Once I finished the dogs, I grabbed my fork and started on the pile of cheese. I pushed a lot of cheese into the tray to make it more manageable to eat the dogs, but there was still quite a lot of cheese on top. You can't even see the dogs in the picture, and you can hardly see the buns, because the pile of shredded cheese on top was immense. The dogs themselves tasted great, and the combination of dogs and toppings was just sublime - an amazing combination. Optional toppings on these chili dogs were onions and cheese, and I didn't hesitate to take both. This turned out to be a very good decision. There was some sort of special regular hot dog offered, but I went even farther away from a footlong, opting for two Coney dogs from Skyline Chili, each about half the length of a conventional hot dog. The question turned out to be moot, as they had no footlongs in Sarasota. Would I be able to handle two footlong dogs in one day? This was my first major challenge on the hot dog quest, as plans called for attending a day game at the Reds home field in Sarasota (against the Red Sox) and a then night game farther south in Port Charlotte. Nothing special this time either - another very average hot dog. I topped it with onions, relish, ketchup and mustard. This one came in sort of a frilly sleeve, and unfortunately, it fell a few inches short of being a foot long. The good thing was that they also offered a footlong dog. Steinbrenner Field (formerly known as Legends Field). Next, I was back in Tampa to see the Yankees take on the Red Sox at George M. Unfortunately, this one wasn't nearly as tasty. This dog was just about a foot long - not as impressive as the Tigers dog, but it was still quite acceptable. With all of that pre-applied for me, I didn't add any additional condiments. Here, they were preparing their footlong dogs on an outdoor grill, with optional toppings of hot peppers, sweet peppers and sauerkraut.
The next day, I ventured south of Tampa to the Pittsburgh Pirates' ballpark in Bradenton.
I topped it with onions, sauerkraut, ketchup and mustard, and this was a very tasty hot dog. It easily exceeded the advertised length, measuring about 15 inches. I got a footlong hot dog, and it was excellent. Day 1Īfter landing in Tampa, I drove inland to the Detriot Tigers' home field, Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, to see them take on the Marlins. One of my goals was to eat at least one hot dog at each park. I managed to attend 10 games at nine different ballparks over the course of 10 days. Whether it’s nostalgia or a complete sensory experience, not even athletes are exempt from the pull of the hot dog: The Great Bambino once ate a dozen of them between the two games of a doubleheader.I just got back from a whirlwind tour of Spring Training games along Florida's Gulf Coast. Easy to prepare, keep warm, and hand out in aisles, they usually top polls of more expensive stadium food like pizza. Since then, hot dogs have been a staple at ballparks. (And for the calorie conscious, hot dogs usually top off at around 250 calories with the bun.) (Allegedly, a cartoonist who couldn’t spell “dachshund” was responsible for coining the term “hot dog.”) Whoever first brought them to ball fans, then, as now, the dogs were perfect stadium fare: cheap and highly customizable with toppings. According to that account, Stevens, who normally sold ice cream, decided to switch to what he described as “dachshund sausages” one frigid day. Others say a Brit by the name of Harry M. In the 1890s, as one story goes, German immigrant Chris Von de Ahe began to peddle the bread-bedded tubes at the ballpark he owned in St. Credit for introducing hot dogs to baseball fans generally goes to one of two European immigrants. The marriage between baseball and pork casings began around the turn of the century, when Europeans marketed sausages as easily-handled street food. For a food so unassuming, how does the hot dog stay so relevant?įor some, it comes down to tradition. During a typical baseball season, more than 26 million dogs and sausages are consumed during innings.
While new state-of-the-art ballparks have introduced food menus that rival those at five-star restaurants, the hot dog remains the most popular gastronomic attraction for stadium attendees.
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