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I attended Oakland High School in Oakland California in the late '50's. The lunches in the school cafateria were not really that bad. In particular I liked the hamburgers, they had a very distinct taste, a taste that I have not found in any hamburger I have eaten since. Something was added to the hamburger meat during preparation to give it the distinct taste, I suspect that it was a condiment but to this day I have been unable to recreate the taste. I have been looking for information on a cookbook that the Alameda County public schools may have been using at the time, perhaps it would have the recipe for the hamburgers.

I was in the Poconos for Race Week and stopped at a Street Cart on Rt 940. They advertised "The World's Largest Chili Dog" ......and it was!
This thing had to weigh a Half pound! The Chili Sauce was execellent and the Price was Very Fair. My 3 boys and I chowed down on The worlds Largest Chili Dogs and washed them down with Yoo Hoo bost me 15 bucks I was full all the way home. I think the Name was simply Pocono Hot Dog.........

Bacon-wrapped and grilled on Mission St. in San Francisco, with mustard and onions. I plan to eat one when I visit next week.

Definitely Columbian, if only for the novelty value.

We have a House in the Poconos. Every Summer we look forward to going to the Pocono Lake Flea Market to browse the antiques and get
"The World's Largest Chili Dog" from the Vendor who has a cart there.
Those Dogs Have to be a 1/2 Pound and the Chili Sauce is extraordinary. He has to serve it on a Hoagie Bun it is so huge.....Can't wait for Summer

The best hot dogs, bar none, can be found at Wasses Wagon in the heart of lobstah country ... Rockland, Maine. The secret is the peanut oil they're fried in. Can't eat just one, ya betcha.

Yes, I just went in and read further down on the "backstory" and it says the $3,000 was added as an April Fool's prank. So given that, the rest of the ticket looks reasonable.

Some look good some are too much but Basically I agree with sommelier I prefer a quality all meat hot dog w/ caseing grilled, a fresh soft lightly toasted bun with a schmear of French's yellow mustard that's it my favorite. but from time to time I'll have a speciality dog as some shown.
I live in Socal and I'm sure Pink's is a good dog but it's a 100+ miles north of me through traffic from hell. COSTCO has a hot dog or Polish dog w/ serve mustard(2 types), ketsup, onions, relish and a soda for a buck fitty and IKEA has a smaller hot dog all meat and tastey for only fitty cents no soda they only offer mustard and ketsup.
I guess the BH and I will have to go on an extended road trip and EAT our way across the U.S. and back. I've eatten exotic foods all around the world now it's time to eat at home from Luger's steak house in NY to Crazee burger in San Diego, Ivar's Acres of Clams in Seattle to some dive in Key West.

I noticed a couple of mentions of a hot dog joint in this thread called NuWay, I guess in Georgia. I've been chasing my original chili dog buzz for about 50 years trying to find one as good as I remember the ones I had as a kid at a spot also called NuWay in the West LA area. Does anyone know if the long defunct NuWay in LA is related to/same as the one in Georgia/ If so, I'm buying a plane ticket, I swear!

I guess I was too busy selling Flint-style coneys to mention them when this post was posted. ;-)

snickers with almonds

I prefer Snickers to Milky Way. When I was little, I loved the Three Musketeers bar, mostly because I'd confused Musketeers with Mouseketeers.

Now, I think my favorite mass-market candy bar is Almond Joy. Either that or the Chunky.