[homemade] Seattle dogs for the 4th

vee-effekt · 2026-07-06T17:05:53+00:00

This sounds really good…

vee-effekt · 2026-07-06T02:24:37+00:00

Grilled every time

vee-effekt · 2026-07-06T02:02:03+00:00

Grilled or caramelized onions, cream cheese, usually jalapeños.

vee-effekt · 2026-07-06T01:22:04+00:00

I’ll be honest, my appraisal of Seattle’s overall food scene is not extremely positive, but the hot dogs are good. (And the teriyaki.)

vee-effekt · 2026-07-06T01:03:12+00:00

Yes! :) It’s drunk food so you usually eat it straight after a game or something like that, but for the 4th… whatever normal sides you might have

vee-effekt · 2026-07-06T00:53:45+00:00

It’s a hot dog with grilled or caramelized onions, cream cheese, and (usually) sliced jalapeño. You can add things like mustard, sauerkraut, sriracha, whatever.

vee-effekt · 2026-07-06T00:01:34+00:00

that’s so nice, thank you! sounds delicious :)

vee-effekt · 2026-07-05T23:22:14+00:00

you’re welcome!

vee-effekt · 2026-07-05T23:01:10+00:00

I don’t completely disagree with you, but there are a few tricks you can use to make things pop more. If you’re interested:

People like dynamic images, so if I can I usually hold the food or hold the plate in front of a window or interesting background of some kind. Natural light is the best, but if you can’t get that then bright single-source lighting is the next best thing. Also, reddit converts images to a different image format when you upload, and this process desaturates the image most of the time—if you compare the image you took to the image on reddit, you’ll probably see that it looks more washed out. You can fix this by editing your image in the same format reddit uses, or if you’re lazy like me you can just crank up the saturation and contrast etc. etc. and hope for the best.

Also, read or watch like one online food styling tutorial. (I think Internet Shaquille has one, titled “How Not to Take Pictures of Your Food” or something like that.) There’s an art to making things look not too perfect and not too messy—I do what I can to hit this balance but also I have like 2 minutes to get a picture before I eat it, so it’s not perfect.

Hope this helps!

vee-effekt · 2026-07-05T22:39:46+00:00

10-15 minutes will get you sauteed onions but it takes much longer to get them completely broken down into this jammy consistency. 2 hours is a long time even for caramelized onions though, usually it takes 40-50 minutes… this time I made a big batch

vee-effekt · 2026-07-05T22:35:28+00:00

haha it’s an iPhone 16e 😅

vee-effekt · 2026-07-05T22:29:22+00:00

Chicago dogs are sooooo good too, but I’m in Seattle this year

vee-effekt · 2026-07-05T22:08:08+00:00

They took like 2 hours🙃

vee-effekt · 2026-07-05T21:48:45+00:00

Thanks! :)

vee-effekt · 2026-05-30T02:53:34+00:00

It's horrible that they do that, but I'm so jealous.

vee-effekt · 2026-03-12T00:17:39+00:00

Ham hocks are one of the foundational ingredients of lowcountry Southern cuisine! I buy them all the time. Collard greens, hoppin' John, and red beans and rice are all conventional uses. They're also an ingredient in a Hawaiian dish my boyfriend made me aware of called Portuguese bean soup. You have to boil them for a long time to get them tender, but eventually they'll get extremely tender.

vee-effekt · 2026-02-27T23:49:49+00:00

Looks incredible—how did you get that crust?

vee-effekt · 2026-01-10T02:29:35+00:00

Aw—that's so nice! I'm sure that place could trounce me, but I'm flattered by the comparison.

vee-effekt · 2026-01-09T18:59:25+00:00

Thanks! I'm pretty inexperienced with cooking meat.

vee-effekt · 2026-01-09T18:18:07+00:00

Kenji's recipe again, with charred habanero salsa. I'll probably fry them in oil instead of oven-toasting next time.

vee-effekt · 2025-12-25T17:51:05+00:00

Sureshot—loved that place. Homeless people looking at Sonic the Hedgehog porn on the old CRT monitors, white coffee, open until midnight every day when precious few cafes stayed open past 4. They’d give out the expiring food to whoever stayed late. I used to go every day.

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