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That psychic sandwich board is on point. I DO want pizza.

Looks great, been to Boston a few times and never heard of it and yep its now on my list to visit. Thanks for the tip.

Completely thought it was baked beans too -- cannot believe I have never eaten one in Boston before. And *now* I want a hot dog topped with baked beans on a brown bread roll.

Speed's originally used a dog from Pearl. The new owner switched to Grote & Weigel. Both dogs are good; the Pearl being a little spicier. The all beef dogs sold loose behind the counter at Stop & Shop are Pearl's. I have access to them in New Jersey. Grote & Weigel beef dogs are available at their N.J. distributor and at Father & Son Luncheonette in Linden, N.J.

The dog is the same recipe beef dog that you can get at the above mentioned places. It is only custom made in that Speed's is perhaps the only customer using a half pound beef dog from G&W.

In my opinion basting and marinating takes away from the flavor of the dog. Unless you like the flavor of the marinade, or the apple cider and brown sugar. A place in Newburgh, N.Y. marinated some of their Sabrett dogs before grilling. I had one marinated and one plain. I preferred the plain dog with mustard.

While Speed's serves a quality beef dog, I wouldn't consider it the "best". There are other brands of beef dogs that I consider superior to Grote & Weigel or Pearl. Namely Best Provisions (N.J.), Usinger's (Milwaukee), Sabrett (N.Y./N.J.), Boars Head (now made in Florida but a N.Y. dog originally), and the fairly new Hatfield's New York style dog (Pennsylvania).

I made these and was lucky enough to have the consistency come out great! I used a thermometer and went a little over the recommended temp of the Wash. Post but way under the cooking time in the recipe posted here. I may try using some honey next time, as recommended. I thought they tasted 'ok' but not really like real candy corn (which I do have a problem with...I am unable to stop eating them once I start) but everyone else that tasted them really liked them because they didn't taste just like candy corn. In any case, they were so cute I didn't care that they didn't taste just like I expected.

You can't just go by a time for boiling when making candy. Your altitude (and I suppose you attitude so some degree . . .) changes the boiling point. The higher the elevation, the longer it takes to get to the boiling point. We need to know the "ball" stage.

Skippy is better!

What is Jiff? Does that sound like a mistake someone who truly likes Jif would make? ;P

@ Monkey4Sale

sure, make them fancy, but then it becomes a whole other sandwich. It's the same with grilled cheese sandwiches. Once you go past white bread, pre-sliced cheese, and butter, it's no longer a Grilled Cheese. It becomes something else.

In other news, the world is round and water is wet. And, like dnk said, Jif beats Skippy.

So do you want to eat Kraft macaroni and cheese out of a blue box, or do you want to eat Martha's? Maybe if you grew up on the blue box....

But would you recommend to someone who'd never had mac and cheese that they try the blue box because that's "proper," or would you let them know there's mac and cheese nirvana out there.

And why would I eat Wonder bread with my fluffernutter when I wouldn't eat it with any other sandwich filling? Even the official fluff site totally sidesteps the bread issue:

Long a staple of playgrounds, after-school snacks, college dorms, and the local diner, a Fluffernutter is a wonderful concoction of Marshmallow Fluff and peanut butter in a delightfully tasty sandwich!
http://www.marshmallowfluff.com/pages/fluffernutter.html

So I still want my fluffernutter on good bread.

Regarding KarynMC:
You can NEVER say that only a family member would try to poison a child. Get real, there are sick people out there who get off on doing their dirty deed.

Also,please let me know where those chocolate chip cookies are being handed out so that I'll miss that house. :)

Sure, you can make it fancy, and some of the fancy variations are pretty tasty, but... they're not the true Fluffernutter. Which is exactly as described.

I lived on those in college for a while.