Ripper (food) explained

Ripper
Country:	United States
Region:	New Jersey
Type:	Hot dog
Main Ingredient:	Hot dog bun, hot dog

Ripper is the slang term for a type of hot dog. The name is derived from a hot dog which is deep fried in oil, which sometimes causes the casing to burst, or "rip".^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

"Rippers" were featured in the Travel Channel special "Deep Fried Paradise"^[5] and served as a major plot point in a first-season episode of the internet serial "Ripster's" which centers on the Pennsylvania tavern of the same name that serves a similar type of hot dog.

See also

• List of hot dogs
• Rutt's Hut

Notes and References

1. Schumer, Fran (May 24, 1998). " Hot Diggity! Dog Diggity! — Restaurants; Two Rippers, P.C., with Relish Mother Made", New York Times. Retrieved October 3, 2007.
2. Olmsted, Larry (February 27, 2013). "Deep-Fried Hot Dogs at N.J.'s Rutt's Hut", USA Today. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
3. Bergstein, Dan (December 12, 2015). "NJ Vocabulary: What Is a Ripper?", Best of NJ. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
4. Gold, Jonathan (August 6, 2008). "Fab the Ripper: Every Hot Dog Has Its Day", LA Weekly. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
5. D'Agenais, Laurel. Deep Fried Paradise' ', "The Travel Channel". Retrieved July 8, 2022.