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somebody go down to your local burger joint get a burger and send it to Germany I am shure by the time they get it it will still taste better than that!

I agree with Foodboy and Growler - Glasers beats Greenbergs in taste AND price! I think that their black and whites are number 1 and their brownies with nuts are out of this world.

Check them out - they are definitely worth the trip. We used to live just a few blocks away on the UES and it wreaked havoc on my diet.

I hate to beat this topic to death, but is anyone aware of a truly nitrate/nitrite free hot dog?

All commercial hot dogs contain derivatives of Vitamin C, Ascorbic acid, sodium citrate, Sodium Erythorbate or Sodium Ascorbate, these are added to reduce the nitrites added in the hot dog to effectively cure the meat and reduce any residual Nitrites to minimum levels. Celery Juice requires a fermentation process to convert the nitrtrates to nitrite, something that may not be completely done.
Never grill a natural hot dog, the residual nitrates can combine with the polycyclic hydrocarbons generated in the grilling process causing Nitrosamines, a known carcinogen. THis is why nitrates were banned from sausage and Bacon in all USDA inspected plants since the 1970s.

Recently the celery juice marketers have increased the amounts of nitrates to unnatural levels through concentration of the juice, several are selling it fermented, to reduce the nitrates to nitrite, a more effective curing material than Nitrate. Celery juice is far less safe than the refined chemicals which are added at parts per million, rather than in a range from a loosely controlled liquid which is converted through an imprecise process. THat is why many times you will see different colors in a pack of Natural hot dogs, or why they change color when you reheat them, the cure is not fully established.

Face it, an all beef hot dog is safer than a natural or organic. Meat processors can't make money if they do not treat their animals humanely. Abused animals are low in weight, low in meat quality, and therefore unprofitable.

I have worked with processors of both types of hot dog, "natural" cure and normally cured, normal is safer, the chemicals added are pure and controlled, the process is safe, and it doesn't contain nitrates which were banned in normal cures over 30 years ago, but are legal and present in natural cured products.

Interesting. I'm not a biochemist by any means, but have been doing a little research into nitrites - from a cancer-causing perspective, apparently there is a difference between nitrite additives and nitrites that occur naturally in vegetables. Vegetables with nitrites also contain high levels of vitamins A and C, which it is theorized work to block the formation of carcinogenic nitrosamines in the human gut, explaining why nitrite containing veggies help protect from cancer, while synthetic nitrite additives in cured meats are shown to cause cancer.

Finally had Glasers' black & whites and I have to say they are better than Greenbergs. I have a new number one. The search continues.

William Greenbergs black & whites are THE BEST! The rich creamy fondant icing is perfection and the melt in your mouth cookie is soft and yummy. This truly is the perfect Black & white cookie and the standard from which all others should be judged. I can't get enough of them - and they can ship the cookies right to your door!

Colcannon is, hands down, one of my favorite comfort foods. I'm too impatient to wait for a cold and rainy night; the greens at the farmer's market beckon now!

In Ireland it's called colcannon (minus the parmesan), and sometimes made with cabbage instead of kale. Here in Scotland we have a variation called rumple-de-thumps, which is potatoes 'flecked' with cabbage or kale, broccoli and cheese. Perfect for cold wet nights!

I had really good luck freezing oregano & thyme this last winter. I washed it, dried it well and rolled it up tightly in paper towels and then multiple rolls of plastic wrap. I was sad when I finally used up the last of the thyme in early spring. The rosemary should freeze well, too. As for the lavender, I like that dried upside down tied in bunches.

Oh so precious! Now, we know who is the next food network star. Haha!

I think I would be horrified if my child started exhibiting such behavior. O__o