![]() It tends to be both firmer and hotter than the usual deli suspects. The mother of the dozen deli knock-off versions of this dip is made at Echo Lake Meats in Kenai. There’s just something about it, isn’t there? A cheesy, hot, smoky thing that when you get near it, you can’t step away, and if you’re alone with it, and, say, a bag of Juanita’s corn chips, things might get a little out of hand. It’s OK, you’re in a safe space, we can talk about your relationship with Kenai Dip, that Alaska grocery-store deli counter favorite that causes so many of us to have impulse control problems. Maya Wilson's version of the famous jalapeno-cheese dip known as Kenai dip. There’s a juuuust right size, and this ain’t it.Updated: FebruPublished: January 31, 2019 ![]() I feel like Goldilocks rating these hot dogs. There’s not much more to say about this bad boy. ![]() It’s a little wobbly and curvy, like the drunk uncle of hot dogs.” (When I followed up with said colleague to inquire about his thing for hot dog tips, he mused, “I wonder what Freud would say.”) Here’s some feedback in the form of pure poetry, from another taster: “Salty, thick meat stick. For those of you who can relate to the colleague who has a specific appreciation for the tips of hot dogs, here’s this detailed feedback, verbatim: “Some of the tips curve upward, and I was excited to try, because I thought the texture would be chewy, but it was just mush. “Did they put liquid smoke in this thing? Because it has a weird smoky note,” said another. But Whole Foods’ house-brand hot dog - “a good blend of salty and sweet,” “spicy, good size and thickness” - inspired some of the most descriptive comments of the entire taste test. “It’s a little bigger than I like to see in a hot dog, but this is a family newspaper, so I won’t make jokes,” said one colleague. Maybe it was the moment in the taste test when the nitrates finally started to go to our brains. ![]() I’m not sure what it is about this hot dog.
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