A good hotdog should be in natural casing. The dog should explode in your mouth when you bite into it. It can be either all beef or pork but it needs some flavor and spiciness to it
Most of the country uses Supermarket pressed hotdogs and they smother it with toppings to hide a bland hotdog
Actually it's hard to get quality { Homemade like }
Weiners.Nathans are good and juicy.
Oscar Meyer has different style weiners.Some uncured and some with Angus beef.I like the most expensive Oscar meyer
dogs because they have resealable packs.And they
grill up plump.With nice juices.But I only treat myself
about twice a summer to buying some.I would never trust
a Hot Dog vendor even in a nice part of town calling them
Frankfurters.I am a good cook.I know what to look for
in a cook.Being a quality Chef is hard work.They have to
rise before the sun in order to be first in line at the
big Downtown Food Markets.I remember Harrads of
London and their gigantic Food Hall.Consisting of small butcher shops lined up next to each other.Every one had
a slightly different style of Pastrami.Some thicker,some
more peppered,some showing off the true color.
One couldn't go wrong in choosing any.
I recall Rush Limbaugh { a fancier of good meats }
and where he went.It may have been from a chicago
butcher shop.But he mentioned that Butcher had
Prime Steaks and also Hot Dogs.The best Steak and
thickest I ever had was at Ruth Chris Steak House.
On top of the town.I ordered the New York Strip.
It is recommended that a party { table } talk it
over and share the Side dish because all entrees
do not feature a side dish.So if you want some potato
or vegetable with a steak,you have to order it as a
side dish.Knock Wal* Mart all you want but they have
New York style Strip steaks.Plus nice tenderloins
or Filet Mignons.But you have to pick out the nice
Filet Mignons.Some aren't cut right.
It is very hard to get Prime meat.The restaurants grab up all
the Prime meat and Lobster and have it shipped or flown in.
That is why you don't see good fresh shrimp the last 10 years.