I feel like he, of all people, should have written a book about them. If I can’t be the Rick Sebak of North Carolina hot dogs, then I want to be the Dr. I want to be a proud flag bearer of all things good about hot dogs. I’m not stepping into the center of that controversial debate. However, the experts would debate whether or not a hot dog is even a sandwich. Rock n’ roller Warren Zevon once remarked that the secret to life is to ‘enjoy every sandwich”. But that means I’d have to eat at least 100 hot dogs. From Murphy to Manteo and Cherokee to Chowan, and all points in between. I’d love to be the Rick Sebak of North Carolina and eat a hot dog in every county of the state. and these days, it usually coincides with a little road trip. now I look at it as a treat – a delicacy that I am able to delight in once in a while. But not to the point where I can’t go out and enjoy a hot dog once in a while if I want. until real life got in the way – in the form of some blood work that said my triglycerides were elevated. I had plans to hit every hot dog joint in Gaston County. and all I could think about a month after again was eating a hot dog.īut timing is everything. I wondered if it would resonate the way it did 14 years earlier. Rogers, Big Bird, Bob Ross, and Ken Burns, of course, would give us a documentary on the hot dog.īut after watching this documentary from start to finish, all I could think about was hot dogs for at least a month after.īut earlier this year, I thought about it again. From Atlanta to Chicago to Cleveland to Pittsburgh, Sebak ventured far and wide to introduce us to great hot dogs, the people that make them, and of course, the people that eat them.įrom the channel that gave us the likes of Mr. Produced in 1999, it chronicled Documentarian Rick Sebak’s journey across the country showcasing some of the coolest and most interesting hot dog joints. In a sea of bad, predictable television, you can always count on PBS to surprise you. now, I have to be intentional about what I want to watch. In this day and age of streaming TV like Netflix and Hulu, not to mention the easy access to on-demand television, the days of mindless channel surfing is pretty much over. I’m probably romanticizing the experience a bit. However, I do miss the aimlessly clicking around, channel after channel, with the hopes of stumbling on something interesting to watch. Hot dog against white background with chili onions and pickles on top
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