Everyone knows hot dogs are barfalicious. On one hand, they are super tasty while watching a sporting event. On the other hand, they are literally filled with disgustingness and then shoved in a filthy casing. To top it all off, most of us have even been willing to buy them from street vendors with dirty nails and a sinus infection. Why do we keep eating them? Do we have no shame?
Traditional hot dogs are made with chicken, beef, and pork trimmings {parts not fit for other types of consumption}. Then they are mixed with modified starches, spices, and corn syrup. The result is a gloppy gray/pink goop. Watch the video, see the goop, tell me, will you ever eat another hot dog again? I can’t say I won’t, because forever is a long time, but for today at least, the thought kinda makes me want to gag.
Do you eat hot dogs? If so, do you just try not to think about how they are made?
~Mavis
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Kendra Puzzo says
Great info, My son thought this was gross, but will we never eat another hot dog? Probably yes, just not today.
Delores says
I haven’t eaten hot dogs for a long time. My kids ate hot dogs, then got sick and up they came, and I had to clean them up. I don’t think the hot dogs caused it, it was a virus that lasted a couple of days. I think I have eaten them once since then, when I was pregnant and had to eat something or probably vomit. I will skip the video, I don’t need convincing. 😉
Carolyne Thrasher says
We usually eat Hebrew National beef hotdogs. I also like to eat liverwurst. I know it’s gross, and disgusting but sometimes you just gotta give in. I refuse to eat at McDonalds though.
Cecily says
Yes I do and will continue to eat hot dogs. Only the Hebrew National though. I don’t like the taste/texture of any others.
Lisa says
I ONLY buy Hebrew National hot dogs, which don’t have any by-products or fillers at all. They are 100% beef meat.
Kathy G says
I absolutely love hotdogs. Will not watch this info.Guilty My guilty pleasure. Thurman’s are our hotdogs of choice or Costcos.
Mavis Butterfield says
I love that you won’t watch the video. 🙂 If there was one about candy I wouldn’t watch it either… I love it too much. 🙂
Holly Sieger says
“Meat batter” is what got me. Eww!
Mavis Butterfield says
I know right? Total barf!
darlene says
Urp, me too! Double Ewwwwwwww!!!!!!!!
The Smallest Acre says
Have you thought of trying to make your own? There’s a Kitchenaid attachment for that. I’m thinking of making mine with ground chicken and pork.
Tammy says
Just seeing the preview snapshot of the video is enough to have my stomach turned.
I buy hot dogs made by Applegate. I don’t know how these would compare to regular hot dogs. They at least are made with real ingredients I can pronounce.
Robin in SoCal says
I’ve eaten them but feel bad about it every time and complain loudly to anyone who is within earshot that I know I am eating bad stuff. Since my family insists on them in the summer I buy Applegate or Hebrew National (They answer to a higher authority!)
I looked up Applegate and guess I could make a worse choice. http://www.applegate.com/products/natural-beef-and-pork-hot-dog
P.S. not watching the video
Diana says
I can’t resist a chili-dog at a ball game. But aside from that weakness, I don’t touch hot dogs. It’s not so much how they are made (couldn’t bring myself to watch the vid), but they have too many calories for such a pitiful amount of food value. I’m intrigued by the Smallest Acre’s notion of making my own, though. Would love to read more about that…
Tisha says
I purchase mine from a local meat store where they make them on the premises. They are delicious but not a frequent occurence at our house.
Cheryl says
Nope, don’t eat hot dogs…. However I used to go to 7-11 and put mustard on the bun and then drown the bun in chili, I just never cared for the taste of hot dogs. Apparently I’ve always been just a bit different to mess up everything, they never could figure out what to charge me.
Monique S says
we ONLY buy Hemplers sausages. They’re a lot like the delish ones you used to be able to get at FrankFurter downtown at the center house at Seattle Center before the last renovation, or down on Green Lake or the pier….but for a lot less. Made locally in Ferndale WA and they have all sorts of pork products (ham, bacon, blackforrest hams for lunch meats, etc) and sold at specialty markets and also at stores like Haggen, so I assume Top or Food Pavillion should carry them too. Well worth paying a little extra, they’re the only ones we will eat. Approx $5-6 for a pack of $5 franks….and oh so good. We usually steam them so they’re plump and then grill to taste with Franz rolls! DELIGHTFULL!
Kristina Z says
I always ate hot dogs from the street vendors in New Orleans when I lived down there in the 90s and found them delicious (though the natives were puzzled by this bizarre behavior). Then I read “A Confederacy of Dunces” and wasn’t so sure (I recommend this book, if you can stand a sort of distasteful protagonist). Maybe it was the cat living the bun warmer. Still fond of the odd dog or two, though I’m partial to nicer ones made like authentic sausages. Don’t think I’ll watch the video.
Patty P says
We buy our hot dogs from our local butcher. The man who makes the hotdogs is a family friend, and I know he wouldn’t lie to me about what goes in there. 😉 Of course I do pay a pretty penny for them too…but they are not a common occurrence either. Quality hot dogs, yes….cheapo hot dogs….no way!
Challice says
I finally got tired of all the teasing I would get from shying away from hotdogs cause I would get sick so finally at a party I said I would eat one, which of course brought up how they proved me right yada yada yada. Well, yeah, I didn’t get sick right away… but lets just say, before the evening was over, they were convinced.
I have never done hotdogs since. Bologna is another one. I think they really are the same stuff, one is just in a more hamburger style.
Adrian says
You don’t like food waste, right? Sausage has long been way to use up the less desirable cuts of meat, so more of the animal is used for consumption. Hot dogs are a little extra gross, it’s true, but I will still eat them from time to time. One of my favorite sausages is Mexican chorizo. One day I read the package and learned that it is made primarily with lymph nodes, salivary glands, and cheek fat. I try not to think about that, but if I can’t help it, I buy a soy variety.
honeychile says
It’s a Linda Ronstadt sing-along! “You’re no good! You’re no good! You’re no good, Baby you’re no good… I’m gonna say it again…” But having said that, I converted to turkey franks years ago, loving the less-greasy taste, fewer calories, and more protein. I save my flings with the ever-tempting “little red hotdogs” for the annual Fair.
andrea d says
I personally haven’t eaten hotdogs since I was probably about 10. As kids, my sibs and I would eat them cold- uncooked. I know that’s taboo now, but I thought they were better that way. And I could put away quite a few. Until the time I ate too many and got sick. Haven’t eaten them since. Well sort of. In the summer we do hams and hots almost every weekend. And I have tried a bite of the kids leftover just to see. But I prefer a good hamburger. There is something about being at a baseball game though, the smell is yummy- just not yummy enough to eat. And I do (mostly) buy from a local farm nitrate and nitrite free.
laura says
only vege dogs for this girl!!
Kristina says
I think I used up all my hot dog eating when I was a kid because they are just not appealing to me anymore. Though I may go to a local place once a year to get a Chili Cheddar Dog on a toasted bun.
I do love a good brat or keilbasa made from the pig we get from our butcher. 🙂 I am sure there is too much fat in them but boy are they delish.
Ann says
When we go out for hot dogs, I try not to wonder what mystery parts I’m eating. For home I have been buying organic hot dogs, they taste good, I hope they are made with better cuts of meat! Hot dogs mean Summer !
James Rancourt says
Hi Mavis 😀
Personally, I love hotdogs. Yes, most are made with things that folks consider YUK!!, However, I was born in the 40’s, a child of the 50’s, a teen of the 60’s and an adult (I use that term loosely because there are many who question if I ever grew up. LOL), and throughout all these past decades the hotdog has always had a special place in my heart. You see, when I grew up (my formative years) they were THE GO TO for folks on a limited budget…think hotdog soup, hotdogs and spaghetti, hotdog stew, etc. But, all that aside, they just plain taste good…well most do except for the generic crap (el cheapo store brands) and Oscar Meyer ones. As I have gotten older (now 67) I have tended to weed through the riff-raff and have settled on 2 brands that I buy…John Morrell Natural casing beef franks, and Hebrew National beef franks (hey, what can you say…they have to report to a higher authority…:-D ) The biggest problem I have with the others is that they, FDA Approved, scrape all the meat off the bone taking bone grit with it, along with pumping it full of fillers and unnecessary junk…ever notice the slightly sickeningly sweet taste you get from a cheap hotdog vs. the clean taste you get from a quality one? If not, you’ve been eating the wrong hotdogs. 🙂
So, Mavis, in answer to your question…yes I eat hot dogs, but have become selective as to which ones they are based on overall flavor, contents and quality. PS…a good old 80/20 cheeseburger on a toasted bun works good, too. 😀
Dena H says
I just can’t give up the hot dog! I lived in the Detroit area for 20 years and in Detroit we eat Coney dogs!!!! They are so awesome! It’s a hotdog in a bun covered in a bean less chili like sauce, some put onions and mustard on it as well. I will only eat locally made hot dogs. I am really picky about the brand. I don’t think local ones are nearly as gross as the cheapies!
Eddie C. Jordan says
I like to make my own hot dogs, that way I know what is in them. With a cookout there is nothing better than a hot dog with your burgers. If I do buy hot dogs I BUY John Morrell .