Hot dogs recipes: When mustard isn't enough
Photo credit: Doug Young | Lauran Chattman suggests topping hot dogs with, from bottom, pineapple-cilantro salsa with chipotle mayonaise; avocado-mango salsa; potato salad with spicy brown mustard; chopped Kalamata olives and feta cheese; black beans, jack cheese and crumbled potato chips; and cucumber with Sriracha mayonaise. (June 26, 2012)
As a child, I was a hot dog purist. No ketchup or mustard for me. I preferred the straight shot of garlic and salt I got from a plain dog. All of that changed in college. I shed my fear of condiments when I became a regular consumer of the chili cheese dogs at Danny's Dogs in Brunswick, Maine, and I discovered what most people already knew: Yes, a hot dog tastes good enough unadorned. But it tastes...
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