10-28-08 We will be closed today due to forecasted rain, wind, cold, and all in all miserableness. There are 5 more hot dog days left. We are planning on being open our regularly scheduled days through Nov 1. C'mon down and get your last dogs of the season. Thanks for your patronage, it has been a great year. /fred
We will continue to be at our post from 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, weather permitting, unless I sell out, then I leave early. If weather is inclement, or if I am not opening that day for any reason, check here and I will post details by 9:00 a. m. on the day.
DIRECTIONS Exit 40 off 128 in Wakefield, go around the rotary look toward the lake. If you can see the lovely New England vista of steeples across the lake, you have gone too far. fredsfranks is on the right between parking lot and rotary. Email us at fred@fredsfranks.com. We value your feedback, so please send us your comments and thoughts. It has been brought to my attention that this link is not working for everyone, if you have a problem, just type in the above address from your regular email account.
"fredsfranks.com striving to provide one of the best hot dogs you have ever eaten."
Now I realize if one considers the vast diversity of the hot dog, that this statement - actually our mission statement - is one of lofty aspiration. It is with a great deal of respect and trepidation that I embark upon this adventure.
THE DOG ITSELF After 48 years of hot dog research, there is one hot dog that I believe stands alone for its quality and taste. Made locally by the Pearl Meat Packing Company, located in Roxbury Massachusetts, this 1/4lb, all-beef, natural-casing frank, stands alone as one of the best hot dogs I have ever tasted.
I first tasted a Pearl over 35 years ago when I worked at a local country club as a busboy. One of the cooks took the time, effort, and attention-to-detail, to cook one for me. He even put nice "slits" up one side and down the other that opened up, exposing the succulent hot dog flesh as he grilled it to perfection. The way it went "snap" when bitten was love at first bite, and it was then and there that my search for the perfect dog began. It was actually then and there at the tender age of 14 years old, where unknowingly, that cook set the standard by which all dogs were to be measured.
WHY A HOTDOG BUSINESS? I worked in the high-tech electronics field for over 25 years. The last company was a small, privately-owned firm, for which I worked for 17 years. Through the downturn of the economy and a series of events, that company was bought by a very large, publicly-held company. The new large corporation and I did not see "eye to eye" on a number of issues, and after a short while we parted ways.
I have always enjoyed cooking for people, so I decided this would be a fun, economic, and easy way to do just that.
OUR MISSION: It is my intention to provide attention to detail to each and every item I sell. I will be constantly striving to find the best and freshest ingredients possible, in order to accomplish our mission. Let us set the standard by which every hot dog you eat will be measured, from here on out.
YOU FEED US, WE'LL FEED YOU If you have an idea, please email me. Your comments and suggestions will help me to provide you, my valued customer, with a product that will be second to none.
For example: What are your thoughts on a 1/2lb all beef frank? We could call it the monster dog. I can get them, but will you eat them? The kiddie dog perhaps? I can get those too, but will you eat them?
In 2004 we offered the both a 1/8lb and a 1/4lb, natural-casing all-beef Pearl frank, Linguicia, great condiments, chips, and drinks. That's it. We kept it simple with a few excellent things. That is my battle cry.
Next year, in addition to the Linguicia we added this year, maybe Kielbasa , and Home-made Chili? Tell us what you think.
Above all we want to offer the best and most properly prepared big frank you ever ate. After you eat your first Fred's Frank, we want you to return again and again. If anything at any time keeps you from doing that, please email us and tell us why.
MENU
(All dogs cooked to order. We now use
the Big Green Eggfor cooking. Lump charcoal with a touch of apple wood, mmmmmmmm. )
"THE BEEF AND THE PORK"
- JUMBO DOG
Pearl, 1/4lb, all beef, natural casing, Hot Dog - $4.50
- REGULAR DOG – (regular size Hot Dog)
Pearl, 1/8lb, all beef, natural casing, Hot Dog - $2.50
- KIELBASA, CHORICO, LINGUICA, - $6.00 - 1/2 - $4.00
SUPPORTING PLAYERS
- Chips - $1.00
- IBC Root Beer - $1.25
- Poland Springs Water - $1.00
- Soda in cans - $1.00
CONDIMENTS - (regular)
- Brown Mustard, French’s Yellow Mustard, Relish, Heinz Catsup, Hellman's Mayonnaise
CONDIMENTS - (more interesting)
- Sweetest chopped onion we can find,
- Relish
- Roseoffs sweet sauerkraut
- Roseoffs regular sauerkraut
- Hot Cherry Peppers
- Chohula (one of my all time favorite) hot sauce.
Build your own with the above condiments, or allow me to make some suggestions.
Have you ever had a sandwich made by your wife's brother, mother-in-law, or anybody else who might be good in the kitchen? How many times have I given someone else poetic license to build me a sandwich "their" way, and enjoyed a culinary experience I would have never thought of? Let us make some suggestions and we will put together a Hot Dog for you "our" way. Allow us poetic license, or if you dare not, build your own.
SOME OF OUR POETRY
- Ying Yang Dog - Hellmann’s mayonnaise, Roseoffs sweet sauerkraut, Chohula hot sauce, topped with sweet chopped onion.
Let's be creative. Let's use the ingredients we have to come up with a dog like no other, but let's not be foolhardy. We don't want so many ingredients that it becomes too complicated. I have put together a list of the best ingredients I can think of. If you have ideas, please let me know, and they will be considered. Please do not be dismayed if your idea is not incorporated. We will build Fred's Franks together one excellent ingredient at a time, in an effort to keep it simple, yet complicated enough to keep it interesting and creative.
Don't be a stranger. Just click on
fred@fredsfranks.com, fill your thoughts in the box, hit send, and "Bob's your uncle"!
