You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.

About six months ago, I was scrolling through my newsfeed, and my eye landed on a

mashable story in which they ranked 11 hot dog brands from worst to best.

What really shocked me is that my favorite brand, that's Hebrew National, you know, the one

I've been eating since I was a kid.

It was ranked as the second worst of the bunch.

Of course, no one wants to admit that they have really bad taste, so I started looking around

some more, and I ended up on the Delish website, and their editors ranked 28 different

brands.

This time, however, Hebrew National nearly reached the summit.

It landed in second place right behind Applegate's beef hot dogs, which I have to confess

I've never ever tried. I don't know if I ever heard of it.

And there I was. You know, one set of testers hated my Hebrew Nationals and another love

them.

So I decided to check out the gold standard of product testing, consumer reports.

Anyway, their verdict placed Hebrew National again as the runner-up just behind Nathan's famous.

They wrote, quote,

The Hebrew National, B. Frank, is so good that it's almost unfair to classify it as second best. It is in many ways as good as Nathan's hot dog, unquote.

So what does this all mean? Absolutely nothing. Everyone, of course, has a different sense

of taste, and I'm just going to keep going on eating my Hebrew Nationals.

But if you prefer a different brand, that's assuming you even eat hot dogs, just go right ahead. It's fine with me.

Well, today I have a true holiday story about a man whose generosity came wrapped in steam and a bun.

...