Warning to Lisa--do not read! I am going to try this now that I have become the grill master at my house. Bacon Burger Dogs Ingredients: 1 pound of hamburger 1 pound of thin sliced bacon 8 hot dogs (the real deal, no cheap ones!) 4 slices of cheese (split the slices of cheese in half) 1 egg 16 toothpicks Tin Foil Wrap Combined hamburger, egg and your spices/seasonings to taste and form 8 hamburger patties. Spread out your bacon with every two slices being about 2 " apart. Slice each hot dog from end to end, NOT completely through, maybe half through the thickness of the dog and insert one half slice of the cheese into each dog. Place the dog on one end of the hamburger patty and carefully roll the dog while wrapping it with the patty. Place this carefully at the ends of your bacon, which should be spaced 2 " apart....(2 slices of bacon per burger-dog), carefully roll and wrap the bacon. Secure bacon to each burger-dog with two toothpicks. NOTE: Leave each toothpick exposed on one side or the other in order to remove them after cooking. Wrap your burger-dogs with tin foil and place on grill over medium heat, but do not place directly over flame. Cook for half-hour and then CAREFULLY remove foil from burger-dogs (HOT JUICE-Be Careful!) Place burger dogs back onto grill for browning. Serve with any condiments by itself or on a large Hoagie Roll

wanda, thank you for that post of Marlins, I remember her and her uplifting words well. And thank you for the update on Nita's family. My daughter, who was 'looked after' by Nita and Mike while on a bicycle trip to Arizona a few years ago, asked me yesterday if I had heard anything about Mike and Bobby. Now I can give her an update.

Okay I've decided to make maddielee's recipe with the Morningstar facon. @maddielee - compared to other recipes I've looked at yours seems to have quite a bit of sugar - lots of recipes have no sugar. Just wondering how sweet it tastes - I'm not opposed to sugar but don't want it too sweet. I can taste test before I add all the sugar but wanted to hear your opinion. I usually make potato salad with 3 lbs of small red potatoes - any idea if that's about 8 cups?

Sorry I'm late to the party. I tried a lot of vegetarian "bacons" for BLT's and determined they are just not worth it. I eat real bacon on those. If I was a strict vegetarian I would eat a BLT with avocado and thinly sliced swiss cheese or smoked gouda or smoked provolone instead of the bacon, because there really is no substitute for that in a sandwich. For salads and soups, when I want a bacon flavor and texture I use Bacos fake bacon bits. Another option, is hickory smoked salt. That's good if the flavor seems bland.