Okay, has anyone else ever had this? My mom always made it while I was growing up, and she always called it a "ranch burger", although it in no way involves burgers. It consists of:

- Bread, toasted or grilled (gluten free in my case obvsly)
- Hot dogs, fried till they have that black stuff on 'em, and then sliced in half along the length
- Mayonnaise and/or ranch dressing
- Lettuce
- Tomato slices, salted and peppered

You slather your bread with the mayo and/or dressing and lay however many hotdog halves you want down with the lettuce and tomato. I want to know where the hell this came from but I cannot find anything about this sandwich on the internet. Predictably, when I google for "ranch burger hot dog" I just find stuff about burgers with ranch dressing... and hot dogs.

Is this just some weird family thing?

I would just like to note that I bought Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan without even realizing that one of the main characters is a crossdressing girl.

Who's a surly, snarky tomboy trying to pass as a boy so she can join the air force.

O-oh my god SCORE.