last night's dinner: beans & franks and tortilla hot dogs
By Kelli M
@spiderdust (14760)
San Jose, California
January 25, 2023 5:29pm CST
Yesterday I wanted to make something for dinner that wasn't chicken (again) or turkey (which was still frozen) but didn't have a lot on hand. Otto mentioned doing something with hot dogs since I had a decent stash of them in the freezer, but I didn't have any buns, biscuits, or crescent rolls. He mentioned making beanie weenies (is that a copyrighted name? let's just call them beans & franks), but there are 2 kids who still vehemently resist eating beans, and that wasn't a fight I wanted to have yesterday.
What I did have were small flour tortillas. I remembered a few years ago I rolled up hot dogs in tortillas with a slice of cheese and baked them until they were hot (heck, I probably even posted about it on here), and I thought that went over pretty well at the time, but I hadn't done it since. I also wasn't sure if I had enough tortillas to make that work for dinner.
I went with both ideas: I made enough hot dog tortilla roll-ups for one per person, plus I made a casserole dish of beans & franks. At dinnertime, folks could have a single hot dog roll-up as well as all the beans & franks they wanted. I had a lot of shredded cabbage left still from the 5 lb bag of coleslaw mix that I had gotten earlier in the week, so I sauteed some in bacon grease with onions. I also had the ever-present green salad and carrot sticks on the table.
The photo above is of the beans & franks in the casserole dish, plus my plate. How was your dinner last night?
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@DaddyEvil (137634)
• United States
26 Jan 23
Once a year, I make barbecued baked beans and add slices of polish sausages to it before baking it. Pretty won't eat it so I end up with three or four large meals from a batch. YUM! (This is the only way I will eat shelled beans.)
I don't know what I ate last night. My eyes were still sealed shut. Pretty heated up something I cooked from the freezer. I know it was eggs at the base but I'm not sure if it was cabbage with it or something else. I don't pay a lot of attention if I can't see what I'm eating.
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@DaddyEvil (137634)
• United States
26 Jan 23
@spiderdust My eyes were sealed shut two days this time and, nope, nobody knows why they do that.
I crumble bacon into my barbecues baked beans, too. YUM! We don't do anything on Memorial Day or the 4th of July.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
26 Jan 23
Oh, I'm sorry you were dealing with eye issues yesterday. Do you know what triggered it?
I'll make barbecued baked beans around Memorial Day and the 4th of July. Mine usually has bacon on top. 
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
26 Jan 23
@DaddyEvil Those days are more or less excuses for us to do barbecues. I also tend to work on those days because they are double wages days.
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@FourWalls (69025)
• United States
25 Jan 23
It was great last night, as usual. Beanie weenies! I remember them!
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
25 Jan 23
I don't think I had made any in years! Remember the kind in the little can with the pop top?
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@FourWalls (69025)
• United States
26 Jan 23
@spiderdust — by Van Camp!! You bet I remember them!!
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
26 Jan 23
@FourWalls Funnily enough, the brand of beans I used was also Van Camp's, but they were just the regular pork & beans.
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. I like how you arranged the hot dogs on the beans to make it all look fancier.@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
26 Jan 23
It might be cheap eats, but it can still look fancy! 
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@RebeccasFarm (90474)
• Arvada, Colorado
26 Jan 23
My goodness you eat very nice stuff Kelli.
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@RebeccasFarm (90474)
• Arvada, Colorado
26 Jan 23
@spiderdust Yeah but it is real down home cookin, you know? The best
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
26 Jan 23
Aw, shucks. It's just beans and hot dogs and cabbage! 
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@thislittlepennyearns (62929)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
26 Jan 23
I used to do roll up pb and j and then cut them like pinwheels for the kids.
LOL. Tortillas are awesome.
DT had pita bread the other day, and I am kicking myself because I didn't grab any.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
28 Jan 23
I grab them whenever I see them as freebies at work! Once in a while, they have pita there too.
@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
28 Jan 23
@thislittlepennyearns Stuff their favorite sandwich fillings inside one, and I'll bet they'd eat it.
@thislittlepennyearns (62929)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
28 Jan 23
@spiderdust I think brook would eat pita, and maybe Chris. I should get a pack next time I see them and see.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
29 Jan 23
I *might* be roasting a turkey today. I need to check and see if it has thawed enough, otherwise it's going to be Tuesday.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
29 Jan 23
@spiderdust Enjoy your dinner. And have a nice week as well.
@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
28 Jan 23
I was pretty happy with it, and especially happy with the price.
@RasmaSandra (80736)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Jan 23
That looks fantastic, I can imagine how good that tested, A great idea, I often use flour tortillas as opposed to regular bread,
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
25 Jan 23
The tortillas and cheese were free from work, as were the hot dogs I think, so this was a good and cheap meal for us.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
29 Jan 23
It was very good! It also accomplished my goal of using what I had on hand and not running to the store to grab buns.
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