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chanterelle
Dec 4, 2007 05:51 AM
I watched a Lucky Dog vendor drop a hot dog bun into the wet muck of the gutter, look down, look up and around, bend over and pick up the soggy bun and put it back in his cart for resale.
I marched down to the next Lucky Dog vendor and announced a serious breach of Lucky Dog ethics! *laughing*
We call them Mucky Dogs. Just don't do it.
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it's not a Nathan's or Hebrew Natl- that's for sure
they don't snap, they aren't garlicky and they are kinda mushy. As far as meat they definately fall into that "pink mystery hot dog" meat category
they are edible if you need a street dog fix- there are stands in the airport and harrahs if you want a cleaner cart- but for flavor I load em up with onions, cheese and mustard- which kinda defeats the purpose
Now I gotta go buy a pkg of nathans
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re: kevin
That's 'cause they ARE the same hotdogs. No upgrades in quality or differences in product; same ol' mass-market, factory weenies, spongy whitebread buns, etc. If you're obsessed with Lucky Dogs, read "Managing Ignatius" written by the longtime manager of the Lucky Dog company. He's trained as a historian, but he's a weenie man from way back.
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re: Hungry Celeste
"Managing Ignatius" is a fun read even if you are merely interested (as opposed to obsessed) in Lucky Dogs, as it gives a vivid history of changes in the French Quarter itself over the last 40 years or so.
Celeste's description of the dog itself is accurate; it's a pretty ordinary "dirty water" hot dog, and some people are into that. I tried one once for the experience of having done it (and because the vendor was a spectacularly flamboyant drag queen who was very entertaining), but having tried one, I dont need another. There were no ill effects other than a mustard stain on a favourite t-shirt.
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re: Hungry Celeste
their only charm is the wagon which is cute. In my college days folks ate them "on a dare" or just to be "part of the experience, similar the the Tulane distribution requirement for graduation that one avail oneself of the Wildlife & Fisheries Building (now Supreme COurt---again) shadier sections late at night for relief from internal hydraulic pressure. I've always thought that place was going to go up in a great ammoniac cloud. Quite a few lucky dogs--both un-eaten and partially digested--have wound up on that lawn, as well.
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re: kevin
Ok fair enough - I am not a hot dog connossieur, so I don't have them in the same league as sausages. But I do understand the range of hot dogs that can be had.
So you want to know if these are "gourmet" (for lack of a better term) dogs. Well, they are street dogs, similar (if not worse) to anything you'd find in a supermarket.
I think the people that eat these are either drunk people who are in the mood for hot dogs or tourists who want to eat there because they think Lucky Dogs stands are some sort of attraction.
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