Italian Hot Dogs

Wow! AOL featured Italian Hot Dogs on their newsfeed this week. They made the mistake of inserting onions in with the potatoes and peppers which is NOT how Tony Goes made them. And he made the best. The Casino restaurant was THE place to buy them in Trenton, New Jersey. The internet tells me the place is still there. Though I know Tony Goes must be gone or be the oldest man in the US of A.

Now that the Warrenton Woman’s Club Cookbook is available, you can find the recipe for Italian Hot Dogs in there, the way Tony Goes made them, complete on Torpedo rolls. If you can find those rolls anywhere. Remember them? H-m-m-m. The aroma floated through the air at the Italian People’s Bakery up the street from the Casino. The cookbook has 240 pages of some 400 and more recipes of various kinds from all over the States plus tips, helpful hints, quick fixes, basics, terms, and more. It sells for $15 plus $2 S/H per book.

The Italian Hot Dog has become the Jersey Dog, very different from Nathan’s, the Coney Island Hot Dog, the Michigan Dog steamed with a meat sauce on it, and Texas Weiners (my mom’s favorite) the list goes on and on. As American as apple pie? No, the hot dog!