**Exploring Hot Dogs Across America: A Tasteful Journey**
In this article, we embark on a culinary journey across the United States, exploring various hot dog styles and their unique regional toppings. This adventure is inspired by a video where the host tasted different hot dogs from around the country, sharing insights, reactions, and personal preferences.
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### **New York: The Classic Hot Dog**
The journey begins in New York, known for its iconic hot dogs typically topped with mustard or ketchup. The host starts with a simple classic, expressing strong feelings about ketchup, which leads to a humorous yet heartfelt defense of this staple condiment. The simplicity of the New York hot dog is celebrated, highlighting its timeless appeal.
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### **Michigan: Coney Island Dog**
Next, we travel to Michigan for the Coney Island dog, often mistaken for originating from New York's Coney Island. This hot dog features a heart-shaped red sauce, onions, and mustard. The host appreciates the taste but finds it messy, yet he acknowledges its deliciousness despite his initial doubts.
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### **Chicago: The Dog with Everything**
In Chicago, the famous "everything" dog is a feast of toppings like mustard, relish, sauerkraut, sport peppers, and pickles on a buttered bun. The host is impressed by this overstuffed creation, calling it his ideal hot dog, though he admits to being surprised by the sliced tomato topping.
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### **Kansas City: The Reuben Hot Dog**
Kansas City introduces the Reuben hot dog, topped with corned beef, sauerkraut, and Swiss cheese. The host appreciates the smooth and sweet flavor of the sausage from Missouri, complemented by the melted cheese. He finds this combination delightful and surprisingly tasty.
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### **Texas Tommy: A Pennsylvania Creation**
Contrary to its name, the Texas Tommy hails from Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Wrapped in bacon with a slice of cheese inside, it offers a trifecta of flavors—bacon, sausage, and cheese. The host marvels at this creation, describing it as "real state fair stuff" that's both hearty and delicious.
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### **Final Thoughts**
The host reflects on the diverse hot dog styles tasted, from the messy Coney Island to the overstuffed Chicago version. He finds each style unique and enjoyable, concluding that regional pride plays a significant role in hot dog preferences. The journey ends with an invitation for readers to share their favorite toppings, mirroring the video's closing remarks.
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This article captures the essence of the video, celebrating the diversity and charm of American hot dogs while maintaining a friendly and engaging tone.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhot diggity dog today we're trying hot dogs from across the u.s so many questions do you have a favorite go-to you got a hot dog at a barbecue what do you put on this mustard that's it yeah classic just ketchup and mustard ketchup mustard relish sauerkraut like i want everything you could possibly put on there or i could have it plain i'm just ketchup i feel great about ketchup on a hot dog and i think anybody who gets upset about that needs to calm down it's controversial let me be frank i'm going to relish this experience oh wow awesome i like the presentation of this although i typically like a little bit more whatever condiment i'm gonna have on it i like a lot of it it's a michigan coney island dog it's a misconception that the coney dog originated at coney island new york which is what i thought where nathan's popularized the basic frank in a bun i like that i do like it too this might be the least graceful to eat of all the taste tests so far this happened that's a mess you know that's all right i think it's good but like i want it to be saucier it also doesn't need as much sauce as i thought i don't know i'm still confused by this heart-based sauce okay michiganders i see you in your hot dog game yay yeah we know that's chicago mm-hmm chicago dog do you know where this is from though that's abuse right hot dog do you have a guest i have absolutely no idea i'm gonna guess ohio oh wait chicago style i don't know i need to return my chicago card the most popular type of dog oh how do we not know this for me this is like my ideal hot dog i like a lot of different toppings i've never had a chicago style hot dog with the works yeah and i've been missing out this is my first time yeah i love the pickle i feel like all this stuff kind of detracts from the actual hot dog it tastes really fresh because the tomato and the pickle man i love it this is really good i want to save the rest of this oh what the there are things about what is happening here that i like and there are things about it but i don't i'm not sure about you know about this looks like a german thing the hot dog itself looks different when does a hot dog become a sausage right is this a sausage sandwich or is this a hot dog is that a slice of cheese it's definitely slice of cheese some swiss cheese this is like a reuben hot dog it's kansas city wow a kansas city dog i went to school in missouri so i like that snap yeah that you get i kind of like the different sausage i think i like that the most me too it's really smooth and the sweet yeah it's really good which i knew it would be because it's from missouri oh this looks good wrapped in bacon bacon and it might have like cheese inside oh my god even notice that until you just said it that is true exciting texas tommy hot dog contrary to the name this is this hot dog was actually created at pottstown pennsylvania the proportions are great this is some real state fair stuff there's no mess here so i love that but i'm not mad i mean i'm not mad at this at all you take a good thing which is a hot dog we've all settled that that's like a baseline right you had bacon another good thing cheese cheese it's like this trifecta i like the idea of the process of making this you got to cut the hot dog open you gotta get the cheese in there wrap it on up in the bacon although you can't eat like nine of these who could you eat nine of any hot dog oh is this coleslaw okay oh man i don't like that at all simple i forgot about kosala when we were talking about what we like on them let's see that tastes exactly like what it is yeah yeah that's great it is really sweet i yeah if i had this i'd just like slide that off yeah i don't want to say anything critical about this because i am a northerner and i feel like if you grew up eating a certain kind of hot dog you feel a certain kind of way about it and for anybody that really loves this i love that yeah that's great we love that i hope you have the same support for me and my ketchup it's a new dog so this is a new york hot dog the toppings fit unlike the chicago one where they're kind of spilling out it's perfect what's the new taste this you can like take in your hand and walk down broadway this makes me feel like i could walk around with it everything complements each other perfectly that's classic perfect i might say that that was my favorite taste test i've done what do you think did you have a favorite the kansas city one surprised me the most i'll say that one was the one that i liked the most that i thought i was gonna dislike i think chicago style was my favorite new york to me is the standard i didn't think i would like a sliced tomato on a hot dog but here here we are the most kind of surprising one i liked the most was probably the motown well that was absolutely delicious let us know in the comments down below what you like to put on your hot dog and we will see you next time on taste test bye youhot diggity dog today we're trying hot dogs from across the u.s so many questions do you have a favorite go-to you got a hot dog at a barbecue what do you put on this mustard that's it yeah classic just ketchup and mustard ketchup mustard relish sauerkraut like i want everything you could possibly put on there or i could have it plain i'm just ketchup i feel great about ketchup on a hot dog and i think anybody who gets upset about that needs to calm down it's controversial let me be frank i'm going to relish this experience oh wow awesome i like the presentation of this although i typically like a little bit more whatever condiment i'm gonna have on it i like a lot of it it's a michigan coney island dog it's a misconception that the coney dog originated at coney island new york which is what i thought where nathan's popularized the basic frank in a bun i like that i do like it too this might be the least graceful to eat of all the taste tests so far this happened that's a mess you know that's all right i think it's good but like i want it to be saucier it also doesn't need as much sauce as i thought i don't know i'm still confused by this heart-based sauce okay michiganders i see you in your hot dog game yay yeah we know that's chicago mm-hmm chicago dog do you know where this is from though that's abuse right hot dog do you have a guest i have absolutely no idea i'm gonna guess ohio oh wait chicago style i don't know i need to return my chicago card the most popular type of dog oh how do we not know this for me this is like my ideal hot dog i like a lot of different toppings i've never had a chicago style hot dog with the works yeah and i've been missing out this is my first time yeah i love the pickle i feel like all this stuff kind of detracts from the actual hot dog it tastes really fresh because the tomato and the pickle man i love it this is really good i want to save the rest of this oh what the there are things about what is happening here that i like and there are things about it but i don't i'm not sure about you know about this looks like a german thing the hot dog itself looks different when does a hot dog become a sausage right is this a sausage sandwich or is this a hot dog is that a slice of cheese it's definitely slice of cheese some swiss cheese this is like a reuben hot dog it's kansas city wow a kansas city dog i went to school in missouri so i like that snap yeah that you get i kind of like the different sausage i think i like that the most me too it's really smooth and the sweet yeah it's really good which i knew it would be because it's from missouri oh this looks good wrapped in bacon bacon and it might have like cheese inside oh my god even notice that until you just said it that is true exciting texas tommy hot dog contrary to the name this is this hot dog was actually created at pottstown pennsylvania the proportions are great this is some real state fair stuff there's no mess here so i love that but i'm not mad i mean i'm not mad at this at all you take a good thing which is a hot dog we've all settled that that's like a baseline right you had bacon another good thing cheese cheese it's like this trifecta i like the idea of the process of making this you got to cut the hot dog open you gotta get the cheese in there wrap it on up in the bacon although you can't eat like nine of these who could you eat nine of any hot dog oh is this coleslaw okay oh man i don't like that at all simple i forgot about kosala when we were talking about what we like on them let's see that tastes exactly like what it is yeah yeah that's great it is really sweet i yeah if i had this i'd just like slide that off yeah i don't want to say anything critical about this because i am a northerner and i feel like if you grew up eating a certain kind of hot dog you feel a certain kind of way about it and for anybody that really loves this i love that yeah that's great we love that i hope you have the same support for me and my ketchup it's a new dog so this is a new york hot dog the toppings fit unlike the chicago one where they're kind of spilling out it's perfect what's the new taste this you can like take in your hand and walk down broadway this makes me feel like i could walk around with it everything complements each other perfectly that's classic perfect i might say that that was my favorite taste test i've done what do you think did you have a favorite the kansas city one surprised me the most i'll say that one was the one that i liked the most that i thought i was gonna dislike i think chicago style was my favorite new york to me is the standard i didn't think i would like a sliced tomato on a hot dog but here here we are the most kind of surprising one i liked the most was probably the motown well that was absolutely delicious let us know in the comments down below what you like to put on your hot dog and we will see you next time on taste test bye you\n"
