Nope. I never sausage a thing.OK, resurrecting an old thread, I have hosted several get togethers this summer, and am observing a phenomenon which I shall call The Hot Dog Paradox.
We cook a variety of things on the grill: chicken, steak, burgers, also do some smoking...a local purveyor (McKenzie) happens to make a most lovely natural casing hot dog, lovely crunch to the casing.
I'd say that most of our guests consider themselves to be healthy eaters, are in pretty good shape for their advancing ages.
In addition to the "main event" meat on the grill, I often throw on some of these franks...ahead of time I ask the crowd Who Wants a Dog? and generally only two or three answer in the affirmative. Myabe they're not perceived as The Healthy Choice.
But this doesn't stop me.
I'll generally throw 6-10 on the grill anyway, see what happens...and what I am observing is that while only a couple of people say they want a dog, if I cook eight dogs, all are eaten...if I cook 12, all or most are eaten...(at the end it
gets to become that usual party situation where people will eat half a dog, then another half dog...eventually they're all gone.
Conclusion is that people can't resist them, even though they may have questions about the health "benefits." Another test case looms this weekend, I'm going to up my game throw about 15 on the grill as secondary options, see what happens.
Anyone else familiar with this routine?