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Take me out to the ballgame
By SA Tripi
On a warm summer night, stadiums, covered or not, have the smell of food floating through the air. Once upon a time it was hot dogs, beer and peanuts, and now it’s a smorgasbord of food. But hot dogs are still a big deal at baseball games, barbecues and Costco.
We used to joke about hotdogs containing rat hairs but it never stopped us from eating them. It was funny then and a little nauseating now. If it were only just rat hairs.
I took a little look into the popular summer fare and was a little more surprised than I thought I would be. The primary source of meat in hot dogs is something called ‘meat trimmings’ or ‘variety meats’ or ‘byproducts’. That can all translate to snouts, lips, eyes, brains, genitalia, etc.
A beef dog can supposedly only be made from cows. Manufacturers have to be careful of mad cow disease so mechanically separated beef is not in a beef hotdog. But chicken and pork might be.
Mechanically separated meat is a term all unto itself. It is a paste-like meat product that is produced by forcing bones to be separated from the edible meat tissue. If you can get through the list of ingredients on a package, you will probably see it.
Meat from an animal’s head, feet, liver, fatty tissue are the primary source of meat for the dogs. I went to the market to look at the different brands. There is separated chicken, turkey, pork and the saving grace of hotdogs: corn syrup, salt, paprika, garlic powder. There was one brand that had a hotdog stuffed with chili cheese. That one defies my imagination.
We are not all going to be Vegans or Vegetarians and the smell of a barbecue dog can be enticing. And not everyone wants to be at a pool party with a kale salad. But watch the ingredients and if you can, stay away from anything that says ‘mechanically separated’.
The big upside to eating hot dogs: There are so many bone shavings in a hotdog that it will probably provide your daily recommended intake of calcium.
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