This afternoon, Shiz, Panda, and I were bored and hungry and decided we wanted to grill some hot dogs. We drove down the street to Kroger, made our way to the hot dog aisle, and were faced with an important decious: which variety to try?
Thankfully, Kroger narrowed down the brand choice for us by making Ball Park franks 2 for $5 (I think), but in my recent health kick (I’m hiking 33 miles at the end of the summer, more on that later), I thought that trying Turkey might be a wise idea. We settled on one pack of turkey and one of beef, and headed home to start the grilling.
Out of the package, you could immediately see a difference (beef on the left, turkey on the right).
The beef hot dogs looked and cooked much better, but I continued on with the turkey dogs and let them finish their grilling process.
Inside the house, we prepared them for consumption, and Shiz and Panda also posed for strange pictures.
Upon tasting the dogs, there was a noticeable difference. The turkey ones weren’t necessarily bad, but they didn’t taste like a hot dog (Shiz compared it to eating a weird turkey sandwich, and he was pretty much right). We ate them anyhow, and Panda modified his with spicy BBQ sauce to make it a little more exciting.
Skyy watched from aside and begged to try either of the choices, but I’m not a fan of giving her people food so had to decline. Panda did dance with her after dinner though, which was nice.
The conclusion? Forget about the slight un-healthiness for a second (they’re all hot dogs after all), and buy the beef ones. They taste a lot better.
