It's tough to identify the point where you've dressed up a hot dog so much, it ceases to be a hot dog, but I'm guessing confit pushes it over the line. Such is the case with the $8 TurDoggin at Franks 'N' Dawgs in Chicago. An homage to the famous TurDucken, which is a chicken stuffed inside of a duck stuffed inside of a turkey, the TurDoggin is: a turkey-date sausage, crispy duck confit, herb garlic aioli, pickled relish and pickled carrots. Like I said, not really a hot dog anymore, but no one was complaining.

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