I've found through trial and error that meats containing nitrates bother my stomach. I couldn't figure out why some lunch meats bother me and others don't. Then I read a blog post on The World According to Eggface about different uses for lunch meat. It said that post-ops should look for nitrate-free and/or uncured lunch meats. The light bulb went on and realized that could be the issue: nitrates. So, I bought some Applegate Farms lunch meat a couple weeks back and voila: no more stomach ickiness.
When I was wanting a hot dog, it occurred to me that if nitrate-free lunch meats solved the problem of the stomach ickiness, it stood to reason I should look for the nitrate-free hot dogs. So, I went shopping last week and got some Applegate Farms beef hot dogs. They were a little pricey, but since I can no longer eat more than one hot dog at a time, the package will last for awhile.
I hate the feeling of being on a diet so I decided to put the hot dog on the grill, along with Bob's hot dogs and hamburgers. And since I hadn't had these hot dogs before, I wasn't sure how it would taste if I boiled it. I figured grilling would give it more flavor, or mask any weird flavors. Instead of a hot dog roll, I used half of one of those sandwich thins. I put it in the toaster oven and tucked the sides down through the little cooking rack. I wanted it to look like a hot dog bun and also not tear when I folded it over. It came out perfect! I put about 2 tablespoons of baked beans on the side.
These hot dogs are great! I didn't miss regular hot dogs at all. Not one bit. It had a lot of flavor and tasted just like a regular hot dog, only without that greasy, fatty taste. It was a clean taste. I will definitely buy these again.
I was able to finish all but the last bite of the "bun."
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