Wiener Wednesdays

 

 

Welcome to your one-stop shop for all your Wiener Wednesday needs.

2012-2013 was the Year of the Hot Dog. Every Wednesday featured a different wiener-themed post.

I was really hot dogged out so I didn’t do a Wiener Wednesday until I revived it July 2019 and July 2020.

Then, because there is never too much of a good thing, I deemed 2021 THE SUMMER OF FRANKS and attempted to cook a hot dog dish every week from Memorial Day to Labor Day. It was a lot. 

Since it has become a bit of a tradition, Wiener Wednesdays return every July. 

But honestly, any Wednesday has the potential to be a Wiener Wednesday!

Bring on the frankfurters!

WIENER WEDNESDAY: KAUKAUNA KLUB FRANKFURTER CHEESE BOATS (1954)

Happy Wiener Wednesday! This week I’m taking a stab at Frankfurter Cheese Boats! I chose this recipe because the ad promises me “a boat load of good eating!” “Hot Dog,” you’ll say, “I’m glad we made ’em with Kaukauna Klub” To bring you distinctively flavored Kaukauna Klub, we take the finest of natural cheddar cheese Continue reading Wiener Wednesday: Kaukauna Klub Frankfurter Cheese Boats (1954)

WIENER WEDNESDAY: MEXICAN FRANKS & EGGS (1965) AND MONTEZUMA BLOODY MARIA (1974)

We’ve come to the end of the Summer of Franks! And let me tell you, it couldn’t come soon enough. Bring on fall! And bring on dishes that don’t include cylindrical-shaped foods! For the very last Wiener Wednesday, I turned to Click Americana and One-Dish Frankfurter Meals. I was feeling a little spicy, Continue reading Wiener Wednesday: Mexican Franks & Eggs (1965) and Montezuma Bloody Maria (1974)

WIENER WEDNESDAY: PINE VALLEY RED HOTS (1954)

Happy Wiener Wednesday! The #SummerOfFranks rolls on with a selection from a recent acquisition, The Family Circle Meat Cookbook (1954). That is a broiled sirloin steak if you were wondering. The cookbook is divided into 12 chapters: The Meat in Your Menus Beef Veal Lamb Pork Ham Sausage Bacon Variety Meats Quick-Fix Meats Sauces Meat Continue reading Wiener Wednesday: Pine Valley Red Hots (1954)
 

WIENER WEDNESDAY: HOT DOG S’MORES (1969)

Wiener Wednesdays are back, baby! Hot dogs, weenies, frankfurters, Coneys, footlongs or red hots–whatever you call ’em, I’m gonna be serving them up for the next 14 weeks from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Move over, #HotGirlSummer–this is #HotDogSummer! I declare Summer 2021 the SUMMER OF FRANKS!  Continue reading Wiener Wednesday: Hot Dog S’mores (1969)

 
 
 
 

WIENER WEDNESDAY: HOT DOG ROLLS WITH CRISPY-FRIED ONION RINGS (1975)

It’s back, kittens! By popular demand, every Wednesday will be a Wiener Wednesday until July 23rd, which is National Hot Dog Day. (Apparently there are multiple National Hot Dog Days, but I’m gonna go with the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council and celebrate on the 23rd).  I have some real humdingers in the pipeline Continue reading Wiener Wednesday: Hot Dog Rolls With Crispy-Fried Onion Rings (1975)

HANNIBAL LECTER’S SWEET ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Today we invite Hannibal the Cannibal back into my kitchen and make his sweet Italian sausage. Does that make this a Wiener Wednesday??? I think it does! Continue reading Hannibal Lecter’s Sweet Italian Sausage