Making Bar-S hot dogs not taste nasty

[robkelk]

3. Bake another potato and actually resist scarfing this time. Slit a pair of hot dogs down the sides and insert in the hollowed out halves, along with some grated cheese. I used a nice cheddar, parmesan, and asiago mix the local grocery stocks pre-shredded, but most anything will probably work, even velveeta or processed rubber cheese singles if you're a truly uncultured barbarian.

Might I suggest a nice smoked cheese? I've found that a slice of smoked gouda in a sandwich is strong enough to hide a multitude of sins without actually overpowering the meat it's eaten with.

As to where to find smoked cheese, well, I live in a city with more than one high-end grocery store, so each has incentive to stock products that the others don't. But it isn't so rare that a decent-sized town's grocery store won't have at least heard of it.

EDIT: Oh, and consider adding green-pickle relish -- the stuff you can find at any hot dog cart. (Yes, we're coming close to making a Whistle Dog here, but there's a reason those sell out quickly when A&W Canada brings them back in the summer.)