Ripper (food)

Ripper
Rippers with onion rings
TypeHot dog
Place of originUnited States
Region or stateNew Jersey
Main ingredientsHot 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.[citation needed]

  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.