Hot dogs are reputed the item most often cooked on a grill. Somewhere around four billion pounds are consumed each year raw, boiled or roasted. Those of us in the know, realize that those cooked on a grill aren't actually roasted, they are more likely broiled - and most likely burned. Because they are so popular, I thought hot dogs deserved a decent dissertation. So I went down to the local commissary and checked out the offerings.
Nothing is as simple as it used to be.
In addition to the traditional weenie of ground up pork and beef parts, there are a lot of strangers. Chicken, turkey and soybeans have joined the crowd, along with the beef people's representatives. In the interests of science, I got one of each. All except the soybean, that is. As far as I know, I eat soy beans in tofu and soy sauce - with emphasis on the soy sauce.