# Just What is so Disgusting about Hot Dogs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [November 27, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781 "2023-11-27T18:40:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781/121 "2023-12-02T01:40:46Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > for all I know Mexican hot dogs are why I don’t see a lot of pigeons in the Zocalo Not related to hotdogs but that name. Any Babylon 5 fans here? The main market area was called the Zocalo. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781/122 "2023-12-03T01:28:00Z")
Londo or Vir, I forget, mentioned it was named after a market place “on a southern continent on Earth.” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781/123 "2023-12-03T17:04:00Z")
Which means Earth is upside down to the orientation of the rest of the galaxy, apparently. And the word basically means “plinth.” Which sounds like something you would serve with breen. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781/124 "2023-12-03T17:12:36Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Which means Earth is upside down to the orientation of the rest of the galaxy, apparently. Yes, but the galaxy is upside down to the orientation of the rest of the Universe, so it all balances out. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781/125 "2023-12-03T17:15:54Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Which means Earth is upside down to the orientation of the rest of the galaxy, apparently. Well, this is the same pair that came up with, “I feel like I am being nibbled to death by . . . what is that earth-creature? Webbed feet, goes ‘quack.’” “Cats.” “I am being nibbled to death by cats.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781/126 "2023-12-04T07:00:03Z")
I made Swedish meatballs at a dinner once, also bagna cauda, and other foods mention on the show. And what were the fruits the commander liked? ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781/127 "2023-12-14T17:12:37Z")
I looked up the ingredients in a British Hot Dog: **Pork** (85%), **Water** , **Rusk** **Wheat Flour** , **Iron** , **Niacin** , **Thiamin** , **Salt** , **Ammonium Bicarbonate** ), **Potato Starch** , **Spices** , **Stabiliser** (Pentasodium Triphosphate), **Onion Powder** , **Garlic Powder** , **Citric Acid** , **Sodium Nitrite** , **Annatto, Caramelised Sugar**. Filled into Beef Protein Sausage Casings. 85% pork sounds okay, but it will be mechanically recovered meat, not nice succulent pork muscle meat. Looks yummy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781/128 "2023-12-14T20:55:25Z")
It’s funny, while we may slam the more overly-processed sausage-onna-bun options, given the work to make them from scratch, they’re amazing value for money. Granted that most of us have the discretionary cash to afford and buy better versions, they’re still a decent source of animal protein. Given current food prices, being able to get a one pound package of Bar-S hot dogs for $1.69 is certainly a blessing for anyone on an extremely limited budget. And that’s even given the fact that the 4-5 times I made (amazing, granted!) sausages from scratch I used a grinder attachment for my stand mixer, store bought pork shoulder (+ fatback), used a sausage stuffer attachment, and collagen casings - plenty of cheats, it was still a seemingly endless task (especially keeping it all cold enough) and that’s leaving out the cleanup! I respect my ancestors (okay, -my- ancestors were observant Jews, unlike myself, so they weren’t making pork sausages, but I digress) for their creativity, work in making such things, but glad I have other options. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781/129 "2023-12-14T21:02:39Z")
Yeah–I made elk bratwurst from an animal I shot… once. That’s a lot of damn work. I gained a lot of respect for butchers–I butchered 2 of my elk and it was just too damn hard. Plenty happy to pay a processor for that service! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781/130 "2023-12-14T21:03:20Z")
You have to admit that [the filler looks gross when it’s spilled from a truck collision.](https://nbcmontana.com/news/offbeat/faulty-brakes-cause-truck-to-spill-15000-pounds-of-hot-dog-filler-all-over-road-pennsylvania-rostraver-central-fire-department-goop-slime-crash-overturn-emergency-responders-tractor-trailer-highway) But then I guess most things would. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781/131 "2023-12-14T21:10:16Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > **Pork** (85%), **Water** , **Rusk** **Wheat Flour** , **Iron** , **Niacin** , **Thiamin** , **Salt** , **Ammonium Bicarbonate** ), **Potato Starch** , I think there is a paren missing but, in any case, I’ve never heard of an American hot dog/frank with flour. Maybe some textured soy protein or similar. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781/132 "2023-12-15T12:45:48Z")
I think the flour is in the rusk. Just a cheap bulking ingredient, but gluten is a problem for some people. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781/133 "2023-12-15T13:46:34Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I am happy to eat organ meats, and while i like the tentacles more than the rings in a dish of calamari, the idea that you can make pork anuses palatable by cleaning, slicing, and frying them makes me happy. It seems wasteful not to eat all the parts we can comfortably digest. Anthony Bourdain ate fire-roasted warthog anus with some Kalahari bush folks. It did not make him happy. Video is kind of gross, so link is blurred: **[Bourdain not enjoying his food](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xNwWYLX3H0)** > [@puzzlegal](#): > > I hate mayo. It’s greasy and cloying and boring. Have you tried QX-1? > **[New High-Viscosity Mayonnaise To Aid In American Swallowing](https://www.theonion.com/new-high-viscosity-mayonnaise-to-aid-in-american-swallo-1819564964)** > > ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ–The act of swallowing will soon be easier for millions of food-shoveling Americans, thanks to QX-1, a revolutionary new high-viscosity/low-friction mayonnaise developed by scientists at Hellmann's. I’ve seen hot dogs served in Japan with all kinds of unusual ingredients, including mayo. There’s a chain in Vancouver, BC that my wife and I would like to try someday: > **[Menu - JAPADOG](https://japadog.com/menu)** > > OUR MENU FILTER BY LOCATION Or Find My Location RECOMMENDED HOT DOGS SPECIAL HOT DOGS Our favorite hotdogs assorted with Japanese savory toppings. VEGGIE HOT DOGS KUROBUTA HOT DOGS REGULAR HOT DOGS SIDES DASHI CHICKEN JAPACHICKEN TAKOYAKI TAKOYAKI (3... A friend recently introduced me to the use of **[gochujang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gochujang)** as a hot dog condiment. It’s Korean in origin, but it’s also sold/used in Japanese cuisine as kotsujan. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781/134 "2023-12-15T15:26:20Z")
I eat hot dogs with mayo and salsa occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781/135 "2023-12-17T15:06:52Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > There’s a chain in Vancouver, BC that my wife and I would like to try someday: Japadogs are a wonderful _Canadian_ street food concoction that uses Japanese condiments. A _Japanese_ hotdog like you would buy at the Tokyo Dome is one of the most disgusting things I have ever eaten. It’s like a hardened (barely) meat-flavored pudding with zero texture difference between the inside and the casing. And don’t get me started on what the Japanese pass off as a hotdog bun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781.md?page=6)