Steamed Buns vs. Toasted Buns

[Flip G]

 

[StoneH]

WTH?

 

[Brent Hutto]

I have a deal with hot dogs. I don't eat them and they don't eat me.

But if we're talking hamburger buns, toasted. Definitely. Steamed are awful.

 

[BelairPlayer]

Hot dogs: steamed.
Burgers: toasted.

 

[trandy9850]

Hot dogs: steamed.
Burgers: toasted.

This.

 

[don71]

It depends. I don't want to sound pedantic, but you say toasted, do you really mean caramelized?

All three have their place.

Happy eating.

 

[ChicknPickn]

There needed to be another choice: it’s all good.

 

[brookdalebill]

Toasted is best.
Steamed is OK.
If I’m starvin’, I’ll tolerate right outa’ the bag.
The best hot dogs, European wieners, and brats I ever ate were from street vendor carts in Pr. George, BC.
They’d toast the buns, and the dogs/brats were grilled, with really good condiments.
Toasted shows respect!

 

[Sparky472]

Neither. Grilled.

 

[Toto'sDad]

I used to love those steamed hot dogs at the Drive Inn theater! I could easily eat four of them! Okay, a half-a-dozen.

 

[Fretting out]

I used to love those steamed hot dogs at the Drive Inn theater! I could easily eat four of them! Okay, a half-a-dozen.

You had time to eat at the drive in?

I thought drive in’s were for making Whoopi!

I guess that would account for said appetite for the dogs…

Nothing like a post coital dog!

 

[stxrus]

I prefer hotdog buns to be steamed but will go for fresh out of the bag or toasted.
Toasted or fresh out of the bag for burgers

 

[ruger9]

Hot dogs: steamed

Hamburgers: toasted (on the grill, with butter)

 

[AAT65]

The only steamed buns I know are bao: and they are great but I wouldn’t put a hot dog on one.
Bao buns recipe

 

[Manual Slim]

The only steamed buns I know are bao: and they are great but I wouldn’t put a hot dog on one.
Bao buns recipe

I would! If I eat it at all I'd eat it in a bao.

 

[Manual Slim]

New England style rolls have more valuable flat surface area for butter.

 

[Peegoo]

Band name alert:

Post Coital Dog

WOOT!

 

[Bob Womack]

I'm from Knoxville, Tennessee. Should say it all, but doesn't. Years ago, somewhere in the early '60s, a deli called Sam & Andy's on Cumberland Avenue began steaming their deli sandwiches in a Wear-Ever Fresh-O-Matic Steamer. It has since become the traditional way to serve deli sandwiches in East Tennessee.

While traveling, the deli's owners got the idea from a little traditional Jewish deli near Asheville, North Carolina, called the Pickle Barrel Deli. Sam & Andy and their deli are gone at this point. The oldest continually operated deli to do it is now Parton's in Gatlinburg. There's a nice historical article about the practice, HERE.

Bob

 

[johnny k]

I like them in a baguette, but all 3 are fine to me. I didn't even know you had to toast them in fact.

 

[M2roadwarrior]

+1 steamed for dogs, toasted or grilled for burgers