Thursday, April 23, 2009

Slow, Dog, Slow

Posted by Carrington Fox on Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:18 AM

Slow Food Nashville and I Dream of Weenie are teaming up for the second annual Slow Food Hot Dog Day on May 3.

City House chef/owner Tandy Wilson and F. Scott's chef Will Ulhorn will make the homemade dogs, with a mixture of pork and beef most likely coming from Emerald Green and Hill View farms. Rumor has it that pitmaster Patrick Martin from Martin's BBQ will be

there smoking some of the dogs.

The event works like this: Buy a dog for $5, then make a contribution of any amount to Slow Food Nashville and you can sidle up to the toppings bar brimming with local ingredients such as homemade sauerkraut, slaw and pickles. Then cop a squat on the ground outside I Dream of Weenie and Art House Gardens and enjoy the first of the season's dog days.

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"Cop a squat" is a really unfortunate phrase choice to follow "homemade sauerkraut, slaw and pickles", IMO...

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Posted by pogo on April 23, 2009 at 8:08 AM

I hope they have more of the fancy Tandy hot dogs this year than last - I waited in line for a half hour and by the time I got up there, they just had regular I Dream of Weenie options. It was fun, though; I ain't complaining.

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Posted by Barbara Please on April 23, 2009 at 8:36 AM

"Cop a squat" is indeed an unfortunate phrase for so MANY reasons, not the least being the fact that I watch Pretty Woman on some cable channel or other just about every Sunday night. Does it help to know that I cringed as I typed it?

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Posted by Carrington Fox on April 23, 2009 at 11:13 AM

It is dangerously close to "pop a squat."

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Posted by Lee on April 23, 2009 at 11:22 AM

I was headed to this last year when someone twittered that it was a mob scene. Hey, how about a Slow Food "burger" day in Richland Park for the right bank? Miel, Dari Dip, Local Taco, Statr Bagel, Sylvan Park, McCabe -- it could be great!

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Posted by fluffernutter on April 23, 2009 at 1:48 PM

fluffernutter - what a great idea! I'm in for the Slow Food Sylvan/Richland Park day!

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Posted by Sally on April 24, 2009 at 10:06 AM

So what time does this get started? If it gets pretty crowded, it'd be nice to get there when it begins.

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Posted by Blake on April 25, 2009 at 4:53 AM

It's 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Posted by Carrington on April 25, 2009 at 11:46 AM

Get there early. My experience was just like Barbara's--half-hour wait, no dogs left.

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Posted by mr. pink on April 27, 2009 at 8:17 PM
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