Where have the top-split hotdog buns gone?
I wanted to make Maine crab rolls and Maine slaw (a whole other story) for the Fourth, but neither Food Emporium nor Whole Foods seems to carry top-split buns any more. I butter-grilled the inside of two hamburger buns, but it was just wrong. Anyone got a source, short of driving to Portland?
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8 Comments:
Look (or call ahead) for top split buns made by Pepperidge Farm, Arnold's and Freihofer. They all make them. The "typical" hot dog buns are called classic. Wishing you luck!
PerkyMac at 2:26PM on 07/04/08
We get them at Trader Joe's, actually, if you have one near you.
ccbweb at 2:34PM on 07/04/08
@Perky:Had gotten either Pepperidge Farm or Arnold's but they don't seem to be carried anymore. Is Freihoher a regional brand.
@ccbweb--Are you in NY? The 14th Street TJ's has them?
Thanks to you both!
Barbara Hanson at 3:25PM on 07/04/08
These are SUCH a regional item. They don't seem to exist in the Midwest.
lemons at 4:04PM on 07/04/08
I miss the top split buns too, but I have a major problem with most mass produced hot dog and burger buns, they seem to taste like cardboard. I go to a local grocery that makes their own buns, they actually have taste, and i can request them unsliced.
huneybumper at 4:11PM on 07/04/08
I'm fairly sure that Cook's Illustrated has a 'best of' baking book that has a recipe for them--they have lots of unusual, traditional regional bread recipes, like for anadama bread.
HeartofGlass at 6:23PM on 07/04/08
Thanks, HeartofGlass, but I don't want to bake them! They are usually an impulse buy, when I decide I want crab or lobster rolls that day. Only cooking for two, baking a slew of rolls when I only need a couple of them--and in the summer, too!--is not feasible. I just want a local source!
And, huneybumper, even mass-produced rolls taste great after having been fried in butter, which is a requisite for seafood rolls!
Barbara Hanson at 12:36AM on 07/05/08
lol too true ;)
huneybumper at 9:12AM on 07/05/08