Thursday, August 11, 2011

Healthier Dogs

New York street dogs were always risky.It's not about a stray mutt found wandering the Hudson river docks but those hot dogs sold by street vendors.Either the meat or cooking methods were questionable. Now that's changing.Eating a street dog can be considered a healthy experience thanks to the quality of meat and how it's prepared.

This was the topic of an article in yesterday's New York Times Dining section. The piece , written by Dining regular, Jeff Gordinier, tells about the transformation of these New York classics. Now the meat isn't questionable. Some vendors, like Andrew Mcdonald,, buy totally organic meat. His company Good To Go Organics, specializes in healthy food on the go. Even chili dogs, doubly dubious because of the beef used, is changing.Mr. McDonals uses organic beef bought from farms in upstate Columbia County New York for his chili dogs.

Another change is the way the dogs are being made. Some still are being boiled however a lot of vendors are returning to the outdoor grill method. This was used a century ago but was disbanded because of of the carts going up in flames. Fast forward to a century later when all the carts are made of stainless steel. It's easy now to grill hot dogs and they 're actually tastier, Although many New Yorkers love the water boiled ones and there's now a hot debate regarding which one is better.

New York dogs are vastly improving. They're not only safer to eat but tastier too.They still the perfect city food on the go but now they're even better.

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