baltimore DISTINCTIVE FEATURES Beef two ways The heyday of Baltimore’s Jewish delis has passed, but the legacy lives on, at least at Attman’s Deli, one of the last vestiges of East Lombard Street’s Corned Beef Row, and the Essen Room in nearby Pikesville. Both still offer the duet of emulsified meats that’s become known as Baltimore’s hot dog. Slices of griddled beef bologna on an all-beef frank is a textural lark and, as the beloved local historian Gilbert Sandler noted “grease from the bologna mixes with the grease from the hot dog, and both find their way into the bread.” What sounds like redundancy is actually profundity. Polish Boy NATURAL HABITAT Cleveland DISTINCTIVE FEATURES Kielbasa à la barbecue Long ago, Clevelanders said “Polish boy” and meant kielbasa, the garlicky smoked sausage beloved by the Polish immigrants who arrived in the city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Today the term refers to this sloppy sensation, a glorious fusion. Propelled by local Black-owned smoked-meat concerns like Virgil Whitmore Sr.’s Mt. Pleasant Bar-B-Q, cooks began to furnish the city’s hallowed sausage with the toppings on hand: coleslaw, a pile of fries and plenty of barbecue sauce. Reindeer Dog NATURAL HABITAT Alaska DISTINCTIVE FEATURES A delicately gamy link, Coca-Cola onions In the summer of 1892, Capt. Michael Healy brought back the first reindeer from Siberia as a new food source for hungry Alaskans. That same summer, Nathan Handwerker (the founder of Nathan’s Famous) was born. Coincidence? Well, yes. All the same, today Alaska’s on-a-bun benefaction is a dog made with lean, delicately gamy reindeer. The consummate rendition comes from Yeti Dogs in Anchorage, where the link teams up with another Alaskan hot dog tradition: sautéed onions spiked with Coca-Cola. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/dining/regional-hot-dog-styles-america.html [Limited access] MikeBiDude and pubic_assistance 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wsc Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 I assumed this was announcing an event being held at Southern Decadence. How disappointing to learn the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloKyle Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Joey Chestnut will be in Buffalo then in a couple weeks for the National Buffalo Wing Festival. They do a chicken wing eating contest and he's won that every year I believe as well. Home - The National Buffalo Chicken Wing Festival BUFFALOWING.COM BUFFALO WING FESTIVAL + Italiano and samhexum 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pubic_assistance Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 16 hours ago, samhexum said: Field Guide to the Great Hot Dogs of America American "Hot Dogs" are a poor man's version of the German "Bratwurst"...which is served with sauerkraut and mustard. The best (and authentic) combination. There are German purveyors with high quality standards for their wurst that are completely edible and don't make your stomach turn when you discover what they're made from. + Vegas_Millennial and HuskyC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloKyle Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 (edited) On 8/21/2023 at 8:25 PM, BuffaloKyle said: Joey Chestnut will be in Buffalo then in a couple weeks for the National Buffalo Wing Festival. They do a chicken wing eating contest and he's won that every year I believe as well. He didn't win this year! He came in second. He has come in second actually 3 times in a row now. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/webb-devours-the-competition-wins-buffalo-wing-eating-championship/ar-AA1gbQ0L Edited September 4, 2023 by BuffaloKyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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