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Chicken garlic bread soup.

I was stumped on this one since I couldn't find any similar recipes online then a Tasting History episode about lobscouse dropped. Ohh this is just fancy lobscouse :D

It's Italian inspired, with the olive oil, tomatoes and garlic bread croutons. It was amazing and I'd definitely make this again.

#daily soup #chicken garlic bread soup #chicken #garlic bread #lobscouse

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Chicken noodle soup.

This one is a variant of the matzoh ball soup.

#daily soup #chicken #soup

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Roasted red pepper soup (served with a hunk of cheddar jalapeno bread).

This was really good. I think just the "broth" for this would also make a good first course soup on its own too.

For that, roast 3 peppers until black on all sides (you can either cut up the peppers in advance or keep turning the peppers) then stick into a bag, steam for 5 minutes and pull the skins off. Chuck these into a blender. Then take a cup of heavy cream, and put into a pot with 3 garlic cloves. Simmer this until it's reduced by half then put into the blender with the peppers. Blend then consume. You can make this vegan too with vegan cream.

#red pepper #roasted red pepper #bread #daily soup

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Oki dog, seen around Los Angeles, with American cheese, two hot dogs, chili, and pastrami. Inside:

I decided to fry this one a bit to help the cheese melt and that was a great idea. This was trashy but delicious.

#oki dog #Los Angeles #chili #pastrami #hot dog

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New York system wiener, or at least my attempt at one.

I followed this recipe for the chili mixture on top of this, and used a Boar's Head frankfurter plus a brioche bun. The toppings are chopped onion, mustard and celery salt.

This gave me Cincinnati coney vibes, except not quite? It's a different spice mixture for sure. I can see how the kind of wiener used on this would make a difference.

#hot dog #rhode island #new York system #wiener #chili

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An American take on an Aussie sausage sizzle. Grilled onions and hot dog with ketchup on a slice of sandwich bread.

This was pretty good, and I'd definitely devour onions and ketchup on a regular hot dog bun too. That said, I can see why people use stale bread for sausage sizzles, since it'd hold up more compared to fresh bread.

#hot dog #australia #bunnings #onion #sausage sizzle #snag

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Thai melon peanut soup.

This cold soup was delightful during a recent heat wave, but the recipe is a little weird. It assumes you have a huge blender, basically, and it makes more than you'd expect. I ended up making like 20 cups of soup from this recipe when it said I'd only make 10. I also feel like the aromatics in this (green curry paste/ginger/garlic) could've been doubled as well.

#honeydew #peanuts #summer soup #green curry #the daily soup

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Poblano corn chowder

#the daily soup #corn chowder #spicy #southwest #poblano

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I decided to try a Korean take on a more typical hot dog. I used this recipe and cooked some kimchi in sesame oil with garlic for the toppings. This was delicious but I should've chopped up the kimchi a bit more.

For the next three, I'll be buying them. This one is from a Korean restaurant in my area. I hate dealing with frying in general, so it’s much easier for me to buy it. I’ve had Korean dogs before but I haven’t tried this location before.

I went to Mochinut and ordered an original hot dog covered in potato (per the chart). They also have regular hot dogs covered in breadcrumbs, hot Cheetos or ramen noodle bits. There’s also plenty of hot dog options there, including cheese. I decided to get the half and half with cheddar, plus ketchup on the side.

This was pretty good, but a little bulky. I've had smaller ones that were more manageable.

#kimchi #korea #hot dog

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I found a comment that said Filipinos do eat regular hot dogs, but with banana ketchup and mayonnaise. So here's an actual Filipino hot dog:

First on our list: the Philippines hot dog! According to the chart, it has a “bright red notched dog served with banana ketchup, rice, fried egg (no bun)”. Let’s plate it up a bit as part of the prep:

Plain, right? I did my research and this is supposed to be hotsilog, which at its essence is notched hot dogs, garlic fried rice (sinangag), an egg and maybe some sauce- soy sauce if you must. It’s also more commonly served as breakfast. Let’s make this with some sinangag:

There we go! This was pretty good. I can see why Filipinos eat this for breakfast. I followed a sinangag recipe that told me to make the rice more crunchy, but I’d prefer to heat the rice through next time. It went well with the other components, especially with the egg. The hot dogs were good, fairly rich, and went well with the banana ketchup. The banana ketchup consistency wasn’t quite what I expected, especially with the texture being so different, but it really didn’t taste that different from our ketchup on a hot dog.

Now, this meal isn’t the only way the Philippines uses hot dogs- there’s also Filipino spaghetti. I followed a reduced version of this recipe from here. Here it is:

This was pretty good. Think Bolognese sauce with hot dogs and ketchup, but it just works.

#philippines #banana ketchup

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I still have plenty of hot dog buns and hot dogs left and there's a few more styles I want to explore.

I almost considered doing this for New York as well but the chart example was very accurate. There's a hot dog restaurant called Gray's Papaya that specializes in hot dogs and papaya drinks, so this covers both:

Recipes for the papaya drink aren't clear, but it does seem to involve papaya puree, sugar and milk. I found a recipe for a Dominican papaya milkshake that was close enough. Excellent, but I don't know how it compares to the actual version.

The hot dog itself has ketchup, mustard, relish, onions/onion sauce and sauerkraut. This combination was pretty good but I prefer the brown mustard and onion sauce combination to this.

#victory lap #new York City #papaya #hot dog #onion sauce

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So that’s all 40 hot dogs from the chart, and I pursued actual versions of each of them whenever I could. What’s the final tally on what’s legit and what isn’t from this chart?

Legitimate:

New York

Sonora

Dodger

Korea (the toppings are different but not pictured- usually it’s ketchup, mustard and sugar- but it’s generally spot on)

Carolina

Michigan

Chicago

Bagel

Chile

Denmark

Sweden

Czech Republic (more of a generally European hot dog)

Baltimore

Hawaii

Norway (Unfortunately.)

Peru

Georgia

France

China

Amsterdam

So-so:

Seattle (has some of the ingredients, but the classic style is cream cheese plus sauteed onions. This one is still tasty as is)

Tijuana (It’s also called a danger dog and there’s so many different styles, kind of hard to pin down. The bacon-wrapped part is legit though)

Doyer (missing the chili and shouldn’t have mustard)

Colombia (the pineapple bit is supposed to be pineapple sauce, not pineapple chunks, and the egg is optional but fine)

Montreal (missing the relish)

Italian (from New Jersey, uses the wrong bread)

Coney (does not use cheese. This one is probably supposed to be a Cincinnati dog)

Guatemala (seemed like a weird twist on their mixta hot dog, but zero Guatemalan hot dogs are wrapped in bacon to my knowledge)

Argentina (this is a choripan, doesn’t count as a hot dog. That said they do have a hot dog version there with the same toppings.)

Cleveland (uses BBQ sauce instead of hot sauce)

What the hell?!:

Kansas City (sure, 30 years ago. Not now.)

Potato dog (suspiciously similar to the Italian one)

Brazil (even actual Brazilians agree that this one is way off)

Idaho

Denver (like one place in Denver has this and the toppings aren’t even right)

Memphis (again, like one place in Memphis actually has this)

Vietnam

Those don’t count as hot dogs, get out of here:

Japan

Germany

Philippines

Final tally: 20 legit, 10 that were off in some way, 7 that were mostly pulled out of someone’s ass, and 3 that shouldn’t count as hot dogs.

My favorites:

Seattle (I’m not going to lie… I liked the chart version a ton better than the legit version.)

Carolina

Michigan (purely for teaching me a much better method to make hot dog chili)

Cleveland (it’s basically a BBQ dinner in a bun!)

Amsterdam (make it with cup pepperoni. Trust me. This is the only one I've immediately wanted a second one of)

The worst:

Brazil

Norway

Potato

#hot dog style chart

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For Chicago, I could either purchase a myriad of ingredients that I’m only using for one thing or I could just go to the hot dog place near me that makes good Chicago dogs.

Mile High Vienna Stand has been in Denver for fifteen years. I’ve eaten there before and it’s solid. This visit, I got a Chicago dog.

This was during their happy hour so it was the cheaper version, which meant no poppy seed bun. Even without this, it was still great.

Chicagoans describe their hot dog as being "dragged through the garden" and I can see why. All the vegetables and pickled vegetables on this made this taste very bright and refreshing. The closest hot dog on the chart in terms of taste, in my opinion, is Argentina. Similar vegetables, with some kind of herby sauce or pickle relish. But Chicago adds more pickled items than Argentina does. Even among hot dogs, Chicago and Argentina stand alone for how much fresh vegetables they add. The Chile completo wishes it was on their level, but that dose of mayo gets in the way.

For the sake of completeness, I went to Billy's Gourmet Hot Dogs and got their take on the Chicago. Same toppings, with the poppy seed bun.

Yet the balance of this one was off. Comparing the pictures, Billy's added more onions, which I think threw the whole thing off. Did the bun make that much of a difference? I did also try a bite of it on its own and I don't think so.

#chicago #Chicago dog #hot dog style chart

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Pineapple shrimp soup.

I was excited for a cold summer soup, but there were two problems with this one: 1) too much salt. I would definitely reduce by a teaspoon. 2) the shrimp turned to mush in this. Solvable if you keep shrimp and soup separate but it's annoying.

#the daily soup #pineapple #shrimp #soup

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No more homemade hot dogs! I almost considered making this from scratch but decided it’d be much easier to purchase this one. The Sandwich Tribunal tried the frozen Nathan’s bagel dogs and determined they were excellent, plus they’re available for purchase near me. Good enough for me!

I followed the instructions on the box to make them crispy, which included both microwaving then baking the hot dog.

This was good but not something I'd get often.

#bagel #everything bagel #hot dog style chart

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For the next three, I'll be buying them. This one is from a Korean restaurant in my area. I hate dealing with frying in general, so it’s much easier for me to buy it. I’ve had Korean dogs before but I haven’t tried this location before.

I went to Mochinut and ordered an original hot dog covered in potato (per the chart). They also have regular hot dogs covered in breadcrumbs, hot Cheetos or ramen noodle bits. There’s also plenty of hot dog options there, including cheese. I decided to get the half and half with cheddar, plus ketchup on the side.

This was pretty good, but a little bulky. I've had smaller ones that were more manageable.

#korean corn dog #french fries #corn dog #korea #hot dog style chart

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Bologna with a hot dog seems redundant, but it’s a thing in kosher delis in Baltimore. It started out as a special during the Great Depression at Nathan Ballow���s deli, then spread during the 1940s to other delis in the area.

I initially thought about picking up a pack of bologna for this but decided to pick up some deli beef bologna instead. Regular bologna wasn’t an option because remember, kosher. They also usually use Hebrew National bologna on top of Hebrew National hot dogs, but only the hot dogs were an option for me locally.

After frying up the meats and assembling, here we are:

I think the delis must have sliced their bologna thinner than this, at least. It's decent. It's basically a hot dog wrapped in more hot dogs with mustard on top, but I'd prefer a fried bologna sandwich to this.

#bologna #kosher #Baltimore #hot dog style chart