Baseball, hot dogs and beer are America's favorite pastimes. The World Series is over and it was a fun ride. Over the years I have consumed many of the later two favorites. As a kid I loved hot dogs. My tastes have evolved and hot dogs have taken a back seat in my passions until now. 'Los Gatos Meats and Smokehouse' makes a 'Jalapeno Cheese Dog'. I was in the neighborhood and the butcher gave his recommendation. I may have been his easiest customer of the day.
These dogs are made with beef and pork. They will be cooked briefly over a hot charcoal fire. You need to be careful to not overcook these frankfurters because if they burst the cheese will melt out into the fire. While they were cooking you could see little pockets of cheese oozing and waiting to erupt. We served these special dogs on a toasted pretzel roll and accompanied it with some zesty mustard.
These dogs had a welcome snap to their bite. There was plenty of cheese in these fancy dogs. In fact you had to be careful biting into the dogs right off the grill because the cheese pockets were molten hot. I loved the slight tang of the jalapenos. It was not hot by any stretch but had great jalapeno flavor. Jalapeno Cheese Dogs, where have you been all my life. Needless to say these were delicous. We will definately return to Los Gatos Meats for more hot dogs.
Los Gatos Meats & Smokehouse
575 University Avenue
Los Gatos, CA 95032
Phone: 408.354.7055
8 comments:
Have you considered making your own sausages? I know you could invent really good ones.
Zoomie, How soon we forget. I have made numerous sausages. Some good, some not. I have never made hot dogs though.
Cheese and meat in tube form. Can it get better than that? We have a local company that makes a great jalapeño mustard. So, I can just imagine how those tasted...
Three Dogs BBQ, I love a good spicy hot mustard. Have you made your own mustard yet? It is very easy.
Sounds wonderful! I'm eyeballing that roll. Homemade?
Greg, It tastes home made. It is from a new vendor at the Friday Richmond Farmers market. I will be there this Friday. I also will have a post later this week on the vendor. It is a pretzel roll. Most excellent.
As a teenager, I used to love Oscar Mayer cheese hot dogs. I can't imagine how good these jalapeno cheese dogs would be.
Chris, I remember as a kid when they would give away a wiener whistle away with every pack of hot dogs.
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