And Now, The PB&J Hot Dog

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And Now, The PB&J Hot Dog

       In my previous post I wrote about Tap That Glass, a pizzazy little restaurant and music venue in Newark, Ohio where Tom and I recently spent an evening listening to the terrific Old Timey/Bluegrass music of Caleb Powers and Matt Hopper (see previous post,   https://www.ailantha.com/blog/an-evening-of-music-at-tap-that-glass), 

...and sampling a couple of the  tamer menu items, among which were a variety of outré hotdogs, including one that caught the interest of at least a couple of readers: ​

       Until I saw it on that menu last week I'd never heard of a hotdog topped with peanut butter and jelly, nor could I have conceived of such a culinary weirdity. 
      And yet one reader commented on Facebook that they kept seeing this item on menus lately. This bit of information, that peanut butter and jelly on a hotdog wasn't just some out there idea cooked up by the hot dog artiste of this eclectic little eatery, but an actual thing, kind of blew my mind, though I guess it shouldn't have. After all, this phenomenon has been preceded by such unholy  amalgams as the donut burger,

...chocolate-covered bacon,

...grape jelly meatballs,

...and my personal entry in the hall of edible infamies, the turkey and cranberry sauce sandwich.

       Now, the reason the mixing of turkey and cranberry sauce  is a personal issue for me is because, of all the strange Frankenfoods under the sun, this one is the only one I ever let myself get talked into putting into my mouth. 
       "You've got to try a turkey and cranberry sauce sandwich! It's awesome!" said everybody I knew shortly after T&CS became a thing a couple of decades ago.
       "But I don't want to," I'd always reply. In truth, though I love both turkey and cranberry sauce, I don't want them anywhere near each other. I can't have them on the same plate. On Thanksgiving my place must be set with an extra bowl for my cranberry sauce, and it's only after  I've finished all the items on my turkey plate and  that plate has been cleared away that I can dig into my bowl of cranberry sauce,  which likewise must be cleared away before  I dig into my pumpkin pie. For me cranberry sauce is sort of a sui generis thing.
        And yet somehow I once let myself get talked into taking a bite of a turkey and cranberry sauce wrap.  (Obviously, I still haven't gotten over it).
        And now,  not content with all the disrepute that's already been inflicted upon upon the gustatory ecosystem by rogue food combinations , they've created the PB&J hot dog!
        Another Facebook friend, after reading the previous post, made the observation that I am not a culinary explorer.
      Alas, this is true.