# Meat Bars? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 24, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698 "2021-04-24T14:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/41 "2021-04-28T00:48:35Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Walmart hotdogs contain meat. Who’da thunk it? so do jack in the box tacos allegedly > [@DesertDog](#): > > s they are based in Phoenix I have memories of Bar-S products stretching back to my childhood some sixty years ago – not good ones. In a [taste test](https://www.mashed.com/227056/the-real-reason-you-should-avoid-these-1-hot-dogs/) of 13 dogs, they came in dead last, scoring 40 out of 100 points. > > > To give an idea how bad the Bar-S must have been, the number 12 pick got 30 more points, and was made out of pea and soy protein. but there the #1 meat company in America … ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/42 "2021-04-28T00:59:26Z")
The cheapest variety of Bar S hot dogs are labeled “meat franks”, so that’s almost certainly why they showed up as “meat bars” on the receipt. Next time I’m cashiering at work I’ll have to make a note of how they show up on our store’s software. As an aside, those things may be awful, but they sell like hotcakes. During grilling season we can easily go through a dozen cases in a day. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/43 "2021-04-28T01:04:52Z")
When feeding yourself, the gourmet good stuff is just fine. When you’re buying 30 (or 130) of them for the kids’ softball team, the neighborhood cookout, or the church social, cheap is the only thing that matters. Or so it seem most folks think. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/44 "2021-04-28T03:35:41Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If we tried to time “splits” on the winner at the 1/4, 1/2, 3/4ths, and finish line, the retriever would’ve had a truly outstanding first quarter time. Hell, on an oval track he’da lapped the GSD at least twice. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/45 "2021-04-28T03:44:12Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > When you’re buying 30 (or 130) of them for the kids’ softball team, the neighborhood cookout, or the church social, cheap is the only thing that matters. Or so it seem most folks think. No. There is a limit. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/46 "2021-04-28T03:55:23Z")
I tried Tofu Pups once. That was enough. Remember the whole “pink slime” fiasco? That’s probably what those hot dogs are made from LOL. Anyone else remember this commercial? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/y_oem9BqUTI/hqdefault.jpg "HYSTERICAL 80's Wendy's Commercial: "Parts is Parts"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_oem9BqUTI) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/47 "2021-04-28T03:59:12Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Anyone else remember this commercial? Absolutely. My friends and I used the term “parts is parts” for many years. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/48 "2021-04-28T04:14:23Z")
> [@Ynnad](#): > > Why is it that all the stray cats tend to congregate at our house? Check the front of your house – they may have [marked](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo#Hobo_signs_and_graffiti) it somehow. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/49 "2021-04-28T04:19:27Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > the larger ones commonly labeled as “filets” How does a square fish swim, anyway? (We called them “three-by-fives” in the Navy.) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/50 "2021-04-28T04:26:21Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Ynnad](#): > > > > Why is it that all the stray cats tend to congregate at our house? > > Check the front of your house – they may have [marked](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo#Hobo_signs_and_graffiti) it somehow. LOL I think he means strays that actually meow i remember an elderly lady that used to help transients and homeless and such and she had a somewhat steady parade over the years… sometimes they just needed a shower and lunch … or sometimes shed refer them to or help them get signed up to social services No one could figure out why a lot of them went to directly her… Turns out not only was she well known on homeless routes they drew a symbol on the back of her garage that was code for a nice and helpful person like those in the link ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/51 "2021-04-28T04:38:43Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > How does a square fish swim, anyway? Quadrilaterally. * * * > [@DesertDog](#): > > Hell, on an oval track he’da lapped the GSD at least twice. This Golden Retriever would not. But he does eat everything: The relevant action begins at 0:50 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5iTTNRE-njM/maxresdefault.jpg "Hilarious Golden Retriever Really Wants To Race But.. First Things First.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iTTNRE-njM) ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/52 "2021-04-28T04:47:59Z")
Years ago we were watching the group competition at Westminster and a tiny bit of bait must have been dropped because on the diagonal run _every_ dog did a head jerk to the right at exactly the same spot. Not nearly as bad as the Golden – after the barest moment they’d be back to business but they were momentarily distracted by something invisible. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/53 "2021-04-28T05:41:20Z")
That was how men who rode the railroads back in the day knew where they could get a meal. My grandmother was one of the people who would do that, although she would never let them in the house. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/54 "2021-04-28T10:39:44Z")
Before you buy any processed meat product, I suggest that you look up “mechanically recovered meat” and watch a video or two. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/55 "2021-04-28T12:37:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Mmmm, meat byproducts emulsion!! Is there nothing science can’t do. ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/56 "2021-04-28T12:53:58Z")
How It’s Made showed fish sticks. They start with a giant gray brick of ground cod that gets squeezed through a die into flat planks. Yummy! [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c3DssFD1ek) ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/57 "2021-04-28T12:58:48Z")
Of course they did hot dogs too. Glurping happens. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sb1WljxkMlM/hqdefault.jpg "How It's Made - Hot Dogs") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb1WljxkMlM) ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/58 "2021-04-28T15:52:36Z")
Positively disgusting. The more interesting part is all the automated steps along the chain, tho. My dad used to say hot dogs were made of all the stuff they scraped off the slaughterhouse floor. He was not too far off the mark with the “clippings” they use. I suspecte chicken and turkey hot dogs included beaks, feet, and feathers. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/59 "2021-04-28T16:14:26Z")
> [@Ynnad](#): > > My wife has a habit of buying cheap hot dogs to feed the numerous stray, hungry cats in the neighborhood. When our GSD Kali was last on medication, I bought a package of 99 cent garbage hotdogs to use as medication aids. Kali refused to go near the cheap hotdogs, so I ended up eating them _shudder_. My gf bought sliced cheddar and Kali was cool eating her pills in cheese. When the cheddar ran out, I bought a huge package of generic orange cheeze. Yep, Kali refused to touch the cheeze, so I ended up eating it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698/60 "2021-04-28T16:19:01Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I suspecte chicken and turkey hot dogs included beaks I had a girlfriend who liked McDonald’s chicken nuggets. When she’d come upon a hard bit (probably a bone) she’d pick it out of her mouth and say, ‘Beak!’ or ‘I found a beak!’ 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars/940698.md?page=4)