Grinder Bash dogs

"Grinder Bash" is fan appreciation day for the Chicago White Sox. Season ticket holders are invited to free food,  access to the dugouts, bullpen, the field (not the grass!) and concourses at Cellular One. It's a lot of fun to have the stadium all to yourself. Free food included hot dogs, so I jumped right in. The dogs are Vienna Beef, the dog of choice served in Chicago and at The Cell. the condiments were serve yourself, I went with mustard and sport pepper. We were in line just in time for a fresh batch to be put out, so they were hot and the buns freshly steamed. Good as always, but the most fun was walking the field, and running and bouncing off the outfield wall.

Hot dogs and fried chicken!

Yummies!

Fun things to do. Hot dogs and baseball-I'm a happy camper!

Angus Dogs for lunch @ home

It really feels like grillin' time so let's throw on the dogs. I wanted to try Angus beef (it's everywhere!) and decided to give Oscar-Meyer Angus Beef dogs a whirl. Once home, I discovered they were pre-cooked, and claimed no "nitrates or nitrites". Ok, and on the grill they went. I was hungry, and could go for two so tried them with two different toppings. One a little "Chicago style", a homemade pickle, tomato, sport peppers and mustard. The next one was topped with tomato, sport peppers, mustard and a super-duper hot dog condiment, Sriracha hot sauce. Grilling gave them a nice snap, and good grilled flavor. Although it was advertised as no nitrites, nitrates, nightime, whatever, they did taste like it a bit. A tad salty. Longer than most dogs, but not as plump as others. I would give a chance to a different brand of Angus beef, though. Bring on the nitrates! Or nitrites. Whatever.