Old Fashion North Carolina Hotdogs
In the 1930’s you could buy hotdogs in hotdog/hamburger places for $0.15 and hamburgers for $0.25. Our family finances dictated we were limited to the hotdogs except on special occasions. The dogs w...
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wca01 wrote:
In the 1930’s you could buy hotdogs in hotdog/hamburger places for $0.15 and hamburgers for $0.25. Our family finances dictated we were limited to the hotdogs except on special occasions. The dogs were kept in hot water on a steam counter and the buns were kept in a steam compartment on that steam counter.
The hotdogs were served on a hotdog bun with mustard, onions and chili. The chili was made on site. They were truly good. You can hardly get them that way anymore.
For years we would create them ourselves at home using a steamer for the buns and a pot to heat the water for the dogs. We made the chili from scratch. That was right much to do, and we didn’t do it often. Then one day my step daughter taught me how to make those hotdogs almost as good as the original with little effort. Here’s how:
Not quite the 30's but I grew up in the Carolina low country in the 40's and 50's and this is how we ate hot dogs and is still my favorite way.
