Mountain Views News          Saturday, July 23, 2011

GOOD FOOD & DRINK

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She’s Back!

THE ICE CREAM PRINCESS 

 Mountain Views News Saturday, July 23, 2011 

MORE NAPKINS PLEASE: 

SLAW DOGS IS A MESSY DELIGHT.

Reader, fellow foodie and Facebook 
friend, Matt Tuchscherer poised this 
summer filled question, “Peter, isn’t a 
hot dog a hot dog?” Perfect submission 
considering we are closing National 
Hot Dog Month. Yes and No 
to the question, Slaw Dogs offers two 
intangible items. Number #1 the service 
staff is one of the friendliest in all 
of Pasadena, and if that doesn’t move 
you from the seat, owner Raymond 
Byrne and his mom have worked 
up some of the best side dishes in 
Pasadena. The Thai Slaw ($2.99) is 
made with real coconut milk, and 
cleverly enough constructed to summon 
a queen in the form of Rachel 
Ray to appraise the Solomon like 
ingredients. 

Slaw Dogs is known to often swagger in a hungry 
line of patrons stretching from the outside sidewalk to the front counter. Lines such as 
these are often reserved for give away events. Put they testify here to the suggestion of approval 
from previous diners. Since my last visit they’ve added beer and wine, which I ordered 
on this sitting. The Olympia beer, it’s old school and dances with every gosh darn dog there is 
at Slaw Dogs. It’s a simple hot dog joint, or so I once thought. The menu is extensive, and that 
Japanese guy that you see eating 50 dogs, in twenty minutes on ESPN every Fourth of July, 
would be very proud. Slaw Dogs is much more than just the proverbial hot dog hut. Its menu 
boosts: links, sausages, bratwurst and hot dogs. One of the attractions here are the toppings 
as the possibilities are endless here. A small sample: chili, celery, cheese, Russian dressing, 
carrots, garlic, mayo, feta, olive mix, mustard, coleslaw... enough! You get the idea. You can 
dine on the “Original” Slaw Dog for ($4.99); it arrives with chili, cheese, and mustard. Or go 
all out as I did and get the “Green Monster” at ($5.59). This was a good choice with roasted 
green chili, chipotle mayo, grilled onion, pepper jack and spicy 
garlic salsa. 

One of the stars of the show was the corn on the cob for ($2.99). 
It would make a scarecrow proud f his work. I read a few things 
on the Internet about the prices being a little high, and my friend 
Kevin, a bartender at Parkway Grill, thinks so too. Who is he to 
talk, charging me $7 for a beer that tastes the same as the $3 one 
down the road. The prices are reasonable and there are combos 
and kid plates available to give balance to the experience. For 
hamburger lovers there are choices in that medium as well. I 
think even for people on the fence about hot dogs, Slaw Dogs 
may be enough to push you into the other yard and ask fro another 
bun.

The Slaw Dogs 720 N. Lake Ave. #8 Pasadena (626) 808-9777 
check out www.theslawdogs.com for hours and updated specials. 
Join me on Charter Cable every Saturday and Sunday Night at 7 
PM Channel 101.

Email me your thoughts thechefknows@yahoo.com


TABLE FOR TWO by Peter Dills

All of a sudden when you start to hear bells, don’t panic, it’s just that old fashioned ice 
cream truck full of goodies. Listen and look for it in Sierra Madre on the weekends. 
She’s everywhere! MVNews File Photo

MANY DON'T TOSS PERISHABLES AFTER LONG POWER OUTAGE

Most Americans not 
prepared to keep their 
food safe during an 
emergency.

By Mary Elizabeth Dallas, 
Health Day News

 Most Americans are not 
prepared to keep their refrigerated 
food safe in the 
event of a power outage that 
lasts for more than a day, 
the results of a new survey 
suggest. 

And the reasons for this 
poor preparation stem from 
a lack of storage space, cash 
and concern, according to 
researchers at RTI International, 
Tennessee State 
University and Jackson State 
Community College. 

"Americans are not prepared 
to ensure food safety 
during extended power outages 
and other emergencies 
despite widely available information 
on emergency 
preparedness and response," 
study author Katherine 
Kosa, a research analyst at 
RTI International, said in 
an RTI news release. "Public 
health officials and educators 
need to address barriers 
and misconceptions 
and target specific practices 
and demographic groups to 
help reduce the risk of food-
borne illnesses."

In conducting the study, 
researchers used an online 
survey of more than 1,000 
people across the United 
States to gather information 
on their knowledge and use 
of recommended food safety 
practices, such as when 
to discard perishable foods 
either during or after long 
power outages and other 
emergencies.

The study, published in the 
July issue of Food Protection 
Trends, revealed few people 
followed recommended 
guidelines on how to keep 
food safe after 24 hours or 
more without power. In 
fact, only 37 percent of participants 
said they discarded 
frozen food that had thawed 
during a power outage, and 
only 31 percent discarded 
refrigerated perishable 
foods after losing power for 
an extended period of time.

Moreover, 65 percent of 
those surveyed said they 
used their sense of smell to 
determine whether food was 
safe to eat, a practice that is 
considered potentially unsafe. 
Of those polled, 15 percent 
admitted storing food 
directly in snow or exposed 
it to cold outdoor temperatures 
during a power outage, 
which is another practice 
thought to be unsafe. 

The researchers also found 
that just one-third of participants 
knew to toss refrigerated 
perishable foods, 
such as meat, poultry, milk 
and eggs, in the garbage after 
four hours without power. 
Meanwhile, 60 percent 
of those surveyed knew to 
throw away frozen food that 
had partially or completely 
thawed during an outage.

Overall, the investigators 
found that only 15 percent 
of survey participants were 
fully prepared to keep food 
safe during an extended 
power outage. 

Learn more in the Everyday 
Health Digestive Health 
Center.


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