The $80 Hot Dog!!!

Check out this new hot dog being served at a Red Sox(maybe that explains it!) minor league park...and would you pay $80 for the thing???? Please note: No Ketchup!!
 
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/chompions/201107/coming-next-week-80-hot-dog
 
If not, what would you put on an $80 dollar dog?
                                                  Lee

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Check out this new hot dog being served at a Red Sox(maybe that explains it!) minor league park...and would you pay $80 for the thing???? Please note: No Ketchup!!

If not, what would you put on an $80 dollar dog?
                                                 Lee

Question #1:  Absolutely not.  I wouldn't ruin a hot dog with all the fancy stuff.....and vice versa! 
 
Question #2: If I wanted to be sure to sell one, I would put three $20 bills and a $10 bill in a plastic bag under the bun, along with all you wanted of your choice of normal toppings on top.

If I were to spend that kind of coinage on a dog, I would feel guilty if I didn't add insult to injury, I would have to put Catsup on it. Just to see the look on the sellers face. Although if I bought one I would imagine the look on the seller's face, I think it would reflect the idea that I was one dumb SOB.

White truffle shavings, creme fraiche, caviar, and fresh roe are just as bad as putting ketchup on a hot dog. Maybe worse. Charging this much for a hot dog is really to either get in the Guinness Book of World Records or to generate publicity. The "haute dog" is usually the creation of a bored chef looking for attention and/or to satisfy his ego. If these people really think a hot dog is worth that much, let them try to survive selling only $80.00 hot dogs. They know they would all go broke.
 
I would never pay too much for a hot dog, but if I was inclined to, I would rather overpay for a quality dog with mustard only rather than all the fancy toppings that only disguises the true flavor of a frankfurter. THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES!
 
See here for a good thread on the same topic:
http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/The-69-hot-dog-m601962.aspx

That's a waste of good caviar and truffles!

That is a waste of a good hot dog, too.

 
wonder what brand dog is under all that glop????

I bet that it is NOT Kosher!

you  would have to be nuts

Wouldn't eat that if they gave it to me.

It's not even that imaginitive... some of the first things I think of when I think expensive food is truffle and caviar, I thought it would be more inventive than that.

what a waste of a perfectly good hot dog

I doesn't even look good and sounds disgusting.  I wouldn't pay anything for it and would be afraid to even taste it.  If at the stadium, I will settle for a regular dog and a beer.