Thursday, April 23, 2009
Events 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...
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.
"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?
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!
fluffernutter - what a great idea! I'm in for the Slow Food Sylvan/Richland Park day!
So what time does this get started? If it gets pretty crowded, it'd be nice to get there when it begins.
Get there early. My experience was just like Barbara's--half-hour wait, no dogs left.
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