Ballpark Fare

by oconnobe on Jan 24, 2008 6:27 PM CST

As we wait for some meaningful Brewer news and notes, I find myself longing for my first trip to Miller Park of 2008. For those of us that have been to Miller Park, are there any opinions out there on the tastiest concession options?

As for me, I vote for a loaded nachos and a cold Leinie's. My wife likes searching for the bakery cart and the caramel apples dipped in chocolate candy!

Poll

If I could have only one food item at Miller Park, it would be ...

one of the other racing sausages

11 votes

loaded nachos

6 votes

pretzel and cheese dip

2 votes

burger

0 votes

other food item

4 votes

no food ... only beer

11 votes

hot dog with stadium sauce

19 votes

brat

21 votes

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my favorite treats

are dippin dots and sugar roasted cashews...i hadnt thought about those in a while and now i have yet another reason to want baseball season to arrive

by marty22 on Jan 24, 2008 7:03 PM CST 0 recs

I like the roasted cashews

If you want Dippin' Dots, though, you can spend $200 to get enough sent to your home that you will never want them again. :)

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by TheJay on Jan 24, 2008 7:41 PM CST up 0 recs

That's Amazing!

by newguy on Jan 25, 2008 1:50 PM CST up 0 recs

man do I miss those cashews

I want a brat right now

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by hyattff2003 on Jan 24, 2008 7:53 PM CST up 0 recs

Polish sausage w/ Stadium Sauce

hands down.

I have Stadium sauce in the fridge at all times.

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by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jan 24, 2008 7:45 PM CST 0 recs

The sauce is gross

but I'm with you on the Polish. That's good stuff, aina?

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Jan 24, 2008 8:03 PM CST up 0 recs

The sauce is gross?!

I banish you from Miller Park!

(I voted hotdog with stadium sauce, but its also hard to beat a good Wisconsin brat)

2008: The Year of #8

by stevie ray Braun on Jan 24, 2008 8:09 PM CST up 0 recs

Stadium sauce is the greatest condiment ever

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by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jan 24, 2008 8:59 PM CST up 0 recs

Secret stadium sauce

You know what the secret ingredient is? It's everything the FDA won't allow them to put into hot dogs.

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Jan 24, 2008 9:53 PM CST up 0 recs

That may or may not be...

But its fuckin' delicious.

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by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jan 24, 2008 10:00 PM CST up 0 recs

I hear you

[Stadium sauce] is people!

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by TheJay on Jan 24, 2008 10:55 PM CST up 0 recs

I guess I'm a cannibal

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by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jan 24, 2008 11:01 PM CST up 0 recs

When stadium sauce is outlawed

only outlaws will have stadium sauce.

2008: The Year of #8

by stevie ray Braun on Jan 24, 2008 11:28 PM CST up 0 recs

I agree...

That it is hard to beat a good Wisconsin brat, but that is why you should avoid the Miller Park brats. They aren't good. I don't know what Klement's puts in them, but they taste like warmed-over hot dogs with extra pepper. Ugh.

Of course, I have the same general opinion about most all of the "pre-cooked" brats, so it's probably not just Klement's.

"It's called 'playing the percentages.'" --C. M. Burns

by hilbelink on Jan 25, 2008 7:05 AM CST up 0 recs

i knew you were crazy!

this is proof.

i miss the days when you could get a secret stadium sauce DIP. they dont do that anymore. what is this world coming to?

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by Jamie in LA on Jan 25, 2008 1:30 PM CST up 0 recs

You can still get a dip you dip ;)

I get my hot dogs dipped at Miller Park all the time Jamie

They usually keep a container of SSS right on the grill to keep it warm. Sometimes you have to explain the process to who ever is working the stand (a lot are volunteers) but I have never had a problem getting dipped ;)

Here is the thing you should all be nervous about do not eat a brat hot dog etc until the 2nd inning they reheat the left overs from the day/night before and it usually takes till the first inning to get fresh stuff. I used to work in one of the stands so I know what I speak of.

Its all about the Bullpen this season that is the key.

by WSB Chris on Jan 28, 2008 5:52 PM CST up 0 recs

i like the candy apples but...

...by the far the best food item is the cheesy fries in a helmet. plus, you get to keep the helmet!!

by Big In 2015 on Jan 25, 2008 9:10 AM CST 0 recs

painful admission

I agree with Lance, the brats at Miller Park are a sad dissapointment. The stadium sauce is solid, but the brat itself is not that good. The best sausage at Miller Park, hands down, is the Chorizo wrapped in a tortilla. Do not let them serve it to you in a bun as they sometimes try to do. This is lunacy.

However (and believe me when I tell you how painful this is to admit), I would like to go n the record with the following.....

The polish sausage at Wrigley Field is far superior to any of the racing sausages #1 - 4 at Miller Park. (Jury's still out on how it compares to the Chorizo) As far as the polish is concerned, the sausage itself may actaully be better at Miller Park (maybe), but they serve it on cheap, thin hot dog buns with out any condiments except for the ones you serve yourself out of the poorly-maintained containers. Wrigley sevres theirs on a far superior bun with grilled peppers. It's quite delicious and almost makes you forget the fact your surrounded by insufferable cubs fans.

by SunglassesAtNight on Jan 25, 2008 10:09 AM CST 0 recs

Get Out

I will not accept this pro cubs speech!!!!

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by grobbins on Jan 25, 2008 12:01 PM CST up 0 recs

This is how the Cubs win

they can't beat us on the field, so they divide and conquer with, for want of a better word, meat.

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Jan 25, 2008 12:27 PM CST up 0 recs

Thanks for the tip..

I will have to try the Chorizo.

And great point about the buns--hot dog buns are wholly inadequate for any substantial sausage, even if they are the best-tasting hot dog buns on the planet. The bun haplessly falls apart halfway through eating the thing. You need a firm roll, such as the classic Sheboygan hard roll, especially in a plate-free lap-top environment such as a stadium.

Going forward, if I eat a brat at the stadium, it is because I (or a buddy) cooked it myself in the parking lot.

"It's called 'playing the percentages.'" --C. M. Burns

by hilbelink on Jan 25, 2008 12:04 PM CST up 0 recs

Condiments

I am still, to this day, outraged at the onions at the park! Back in the County Stadium days (and possibly the early days in Miller Park), the onions used to be finely minced. Now, they are in big, fat slices. How am I supposed to put these huge slices of onion on this thoroughly unqualified bun? By the time the dog+bun+wrapper sits in that steamer under the cash register for a few minutes, the bun is practically plastered to the sausage making condiment application nearly impossible, save for the liquid sauces (mmm... stadium sauce) that can be spread over the top of the hot dog/bun structure.

That said, I'm good for two dogs with the works at every game.

Speaking of stadium sauce, does anyone else think the stuff you buy at the store is a far cry from the real deal? I can hardly tell it's not ketchup when I have it at home.

by newguy on Jan 25, 2008 12:54 PM CST 0 recs

I think its good.

For best results, you have to simmer it with some beer mixed in.

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by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jan 25, 2008 1:11 PM CST up 0 recs

I'll agree with that.

by newguy on Jan 25, 2008 1:48 PM CST up 0 recs

i totallly agree...

the stadium sauce does taste different at home; and really not even close... so i dont think its just the atmosphere or whatever...

I play softball.

by Jamie in LA on Jan 25, 2008 2:11 PM CST up 0 recs

all this has inspired me

I'm eating vienna beef hotdogs with Stadium Sauce right now.

Lordz Of Vengeance....Sometimes I drink...Okay...I drink most of the time.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jan 25, 2008 7:43 PM CST 0 recs

a special kind of hell

try going to the ballpark as a vegetarian. thank god for beer.

/4 years & 23 baseball games later...

all you got's some shiner bock and three or four chords

by somethingvague on Jan 26, 2008 8:20 AM CST 0 recs

So

its pretzels & nuts for you, huh?

Lordz Of Vengeance....Sometimes I drink...Okay...I drink most of the time.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jan 26, 2008 7:38 PM CST up 0 recs

yep

peanuts and miller lite.

or, at timberwolves games, summit india pale.

gotta love the nba.

all you got's some shiner bock and three or four chords

by somethingvague on Jan 26, 2008 9:03 PM CST up 0 recs

Damn

I'm sad this thread died.

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by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jan 27, 2008 6:37 PM CST 0 recs

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