Mystery Meat Challenge

Ah, mystery meat.  You can never go wrong with a little fried up mystery meat.  Spam, sausages, and - the main ingredient for this battle - hot dogs.  Wikipedia defines a hot dog as "a moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from meat slurry."  Wtf is meat slurry?  Nope, nope, I don't want to know. 

Who won this one?  Did the men prove that only those with wieners can cook up a mean wiener?  No, sir!  In this hot dog battle, the woman showed that her wiener was the best... by default, anyway.  Joe and I were supposed to battle it out before game 2 of the NBA finals but he was too busy throwing rocks at the Hollywood sign or something to arrive in time for the battle.  Joe 1, Linda 2!!!  In your face, tostada!

The inspiration for this dog came from the OC Greek Festival we attended a couple weekends ago.  Lamb, gyros, feta, baklava, oh my! 

My Big, Fat, Greek (Hot) Dog

8 all beef dogs (I bought whatever was on sale)
4 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil

1/2 teaspoon oregano

1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper

1 teaspoon garlic powder

4 pitas cut in half

1 cucumber, half chopped and half sliced
1/2 lemon

2 chopped garlic cloves

8 oz Greek yogurt, drained of excess liquid
Feta cheese
Sliced tomatoes

Sliced black olives

Sliced onion

Combine the olive oil, oregano, crushed red pepper, and garlic powder.  Cut slits into the dogs and cover with marinade.  I let the dogs marinade in the fridge overnight. 

Drain yogurt of any excess liquid.  I put the yogurt on a bunch of paper towels and let the towels soak up the liquid for about 20 minutes.  You'll be surprised at how much liquid comes out!  Combine yogurt, chopped cucumber, juice from 1/2 lemon, chopped garlic, and salt and pepper to taste.  This is a very good and quick tzatziki sauce. 

Grill the dogs until golden brown and grill the pita until warm. 

Place a dog into the pita bread, add tomatoes, cucumber slices, onion, tzatziki sauce, and top with feta cheese and olives.  ENJOY!

Here is the hot dog our Italian friend, John, made for shizz and giggles.  Hot dog, parsley, artichoke wrapped in a Pillsbury Crescent dough, wrapped in bacon and grilled then placed inside a hot dog bun topped with artichoke, parsley, tomato, and cream cheese.  It's one of those foods you see on thisiswhyyourefat dot com.  It was actually pretty good because of the crispiness from the bacon and crescent roll.  One bite was enough for me.