OT - Grote & Weigel going out of business

Sad News

Too bad. I miss the "Gross and Wigglings" from my kid days in Connecticut. We don't get those good local dogs in Minneapolis

Is Walmart going to start selling 2-foot long hot dogs now?

http://articles.courant.com/1996-11-21/news/9611210238_1_mr-weigel-pratt-whitney-dogs

Lew Rome former Chair of the Board of Trustees at UConn lived on the bottom of Kenmore Road in Bloomfield. The Weigel estate was further up on Kenmore Rd. I have so many stories all so positive of this family.Back in the day such great memories were created. hmmmm

Although reasonable minds disagree Grote & Weigel hot dogs were the best comfort food in the world.

This is very sad news.
They make some great dogs.

I'm more pissed off that Doogies won't have the 2 foot dog anymore. I finished one of those bad boys a few months back and was planning to make an attempt at another one soon.

G & W dogs were good but when I worked in the Hartford area I would always prefer Mucke's; our saying was "No one F$%&$ with the Muck"

G&W=good (flavor)
Mucke's =excellent (love the crunchy casing)

Hummel's

Hummels are OK as are G&W. The best are Black Bear nc hot dogs sold at Shop Rite and a few other places, they come closest to the old Roessler brand which was the king IMHO.

Kudos to that sausage stuffer who would not allow his kids to throw away perfectly pink pork anuses.

If you read the article you would see that the owner of Doogies has contacted dozens of meat manufacturers and has been unable to come across one who would do so.

They made the best hot dogs in the world and I've been eating them for over 60 years and they are partially responsible for my finely tuned athletic body. They were becoming harder to find in supermarkets. G & W going out of business was something I thought I'd never see; like Uconn and the Red Sox winning championships. Oh well, life goes whatever is left of it.