Posted on 07/03/2006 7:37:42 AM PDT by Cavalcabo
The Fourth of July is almost here and we all know what that means: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals hopes to gross us out about hot dogs.
July is National Hot Dog month, you see, a glorious month when the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council tells us about the history of the dog, shares new recipes and explains why Americans will chomp down 150 million dogs during the July 4 break alone.
That's why the folks at PETA want to gross us out about dogs.
"Every third-grade boy knows what nasty things lurk in hot dogs, from ears to eyelids," writes Paula Moore on PETA's Web site. "A U.S. Department of Agriculture official confirmed that hot dogs contain skeletal muscles, along with parts of pork stomach, snout, intestines, spleens, edible fat, and, yes, lips."
That sounds like a Harry Potter recipe. It also sounds mighty tasty, so long as it's ground up, stuffed into a sausage casing, grilled to perfection, smattered with mustard and washed down with an ice-cold beer.
Ms. Moore next focuses on a Wall Street Journal investigation that details hot dog complaints consumers sent to the federal government.
"They found several unsavory surprises, including a three-inch rubber band, something described as a greenish blue glob, pieces of glass, and even screws and other metal objects."
Hey, Paula, that may be true, but I'll bet a CAT scan of Howard Dean's brain would locate the same items, and I don't hear PETA complaining about that.
Ms. Moore then tries to frighten us about additional risks of eating hot dogs: that dogs are frequently contaminated by listeria, a deadly bacteria that can cause everything from flu-like symptoms to death to the desire to watch Fear Factor reruns.
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I like my Rocky Mountain Spotted Owl Dogs better.
To Hell with the PETAphiles!
Which is why four out of five grown-ups recommend also using an antibacterial agent:
mmmmmm HOT DOGS!!!
Just DAMN! pic didn't come out. it was a puppy in a hot dog bun...
I love hotdogs but..When i was a kid i remember being told that mobsters would "dispose" of bodies in hotdog factories.Simply chop em up and make em into hotdogs.I realize it's most likely BS,but whenever i eat a hotdog i always wonder........
Mmmm... Beer...
Nathans are the best hotdog but they can be a bit garlicky if you eat 6 or 7.
Any other favorites or suggestions.
Maple Leaf are pretty good also. Pearl from Maine are good but a bit greasy.
p>I REALLY want to piss PETA off - Yummy! :-)
yep! that's the one!:-)
delicious!
used to dig rossler's, but they closed down a couple fo yearsback. right now I just buy the cheapest all-beef ones.
Three cheers for Hebrew Nationals all-beef franks.
The rat parts are the best part of a hot dog.
I have eaten hot dogs cold for many years and never suffered listeriosis. Hmmph. Maybe it's the Jim Beam in the evenings....?
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