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June 18th, 2009 Jessica Hagy Posted in consumption |


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13 Responses to “Hot dogs!”

  1. Nathan D. Says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 12:15 pm

    mmmmm… I love mystery meat

  2. Chaz Says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    Spam: The Other White “Meat”™.

  3. Aaron Says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    Who doesn’t like a good joint-dog?

  4. Bet Says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    This is true. Trust me, I know what goes in mock chicken and bologna.

  5. Geoff Says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    Isn’t this backwards? Shouldn’t parts of animal used rise with cost of meat?

  6. Elle Says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 2:02 pm

    @Geoff

    No, it’s correct. After all, a hot dog is considerably cheaper when compared to prime sirloin.

    I think your idea is valid if you consider turducken though.

  7. Geoff Says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    @Elle

    I guess i was looking at it from an economic point of view. When meat (in general) costs more then people “get creative” with what they use.

    On a cost-cutting at the factory point of view i see the point of the graph now. :)

  8. Jack Vermicelli Says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 10:01 pm

    If the x axis were labeled something like quality of parts of animal used, or desirability of parts of animal used, I’d agree. As it’s written however, it seems completely backward. If meat prices are high, doesn’t that encourage creativity with more… *exotic* parts?

  9. Rafi Says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 11:17 pm

    No, it’s saying the more parts of the animal used, the lower the price of the end product becomes.

  10. mike Says:
    June 19th, 2009 at 2:11 pm

    Im still not sure what goes into a hot dog. I rather have my turkey on Thanksgiving though.

  11. Spatzi Says:
    June 21st, 2009 at 4:36 pm

    So true.

    And yet it makes me want to throw-up a little.

  12. Tryannophobe Says:
    June 21st, 2009 at 11:40 pm

    i’m fine with my mystery-meat hotdogs, because (1) they taste delish, and (2) they mean lss of the animal is wasted.

  13. Carnivole Says:
    June 22nd, 2009 at 9:25 am

    Tyr, I recommend you read about mechanical meat recovery in the US (that they don’t waste a bit is absolutely true).

    Once you have absorbed these facts, calculate the percentage of your burger/sausage that is faecal matter. Enoy.

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