Maybe After All Those Cocktails?

Our regular Chinese delivery place dropped off an updated menu with our order last night.  They've added a new item - hot dog fried rice.

GROSS.

(And yet a tiny bit intriguing.)

Comments

[the governor of jennsylvania]

The Internet has spoken. So, next Friday night I have a date with the opening ceremonies of the Olympics... and hot dog fried rice.

[Leigh Ann]

So, did you try it?? www.saveleighann.blogspot.com

[caribbeansue]

Mrs. D is so right, Plus - no pearls!

[Mrs.D]

not that there is ANYTHING wrong with those folks, just definitely not the same jen & fletch. check out their myspace pics.

[Mrs.D]

holy cow! I just looked at that photo on the link, and NO that is not OUR jen & fletch!

[Megan]

i think even after one of each of those suggestions that still sounds icky...

[Jen lover/stalker]

Jen-
My friends and I heart you and think you are the funniest person a live. My bff's bday is next weekend and we are venturing out of the corn and into the big city. It would be the best present ever if you would meet us for drinks/join us to see the jersey boys. so please please please please respond back..And no one would ever be able to top this present. and I know that you want to be the best present ever...

[Larissa]

Is this you? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sparkes/125284110/

[Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah]

That is so disgusting!

(Why do I want some?)

[Jodi]

OMG...hot dog fried rice....I agree with Muffy, pleae don't get it, but if you do....photograph it & blog it!!! LMAO!!

[saneandsingle]

Um...please do let us all know how that scrumptious sounding dish tastes! LOL

[cachiras]

I lived in S. Korea for a couple of years and they routinely served SPAM in many rice dishes (most commonly in kim-bap a sort of California roll). Did you know you can actually buy SPAM in many different shapes and cuts for all your culinary needs? It is truly amazing. It could be a wonderful topic for Rachael's first prime-time special. Speaking of which, I recently read BLBA and was very amused by Fletch's attempts at cooking. It reminded me of an article I shared with a bachelor friend a few years back. "A Man, A Can & A Plan" It came from some men's fitness magazine and listed various recipes (for grown-ups) based on Spaghettios, SPAM and other canned delights. tee hee!

[Salli]

I love the comments section almost as much as the blog. Some people are Secret-bashing, some people are STILL on the cocktails, some are now sharing hotdog recipes and reminiscing about hotdog-inspired dishes. This rocks.

[Felicia]

Oops, forgot the most important part! Add soy sauce at the end (I eyeball a tbsp), and salt-pep to taste.

[Felicia]

I'm the daughter of Chinese immigrants, and we grew up hanging onto the lower rungs of middle class. One of the ways my mom stretched a dollar was to make hot dog fried rice (since processed meat byproduct is nearly always cheaper than real meat).

That said, now that I'm grown and can afford much better, I still occasionally make a batch of hot dog fried rice. It sounds way nasty, but is actually quite tasty and also super idiot-proof to make.

3 tbsp oil
2 hot dogs, cut into small pieces
2 large eggs
3 scallions, diced
1 medium white onion, diced
2 cups of preferably leftover rice (fresh rice has too much moisture)

Heat oil
Lightly scramble eggs in oil (you want them not quite cooked thru), remove from pan
Add hot dog bits to pan and brown
Add onion and scallions to pan, cook 1 min
Add rice
Stir fry the whole mess until hot
Add the eggs back in, mix through
Serve and (hopefully) enjoy

[Veronica Wortman]

Really. I just threw up a little in my mouth.

[Anita]

Um no offense to the secrets people but pushing religion on people who didn't ask is kinda christian don't you think. Leave that to the million dollar evangelist please. besides i came here to bitch.

[Anita]

Um no offense to the secrets people but pushing religion on people who didn't ask is kinda christian don't you think. Leave that to the million dollar evangelist please. besides i came here to bitch.

[pcmommy]

Ummm. Try "hamburger egg rolls" which they have at the water park where I live... ; )

[Liz]

hmmmmmmmmm hot dog fried rice....I wonder who read The Secret and "wished" for that.......... blerk!

I guess the author(s)? The Secret thought The Secret was a catchier name for their book than "How to get money out of idiots who will pay for this trash" ...

Yes I read it ....no I didn't pay for it .....

[Angela]

My husband's roommate in college used to make hot dog hash, so it is apparently a versatile "meat". Go to Aloha Eats on Clark Street, just north of Fullerton, and try the Spam musubi. FYI, Molly's Cupcakes is 2 doors away.

[Jane]

I would suggest that you never order ANYTHING from a Chinese restaurant with the word 'DOG' in it....you they eat dogs!

[Sheridan]

My best friend eats hot dogs, eggs and rice from time to time and is a comfort food when we were broke college students and $10 can only go so far. Spam is pretty good, too.

[kater]

Was it a pedigree?

[Elisa]

Ok, they didn't print an updated menu for THAT, right? Yuck.

[vodka tonic lover]

Can you imagine what that would be like coming back up after the many many cocktails it would take just to get it down?? ( I do have to consider such things when imbibing)

[J]

i'm gonna go mostly with gross!! but let us know how it is!

[Amanda]

A restaurant I used to work in served Split Pea Soup ... with cut up hot dogs! The other employees and I were mortified but to our surprise some customers came in and asked if hot dogs were in the soup! Guess that's popular is some areas?!

[So@24]

You HAVE to get it. If anything, do it for science.

[Gina]

WOW...This is the type of food that turned my best friend's husband into the family cook! She used to make him Hotdog omelets for dinner! Sylvia also used to make Romin noodle casserole with spam! We have just determined she was the hunter...ie shopper of the family and never allowed to enter the kitchen unless fetching drinks for everyone.

She also received last place in a chili cookoff where we used to work. She used regular red wine instead of a cooking wine and it turned while cooking! A few months later, she made cupcakes for a bake sale (they were tasty) but since everyone remembered her chili and people developing food poisoning that day, no one bought her cupcakes!

So try the hotdog fried rice! I dare you!

[Rachel]

How about hot dog sushi? I live in Hawaii and there is this chain sushi restaurant that serves UP the hot dog sushi...although, the Spam Musubi (moo-soo-bee) isn't bad! The salted processed meats are BIG here--I have never seen so much Vienna Sausage in my life!

[Carrie]

That is so wrong. Oddly (well, not odd at all) my 9-year-old would probably eat that no problem.

Feel free to borrow him for your tasting.

[LJ]

Ewwwww. I am already not a fan of Chinese delivery. And that definitely makes my stomach lurch!

[sizzle]

They have hot dogs in China?

;-)

[Lisa Johnson]

Excuse me! Wouldn't this be exactly what Loki would order off the take out menu if given the choice? I say order it, make Fletch taste it, give it to those fine animals of yours for a treat then post the results immediately to us! Please????

Also, girls you all rock my world. I'll be finishing the summer drunk on all the fab drink concoctions :)

[Nicole]

Order it and pretend you are on the bizarre foods show. We will need pictures because there is so much speculation of the execution on the dish. Worst case scenario... your pups will love it!

[Daphne]

Hot dog fried rice is one of those things that sounds horrific, but, winds up being the best thing you've ever eaten.

[Juicebox.mom]

EEEWWWWW

[Jessie]

I will not forgive you if you don't at least try it. I mean, come on, you are in Chicago, the land of the hot dog. It could just be the best thing ever...

[All Adither]

What's so odd about that?

[Doug]

Hot Dog Fried Rice??? That doesn't even sound good...but I would have had to try it also. Hopefully you ordered a back up. Wednesday, I had made some ribs that I cooked in Tempelton Rye Whiskey and spices. Very good. Then Thursday I took shreded some of the meat, added some taco seasoning and made steak quesidilas. YUMMY.

[Lisa Kate]

um...I actually think this sounds amazing! But I am also 20 and poor and I eat ramen noodles almost every day :o) mmm you'll have to try it! make fletch take the first bite!

love your books! you are an amazing writer, and there are millions of women out there who idolize and love you! keep writing jen stop stalling!

[shauna]

i say try it. better 'hot dog' (which is made up of mostly lips and assholes) than just 'dog.'

[stephani]

In a word....GAG. There are certain foods which just should NOT be combined.

[Crystal]

Jen,

I am very sad I was unable to leave my drink recipe in the other post, so I am cheating and posting it here, but fear not, I am only breaking the rules because the world deserves to know about this AMAZING shot. Seriously, it's like S-E-X in your mouth! TOTALLY DELECTABLE!!!

Absolute Ocean
2 parts Absolute Citron
1 part Tropical Blue Pucker
1 part Peach Schnapps
Splash of Sprite
*shaken over ice and strain into shot glass
Beware though, they kinda go down like Kool-Aid and don't kick in until you're already 5 deep....yummy!!!

[Mia]

This is actually a dish that originated in Southeast Asia--It was made in Thailand during the Vietnam war for American soldiers. I've seen it on the menu at some fairly nice Thai restaurants.

[Maile Hernandez]

OK, I'll bite. I'll read THE SECRET too. What I think of as my adorable insecurity and appealing sardonic cynicism sometimes leads my husband to comment that I could stand to learn a thing or two about positive self-talk and world view. And by the way, the "Maile Martini" that my favorite bartender makes for me is some kind of vanilla stoli, peach schnapps, and triple sec combination.

[Julie]

Um.
Seriously.
Only in Chicago.

[Melissa]

seriously....hot dog fried rice isn't as bad as it sounds! I'm 100% Filipino...and a LOT of Filipino dishes include stuff like hot dogs and spam....when made right, it's definitely a comfort food :)

[Kat]

Don't knock it till you try it!

At my house, we do a kind of stir fry of hot dogs with carmalized sugar and it is to die for good.

You never know...