Friends,
I heard on the radio this morning that a minor league baseball team has decided to upgrade their menu with the Twinkie Dog, which would be a hot dog served in a fried Twinkie, smothered in cheese. This turns out not to be true. Minorleaguedugout.com has the story on the new delicious treats served up this season by the Atlantic City Surf. And it just so happens that there’s no cheese on their Twinkie Dog because “that’s just gross.” Wipe that tear from your eye right now, gourmands. The Surf’s Twinkie Dog does wrap the hot dog in bacon, which I presume is not gross.
The Twinkie Dog pictured above is from a 2008 episode of Good Food on KCRW, and does feature cheese. The larger question in all of this is how much larger do you need to be? Personally, not much, and I have no desire whatsoever to try these things, the Atlantic City Surf’s Surf Burger, (Two quarter-pound hamburgers, three pieces of cheese, four slices of bacon, lettuce and tomatoes, between two funnel cakes.) or the now classic Krispy Kreme Chicken Sandwich, made popular at county fairs across this expanding land of ours. I need a Tums just thinking about it.
– bob
** Hey, how about that hockey game yesterday? I don’t remember watching hockey on television ever being so engaging. Maybe it was because our team was winning, or there was a lot on the line, or maybe it was the running commentary. Wish they could all be like that.