Fat Frank's Frankenstein Hot Dog

I did an online jigsaw puzzle of hot dogs.  



I probably would not normally do a jigsaw puzzle of hot dogs but these were an exception.   The center hot dog brought back pleasant memories of when I worked at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona.

 

Across the street from the side of the hospital was a shopping center called Park Central.   The hospital is circled in green and Park Central shopping mall is circled in yellow.

 

Normally I would eat my lunch in the hospital cafeteria, but sometimes I would go across the street and have a hot dog at Fat Frank's hot dog stand.   He had a tremendous variety of hot dogs from relish to cheese to chili to......   But one really stood out to me.   It was called the Frankenstein.  What a name.   It was a foot long hot dog with toppings like the hot dog in the middle.   I think that the ketchup was suppose to represent like blood.   I thought that the hot dog was quite novel.   Yes, I did try one.

 

I did a search on the internet to see if Fat Frank's hot dog shoppe was still in Phoenix.   I got lots and lots of returns for Fat Frank's but none in Phoenix.   I did see one with a phone area code for Illinois with a gourmet hot dog with all kinds of stuff on it.    I guess that mustard dogs are passé. At least it has the name Fat Frank's.

Fat Frank's did such a good business that I am a little surprised that the hot dog stand may not still be open.   Well, at least I couldn't find it on the internet.   Working at St. Joseph's Hospital was one of those jobs where everyone was nice.   A lot of fond memories.   Plus there were great hot dogs across the street.  Have a great day wherever you may be and hopefully there is a hot dog shop near you with a "Frankenstein" hot dog.    Lew

https://thejigsawpuzzles.com/Food-and-Bakery/All-Beef-Dogs-jigsaw-puzzle?cutout=50classic

 

 

 

 

Little Sisters of the Poor

Back in the late 60's and early 70's I lived in Phoenix, Arizona and worked at St. Joseph's Hospital in their x-ray department.



St. Joseph's Hospital is operated by the Sisters of Mercy nuns.   The nuns were very nice.   The only nun that I can remember right  off-hand was Sister Mary Ralph who was in charge of the Emergency Department.   All the nuns wore "habits" that look like the one below.   The picture below is not of Sister Mary Ralph.

I think that it was more practical than the older bulky "habits".

While I worked at the hospital I also did volunteer work for the Little Sisters of the Poor.  

They operated what I would call a nursing home in Phoenix.   It was located just south of St. Joseph's Hospital.   The nursing home was excellent.   I remember that their "habits" were a bit more bulkier than the Sisters of Mercy.

The nuns were absolutely super nice.   They had really kind hearts. 

I was an x-ray technician and when they needed me they would call me at the Radiology Department of St. Joseph Hospital.   They would call me when a patient may have gotten injured, say falling down.   They had an x-ray machine and developing dark room right there at the nursing home.   I would leave the hospital (I had been given permission by the supervisor), drive to the nursing home, take the x-ray, drive back to the hospital , and have one of our hospital radiologists examine the x-ray to see if there was anything wrong.   Then the radiologist would write a handwritten report.   I would take the report and the x-ray back to the nursing home and give it to the nuns.   Fortunately, all of the patients that I x-rayed at the Little Sisters of the Poor nursing home were okay.   I really enjoyed doing the volunteer work at the nuns nursing home.    I just had the feeling that by helping the nuns I may have been doing a little bit of God's work.   Of course, the nuns were doing a whole lot of God's work.   Working with the nuns both at St. Joseph's Hospital and Little Sisters of the Poor made me feel good about myself.   I considered that it was an honor and a privilege.    I worked at St. Joseph's Hospital for 10 years and enjoyed every minute.