I prefer Autocrat but hey, that is just one person's taste..... BTW, the stuff can have a most impressive effect on the gastrointestinal system. Beyond anything you can imagine. My kids used to plead with me not to drink the stuff.....
The packaged Dels is not bad, and in fact is <real> Dels and tastes like it. What is different is the 'body' of the material; the stuff made in the drums is different in consistency than anything you can get from, say, ice pushed through a blender. Now of course it is not a huge difference, and in fact a lot, maybe even most, Dels retail outlets sell the 'blender ice, kinda' fakey' version because the S.S. drum machines are expensive and have to make a lot to be economical.
If you want to go whole- hog, you can also buy 'hot wiener' spices in a package. Mixed with ground beef, it too is like the real thing. The wiener meat might be tough to come by though and it just is not the same with a hot dog buried under there. And just 'cause I am thinking about it, the whole experience includes watching the weiner meister (yeah, that's the ticket) make them; they put the buns in- line up their arm, stick a weiner in each roll, put the mustard on with a wooden dowel, then put the meat sauce, onions and lots and lots of celery salt on them. Then wrap them 2 or 3 at a time in this tough tissue paper. The grease is leaking out of the paper before they are even down. Neat to watch a guy making 20, 22 at a time that way :-) And then they get stuffed into a brown paper bag, which is also now leaking grease before the bag is full. Yum. And of course, I assume the entire 'New York System' chain (that is located in RI- go figure) is underwritten by the council of cardiac surgeons. And after eating even one, you cannot be in the same room with other humans for the next 2 or 3 days- something about 'bad breath' or other.
Good eatin'!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKcU3LrMo24 At about 2:00, they make the weiners. Olneyville NYS (pronounced "O- knee- ville"), been there a few times. Open very late, draws a savory crowd
but nothing beyond one pistol seems to be needed.
Brian
Thanks, I think I'll try some from Amazon. Hmm... they sell Eclipse too. Same company but still two different formulas brews?
They sell the Del's lemonade too, I wonder how it compares to the street sold stuff? ..OH wait..
I guess you already answered that.