'We take bacon, wrap it around, put it in the deep fryer'
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PORTLAND, Ore. – Ready to break that New Year’s resolution?
Look no further than Southwest Portland's new restaurant: Uncle Dick’s Deep Fried Hot Dogs.
“We take bacon, wrap it around, put it in the deep fryer, comes out nice and hot,” said owner Dustin Knox. "It seemed like a really fun thing to do."
Uncle Dick’s is a small kitchen at 220 SW Ankeny Street, formerly occupied by Central cocktail bar, which Knox also owns. He’s moving that business to a new location in the next few months.
You can top your bacon-wrapped dog any way you like, or choose from ten specialty hot dogs.
Knox said he’s not trying to reinvent the hot dog. He just wants it to taste really good.
“At the end of the day, it’s a hot dog,” said Knox. “But we really wanted to make it to taste really, really good without making it too gourmet.”
Uncle Dick’s has flavors from all around the world.
“Definitely have swung toward the Asian culture, definitely have some Latino cultures. And I’ll keep branching out from there,” Knox said.
The restaurant opens at 5 p.m. Wednesday and will stay open until 3 a.m. nightly. It also serves waffle fries, deep fried pickles and salads.
Knox said he hopes his uncle Dick will be impressed.
“I see him every so many years and I’m gonna send him a t-shirt,” said Knox. “He has no idea about this.”
Mmmmmmmmm, heart attacks!
Mmmmmmmm Bacon!
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couldn't they call it uncle richards? I couldn't bring my self to go eat weiners at a place called uncle dicks.
 @franksbeans  With the focus on flavors from around the world, I wonder how long it will be before they offer a Spotted Dick variation.
 @franksbeans ....says the guy whose name is franksbeans.
Sounds interesting, but why change a good thing? Casey's in Salem has some killer Chicago style dogs with the works!
I can hear someone's ateries hardening all the way across town.
@Mechanic and the problem with this is what?
 @Mike_J  @Mechanic The cost of health insurance. I don't care what you put in your body, just don't jack up my healthcare costs because of it!
This is really good. Too bad he is not the first to try it.
Might be fun to try...once.
Beyond that, eat at your own risk.
I don't trust Uncle Dick's dog, I don't trust uncle Dick!
at least he's not Uncle Ernie
'The restaurant opens at 5 p.m. Wednesday and will stay open until 3 a.m. nightly. It also serves waffle fries, deep fried pickles and salads."
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Has anyone tried the deep fried salad? How does it taste?
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@Repoman I can't speak for this place, but I've had deep fried pickles and they're basically incredible. Â
and that's why americans are fat
@diddy_bop not all americans are fat http://www.examiner.com/slideshow/pictures-of-miss-america-2013-competition-swimsuit-competition#slide=57606856
@diddy_bop  """""and that's why americans are fat"""""
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The gun control crowd would say Americans are fat because they have access to spoons :)
 @kramr If guns kill people then pencils make mistakes and spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.
@scoreboard @Mechanic @kramr And to think a story about a different way to cook a hotdog can be turned into a political argument.
 @Mechanic  @scoreboard  @kramr Why is it ridiculous? A gun is an inanimate object just like spoon and a pencil. All require human interaction to function.
@scoreboard @kramr Ridiculous arguments from ridiculous people.
 @diddy_bop Americans are fat because they eat too much and don't exercise.
@HarryReams @diddy_bop And we eat WAY too much crap like deep fried bacon.
what's wrong with deep fried bacon?
yep. that is correct. i eat deep fried stuff and i am not fat. that is because i exercise.
@Sarbar "have a hard time with moderation (ha, i like candy) so I try to avoid a lot of junk food!" me too. That's why, when my wife is not looking I give my broccoli to my dog then I eat another cheeseburger. Whoever heard of a dog that likes broccoli? he barks if I don't share.
Oh, completely! Moderation is key. You can even have a cheeseburger and you're good. I have a hard time with moderation (ha, i like candy) so I try to avoid a lot of junk food!
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And you likely don't eat too much.
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It's not the deep frying alone that kills you.
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It's the WHOLE BUCKET of deep fired every other day that does.
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Just about ANYTHING in moderation won't kill you by itself.
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Deep fried hot dogs...be still my heart.
@tigress Eat many of those, and it will be. And soon.
 @tigress "...be still my heart"
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Literally. Stopped dead. Stone cold. Choked off and turning gray. :-p
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A deep fried hot dog will do just that.
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As Homer once said, "Is there NOTHING that can't be deep fried?"
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@tigress If you eat enough it will be. I have been making bacon cheese dogs for years, this is nothing new. Oh but not deep fried.