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Skriven 2012-03-25 10:37:00 av MIKE ROBERTS (1:261/1381)
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 RH> Steve
 RH> smoked a chuck roast & Boston butt yesterday so he was in and out but I

That's Silly! I would have eaten them! <grin> ( Said in my best Curly
Howard immitation voice )

Sorry Ruth, Just couldn't resist. In a Humorous mood today. I hear You
about those allergies. I heard on the news the other night that we were
experiencing here, pollen counts 300% over the highest in recorded
history. What a strange spring. I see You were also talking about
baseball. Here is a food snippet that might be ok here in Cooking..

Have a Good One!
Mike
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$26 Hot dog! Texas Rangers to serve 2-foot, 1-pound wiener
By David Brown | Big League Stew - 3 hours ago



The Champion Dog feeds three or four people. (Brad Newton/Texas Rangers)

Team president Nolan Ryan did not mince words with ESPN Radio in Dallas
regarding the Texas Rangers' most recent acquisition - a two-foot-long,
one-pound gourmet hot dog that feeds three or four fans and costs $26:

    "It has to be a tremendous wiener. And then we're getting some kind
    of exotic bread flown in from France. And I don't know what kind of
    condiments you put on that. But I do want to look at it.

    "That's a wild dog."

Holy StrasBurgers! Everything really is bigger in Texas. A result of the
work of Rangers Ballpark chef Cristobal Vasquez, the dog is a Coney
Island-style wiener that will be topped with shredded cheese, chili and
sauteed onions. Not to mention the bun, apparently made of "exotic bread
flown in from France" - which might be the most Nolan Ryan thing that
Nolan Ryan has ever said.


But there seems to be a conflict as to what to call this monster weenie.

Brad Newton/Texas RangersIt all depends on where fans purchase it. If
they dine at the Captain Morgan Club, they'll be buying a "Champion Dog."
Kind of a lame name considering the effort to construct it and the peril in
which fans will be putting their waistlines. However, concession stands
throughout Rangers Ballpark will also be selling the schnitzel, and
there it will be known as the "Boomstick." (It'll cost the same.)

Boomstick is perfect, not only because it will make your intestines go
"boom" but because it's a nickname for Rangers slugger Nelson Cruz - or
at least for his bats. When he hits a home run, you see, Cruz has lowered
the Boomstick.

Why the Rangers marketing department is having trouble with this and
using two names, I'm not sure. "Champion Dog" has little ingenuity. And the
Rangers are just "champions" of the AL until further notice, not to open
old wounds. "Boomstick," while silly ... it just makes sense. Having two
names also sets up a kind of class warfare among Rangers fans.

    "Oh, the high-society folks in the club dine on Champion Dogs, while
    the unwashed masses in the grandstands chomp down on Boomsticks."

There's no reason the cattle barons and oil magnates in the Capt. Morgan
Club can't just eat a Boomstick like the derrick workers and cowboys
(because it's Texas) do in the rest of the ballpark. And they ain't
callin' it no "Champion Dog" out in the bleachers. Of course, they also might
not be able to afford it in the bleachers, either.


... The Grass is Brown on BOTH sides of the Fence...

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