You can add about a handful Sauerkraut to the soup instead of the dill pickles or silverskin onions
In a large pot filled to about one third with cold water (you can add a little more if you need to adjust) drop your meat, bring to boil and skim all the grey foam off. Then add the whole unpeeled onion and garlic, carrots and cellery, simmer for at least an hour.
Remove the vegetable and bones and discard, remove meat and cut up and put straight back into stock. Now add hot dogs.
In a pan brown the chopped onion and add tomato puree, mix and cook for a few minutes then add tomatoes, heat through..Add olives, pickles or a handful of sauerkraut and the onion /tomato mix to soup and simmer for 15 - 20 minutes, season with salt, pepper and dill
