Back with a vengeance...and a belly full of hot dogs

I have been computer-less for about a month. It was quite unfortunate. Now, because my old computer was not fixable, I have obtained a new computer (at no cost, thank you Best Buy Service plan!). During the past month, I've been keeping myself busy with hot dogs and bagels and baking (and video games). All very exciting, I assure you. I suppose the first order of business would be getting updated on my continuing effort to knock out those 80 hot dogs. (Is is it wrong that the only thing that I really had of any importance on the old computer was my hot dog spreadsheet?) Anyway...

First up, we have the Pittsburgh Dog, and the Southern Slaw Dog:

The Pittsburgh dog was really dry, and I probably wouldn't eat it again. It had provolone, tomato, dry coleslaw, and onion.

The Southern Slaw dog, on the other hand was AMAZING. I'm afraid you just can't go wrong with a mix of BBQ sauce and coleslaw. It kind of makes me hungry for a good pulled pork sandwich....

Next, I conquered the Guatemala dog (with one minor adjustment) and the Montreal dog:

The Guatemala has: guacamole, mustard, mayo, ketchup, green hot sauce, and cabbage (typically boiled, but honestly, no thanks). On the Montreal, we have cole slaw, relish, mustard and onion. Both were decent.

Now, I realize it is not attractive to put up pictures of half eaten food, but if I didn't, you would be able to see the inside of this.

On the left is the breakfast burrito hot dog (which I will NEVER eat again, it was bad enough trying to eat this one). IT has scrambled egg, cheese, hot sauce and hot dog. On the right is the pizzeria dog, which has marinara sauce, shredded mozzarella, and a liberal sprinkling of crushed red pepper. (I also toasted it in the toaster oven). It was not too bad.

The two dogs that followed left me feeling pretty terrible about myself, the Belgium dog and the "Trailer Park" dog. The Belgium had fried potatoes (and because I was in a hurry, I used Ore-idas. Shame) and mayo. The trailer park had melted velveeta and crushed potato chips.

And most recently, I had two pretty good dogs. The Texas is on the left (bbq sauce, cheddar, onion) and the Britain is on the right (cheddar, spicy dijon, cider braised apples and leeks. The recipe came from Bon Appetit).

All up, I've eaten 16 dogs and have 64 left to go. And while it's not really part of the project (yet), here's a shot of me, eating a corn dog, at Bagelfest in Mattoon (more to come on that soon).