After watching that video of RFK Jr explaining how fast food restaurants used to cook fries in beef tallow but then switched to oils, I decided to give it a shot. I used to always use vegetable oil for the fries or a little butter to grill the burgers on a griddle. This time I finally caved in and bought a few gallons of beef tallow. Hoo boy, was it amazing. I'm NEVER going back to vegetable oil, I'll only cook fries in tallow from here on out. The burgers were also the best I've ever made.
I wonder, what are the health benefits of tallow? 🤔
Any suggestions on how to cook the tastiest hot dogs? Would help to know for the 250th anniversary barbecue we're throwing in the not too distant future.
My 2nd favorite method for hot dogs is on a charcoal grill (not gas). i roll them back and forth over the hot coals for a few minutes to start browning them and get the grill lines, then roll them off the heat and put the lid on the grill for a few minutes.
My #1 favorite is over a wood fire, either while camping, or just sitting around the firepit in the back yard. Let the fire burn long enough to get a good set of red hot coals, and then find a nice oven spot to hold, flip and rotate the hot dog in.
Shit! You gonna cook over a wood fire, you need to be looking for great wood to use!! The absolute best tasting sweet potato and hamburger I ever ate was grilled over a red oak wood fire! OMG it was delicious!!!!
We had a black out one thanksgiving so my mom and grams use the wood stove and an old flat stove out in the garage (that my grandpa found and it had been sitting out there for a while so had to dust it all down and run a metal vent thing from it though the window, think it was a metal dryer vent or something lol) to cook everything, that was a blast! Though, hauling stuff from garage to house was annoying cuz of the snow lol.
I bet!!!! That's a wonderful memory!!!!
I've got a lot of hickory and different oaks on my property. No shortage of good hardwood for a great fire!
Mmm the flavor in the food is what you're looking for 😋
We boil our hot dogs(savloys) in water in Australia lol Not sure how you guys do it.
I used to boil them in water. Then I switched to grilling them, and more recently I switched to frying them in butter (best method so far that I've tried). I might try frying them in beef tallow next.
Steamer basket over beer.
Yes, all beef hot dogs in natural casing, steamed over beer served in whole grain buns garnished with melted cheese, sweet onion, stone ground mustard, relish and dill spears. It’s like you died and went to heaven!!
You mean IN the beer I hope?
I might have to give that a go but doesn't that break the red skin on them?
Oh it does but it tastes way better, at least to me.
Mmmm Fluoride hot dogs.
Small jest, as I too love a boiled hotdog. My favorite is probably gross to many, but gas station hotdogs fresh off the roller.
Steamed hot dogs are the best yes
Hot dogs are a personal choice. With the red ones, straight boil in lightly salted water with a teaspoon of white vinegar, served with a slash of ketsup. With the plain incoloired sausage style I prefer mine with mustard and katsup, no onion. But my kids prefer them simply char grilled or on cooked on the plate, in the run off from the caramelising onions. With char grilling i lay mine along the ribs of the grill, turning frequently so as not to burn, once the skin is getting crisp, i move the over to the hot plate and finish them slowly in the same oil, or lard, or tallow, that im using to fry the onions. The ultimate here is to have some bacon gently frying on the hotplate at the same time. Put the dog in the bun, add the bacon, dress with onions and any sauce of your preference, crack a cold beer and enjoy. No one can really tell you how to cook your dogs. But the journey to find out can be great. And if it does not work out you can always eat the evidence.
Don't forget the Old Bay!
I have a square cast iron skillet with a grid on the bottom. I put them across the grid and put it in the oven while I prepare the rest of the meal. They turn out delicious. I also cook sausage link that way. 350 for 30 min because they are usually frozen.