My sister used to hate the idea of spending the night anywhere without a hair dryer. Her hubby was always complaining about the amount of baggage she used to travel with (and make him carry.) Needless to say camping wasn’t her thing. Neither was her marriage, which ended badly.
So when the F.C. wanted to go on an overnight camping trip in an abandoned trailer park outside Montreal, I decided to keep it chill. Instead of packing up my entire kitchen, I opted for a few basics; coffee filter and paper liners, two small mugs, a small cooler-bag for the beer, and my sassy little red camping pot (for boiling water.) En route, we picked up hot dogs, buns, a few condiments, chips and cookies. It wasn’t easy for me, resisting the desire for some more gourmet food. But I did.
We ate hotdogs for dinner and breakfast — the breakfast dogs tasted the best, and the FC was very impressed when I whipped up a batch of fresh coffee (our only luxury.) In fact, if I hadn’t kept the FC up half the night with my fears that we were going to be attacked by a trailer park serial killer, I passed the camping test with flying colours.
Hot Dog Heaven
My mom showed me the best way to dress up a basic hot dog, by adding a simple homemade relish of chopped onion and tomato. With a little mustard squirt, it’s the perfect dog for your dog.
Ingredients
One package hot dogs.
One package white hot dog buns.
For the relish:
1 medium tomato diced
1/4 cup chopped onion.
Directions
Combine chopped tomato and onion in bowl or storage container (if you’re going camping.)
On your toasted bun, place cooked hot dog adding two spoonfuls of the simple relish and a few squirts of your favourite mustard. Voila!