Spicy Mexican... wait, what?!

I was in Morrison's this morning, and I came across these:



I'm not even sure what to expect.  But I confess, I was curious enough to find out, so I bought them.  Wish me luck!

Last time I was home I had a caliente perro at my favourite Mexican restaurant.

I was in Morrison's this morning, and I came across these:



I'm not even sure what to expect.  But I confess, I was curious enough to find out, so I bought them.  Wish me luck!

Well, at least they are not in a jar! Good luck! 

Last time I was home I had a caliente perro at my favourite Mexican restaurant.

Really?  Perro is "dog" in Spanish, right?  So this is a thing?  I've never heard of Mexican hot dogs. 

Well, at least they are not in a jar! Good luck! 

Thanks, larrabee!  The lack of tin/jar and the fact the package didn't say "in brine!" on it anywhere reassured me a little.  But man... I won't pretend I'm not nervous. 


In other news, Morrison's does not have cornmeal.  I also bought regular hot dogs, so as soon as I find cornmeal, I'm going to do corn dogs.  I might have to order it online.  I hope it's not stupid expensive since I know it's cheap at Tesco for those lucky people whose Tesco stocks it.

What could possibly go wrong?

I like that it says bunlimited on it...


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I like that it says bunlimited on it...

Went to the bunlimited site. They have a cool shoot the hotdog game. I scored 375.

https://wearebunlimited.com/game/

Went to the bunlimited site. They have a cool shoot the hotdog game. I scored 375.

https://wearebunlimited.com/game/

Did you not finish the level?  You might have quit too soon.  I got to level 4 or 5, I think... scored 2915, or 2195... something with those numbers in. 

The rest of the website isn't very informative.  But I did just see a YouTube review... not bad, but not excited by them.  He said he could buy "a whole tin for £1" so he probably wouldn't buy these again, because they taste the same.  Now I'm really scared.  But I'm committed now.  I have to try one.  Tomorrow's lunch, I think.

I didn't make it past the first level. My mouse is old or something.

I didn't make it past the first level. My mouse is old or something.

She's in Mensa dude, don't feel bad.

Tomorrow's lunch, I think.

Yeah, lunch.. less of a commitment than dinner! 

Yeah, lunch.. less of a commitment than dinner! 

That, and I didn't think it was nice to force this on my husband.   It's scary times.

I have consumed.  I wouldn't call it spicy, but it did have flavour.  The texture was acceptable.  Overall, I am not sorry.  In fact, I will probably eat another one, as my husband is on the late shift today, so won't be home until half-seven, and that's a long time to wait for dinner.

What I did:  The package directions say to microwave for 2 minutes if you're cooking all 4 in the packet.  I was only cooking one, so I put it on a small plate and zapped it on high for 1 minute, flipped it over (to find it had split on the bottom side, which is a good sign for done-ness) and zapped it for another 30 seconds, just to be sure.  Then I put it in a freshly-split Morrison's finger roll (fancy term for "hot dog bun") and rolled it up in a kitchen towel for half-a-minute to let the "juice" (grease) seep into the bun.

Result:



I tried a bite of just the hot dog (because it was so much longer than the bun!).  Very little heat, so I don't know if the "spicy!" description is legal, but the flavour was acceptable.  The texture, I think, was consistent with regular (not beef, and not premium) hot dogs that have been cooked in a microwave.  It didn't displease me.  I'm not sure if the texture is evident in the picture, but have a look:

I have consumed.  I wouldn't call it spicy, but it did have flavour.  The texture was acceptable.  Overall, I am not sorry.  In fact, I will probably eat another one, as my husband is on the late shift today, so won't be home until half-seven, and that's a long time to wait for dinner.

What I did:  The package directions say to microwave for 2 minutes if you're cooking all 4 in the packet.  I was only cooking one, so I put it on a small plate and zapped it on high for 1 minute, flipped it over (to find it had split on the bottom side, which is a good sign for done-ness) and zapped it for another 30 seconds, just to be sure.  Then I put it in a freshly-split Morrison's finger roll (fancy term for "hot dog bun") and rolled it up in a kitchen towel for half-a-minute to let the "juice" (grease) seep into the bun.

Result:



I tried a bite of just the hot dog (because it was so much longer than the bun!).  Very little heat, so I don't know if the "spicy!" description is legal, but the flavour was acceptable.  The texture, I think, was consistent with regular (not beef, and not premium) hot dogs that have been cooked in a microwave.  It didn't displease me.  I'm not sure if the texture is evident in the picture, but have a look:

I have to say, cooked and in the bun they look quite appetising. 

Have you tried Herta hotdogs? That's what I eat here and they are pretty good.

I have to say, cooked and in the bun they look quite appetising. 

Have you tried Herta hotdogs? That's what I eat here and they are pretty good.

I haven't, yet, but I bought a packet of Herta hot dogs because I plan to source some corn meal in the next few days so we can try our hand at making corn dogs at the weekend.  I will try one of the Herta ones just in a bun and compare it to the Bunlimited "spicy!" Mexican hot dogs.

Apparently, Herta make regular and bigger ones.  I did not know that, so bought the first thing I saw, which were the thin ones.  My husband said he likes the fatter ones better.  (Way back in the day, Ocado had Oscar Mayer hot dogs available, and they were the real deal... this week when talking about hot dogs, my husbanddidn't realize I'd bought American ones and thought I had tried Herta back then, so that makes Herta sound promising.)