Posted on 08/14/2006 3:32:06 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Bottoms up and Bon Appetite!
Oh, I love that one! My Basset Hound wants one that makes him look like a Bratwurst. ;)
How many do we have to eat in order for all this to occur?
Why aren't they in the headline, then?
Hey, if we don't mutate, how will we ever get to the point (as a species) where we don't like hotdogs? Sounds like this isn't that much of a problem.
I sure don't relish the prospects of dying over some rat parts and hot pink fat.
"...If sodium nitrite is so dangerous, why do food producers continue using it? The chemical is added primarily as a color fixer that turns meats a reddish, fresh-looking color that appeals to consumers. Packaged meats like hot dogs would normally appear a putrid gray, but with enough sodium nitrite added, the meats can seem visually fresh even if they've been on the shelves for months..."
http://www.newstarget.com/007133.html
And then you eat it and the sodium nitrate 'pickles' your digestive system - no thanks!
I'll take my mutation the good old fashioned way thanks - radiation works best!
deep-fried pork hot dog ping
What's blooming from China's budding space program? Bigger flowers and supersize veggies: For more than a decade, the Asian nation has made use of Earth's upper atmosphere (thick layer of surrounding gas)--up to 402 kilometers (250 miles) high--for seed-breeding research. A variety of seeds, including corn and water-melon, have traveled in space for up to two weeks in recoverable satellites and high-altitude balloons.
How did space affect the seeds? Evidently, the high radiation (strong invisible energy waves) of space mutated, or genetically modified, the seeds' DNA--hereditary material stored in their cells, reports China's Xinhua News Agency.
These mutations may explain why peony flowers grown from "space seeds" are larger and more colorful than normal; the mutations may also explain jumbo, half-pound bell peppers and a new breed of fast-growing rice...
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1590/is_11_59/ai_98541295
So, I gather, it's the atmosphere that's stopping us from becoming a race of giants hmmm?
Ironically, these researchers derived their data from long-term feeding hot dogs (or "hots", if you're from upstate NY; or "hawht dahwgs" if you're from Boston) to rats.
oh boy, I'm in big trouble.
If you need to be wormed after eating a delicious hot dog, chase it with 4 tablespoons rounded of dryed Fresno chili peppers.
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