Hot Dogs

As some of you may know, for quite some time I have been very VERY interested in owning/operating some sort of hot dog stand - possibly a food truck, cart or a permanent location.  I've been getting a little crazy with it lately - going as far as formulating unique hot dog concoctions.  Admittedly, some of my ideas were stolen while doing a little research online.  Am I batshiz crazy for even wanting to do this, let alone spending time to think up different hot dog ideas?

Here's a small glimpse into a couple of ideas i've come up with:

1) SLC Punk Dog - There are several things unique to SLC and Utah - two of those are Crown Burger's pastrami burger and the state's obsession with fry sauce.  There is a hot dog joint in SLC already offering a pastrami wrapped dog with fry sauce on it, so to twist it a little bit I thought why not incorporate an SLC Punk element.  If you've ever seen the movie you know that Steve-O and Bob prefer to drink beer.  Instead of a traditional dog I want to use a beer soaked dog or polish.  Thoughts?  I've also tampered with the idea of tying in some of SLC's great Greek food to this dog - maybe some feta sprinkled on top or use a gyros based dog?

2) Maple Dog (the name needs help) - I want to take a maple bar doughnut (excluding the frosting - just the doughnut shell) and hollow out the inside.  Coat the inside of the hollowed-out core with a maple syrup & mustard reduction, then insert a bacon-wrapped high-quality dog.  Pretty straight-forward but it sounds delicious.


Ang thinks I'm a little crazy, but is being supportive.  The next step in the process is to continue trying out recipes here at casa de Crouchies and see what does/doesn't work.  Gimme some feedback. :)

To wet your appetite a little bit