Carrot hot dogs

I have to say I didn't have a lot of confidence that this would work. I had read about a place in LA that makes carrot hot dogs, and I found a few recipes on the web, like this one. I cooked the carrots, then marinated them for a day in a mixture of vinegar, soy sauce, water, sesame oil, garlic, mustard, paprika, pepper, coriander, nutmeg, cardamom and homemade celery salt, and then the next day cooked them on a hot pan.

And the verdict? It was simultaneously like eating a hot dog and a carrot. When I tasted one of the carrots by itself, it definitely was hot dog-esque, but in the context of the strong-flavoured condiments the carrot flavour was hard to miss. Overall, I can believe that some people have perfected this (insofar as one can perfect the carrot as hot dog). I think I didn't quite cook the carrots soft enough, and I bet the marinade could be improved. Anyway, even though they were okay, I think next time I have a hot dog craving, I'll be buying soy dogs from the supermarket.