7 Billion!
That is the number of hot dogs that are expected be senselessly consumed between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
Sure, they are one of America’s hottest icons (insert Apple Pie and Baseball here) but at what price to the overall food consumption “circle of life?”
Do hot dogs not have feelings too? Are they not consumed at such an alarming rate that it jeopardizes the stability of the worldwide mustard or sauerkraut trade?
Why do hot dog buns come in packs of twelve while hot dogs come in packs of ten? *Sure it bothers some of us, but of the 50,000 consumer letters Oscar Mayer gets each year, only about 15 ever mention this as a concern.
I think Bratwurst run a close second in overall “dog like” consumption – but only if the Green Bay Packers are playing that weekend.
The ACLU and like organizations need to address these hot dog injustices before it gets out of control – Fourth of July is just around the corner!
Oh yea…Happy Memorial Day!
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I actually prefer the extra buns. You know there are always at least a couple of buns in each bag that it seems never really got sliced in the factory. Then you spend 2 minutes that you could have been munching trying to break into this bun. End result. It’s mangled and falling into peices, thereby, ruining your memorial day hot dog eating experience. Thank goodness for the 12 pack.
I agree, the extra buns come in handy if for nothing else but throw them at family members.
Being from Wisconsin (Oshkosh, not Green Bay) I’d have to say I’d eat a brat over a hot dog any day. FYI, McDonald’s in Wisconsin actually had McBrats as a promotion for a while.
From Wisconsin myself (Milwaukee). Didn’t leave the state for many years – mostly because I didn’t know we were allowed to!
I actually had McBrats. Not great (I think it is because they did not soak them in beer first).
On teh subject of McBrats…I havent ever had them. The furthest in WI I ever got was to the Lacrosse area when I was performing duties at Ft. McCoy, but I digress..
Any funky promotional sandwich by fastfood joints is the food equivalent of blasphemy. Hardees tries the philly cheesteak burger….as the Midwest’s Official Philly Tester, I was appalled by this nasty invention. Then there was some kind of rib burger or primerib burger….I almost got sick….the thought of fast food joints actually serving a good brat, is like holding oktoberfest in march…it just aint right and it just aint happening!
Mike, you HAVE to like the McRib…#1 on my guilty pleasures list!
The McRib is fine….its these other creations some places make where they try to make it seem like its the real thing
You mean the McSteak, McOstrich, and McPrimeRibSandwhich may be fake?! Crud, now I will never be able to eat there again…next stop…Taco Bell!
Do all you hot dog loving men have ANY idea what is in there? All the pieces and parts they scrape off the floor. I was raised on a farm….I know these things. Just say NO to ANY unrecognizable meat that must be reshaped or encased.
I worked for a short while in a turkey processing plant…..I’ve been on the floor, and I’ve been outside where we load the huge vats of “waste” (hotdog/bologna) material into a truck…yes I know very good and well whats in there….but mmm. mmmmmm. TASTY!!
What about hamburgers?