There is something about a campfire that makes ordinary hotdogs taste like five star restaurant fare. But don't you think a campfire sets the stage for something just a little a little more exotic in your dog?

Spiders - Ack! Cut two slices down 1/3 of the hotdog in the form of an X. Turn the dog around and do the same on the opposite end. Pierce the hotdog through the middle and grill over the campfire. As the hotdog cooks, the slices will begin to curl back, forming a spider on each end of the hotdog. Fun to eat and tastey too!

How many times have you been camping and realized you squashed your buns! Next time, throw a container of refridgerator rolls in your cooler and you will be ready to go. Open the rolls and form one into a long line by rolling it inbetween your hands. Wrap the end around one tip of the hotdog and pinch it to hold it in place. Then spiral the biscuit up the hotdog, pinching on the last spiral at the other end of the hotdog. Place the hotdog on a stick and cook over an open fire. The biscuit will begin to rise, forming a nice "bun" around your dog.

Your stuffed hotdog is only limited to your imagination. Take a straw and poke it into the tip of the hotdog. Slowly push it all the way through your hotdog. Blow the hotdog out of the straw onto a plate. Take a piece of the end and push it back in one end of the hotdog, like a plug.

Now comes the imagination part! What would you like to stuff your hotdog with? Catsup? Simply squirt some in the hotdog hole and plug the other end up to prevent leakage when cooking. How about canned soft cheese? Chili? Why don't you place a straw through a dill pickle and blow the pickle middle from the straw. Then stuff this pickle piece into your hotdog and cook? Bleu cheese? This is soft and can be pushed into the hole of your hotdog. Cream cheese, pimentos, bacon bits, barbeque sauce, hotsauce... just remember to plug each end - oh, and enjoy!

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