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If it wasn’t obvious from the title, I don’t like hot dogs. Most people think that they are good, as it is simple to make and tastes okay. Despite these apparent strengths, I have many problems with hot dogs. These are my reasons.

The hot dog bun seems okay, right? Wrong. In my experience it is either too sweet or tastes like paper. The two bread types I am referring to, sweet and bland are the hot dogs at school and the Costco hot dogs. Most hot dogs are very close to those two types. Well, you may be asking, how can a bun be sweet? Buns contain yeast. Yeast and your saliva convert into maltose which gives the bread a sweet taste. For those that taste like paper, it’s not too complicated, as I’m sure the buns don’t even use any yeast because they seem unusually hard. That they taste like paper is sure to ruin any wiener.

Moving on to the wiener, it isn’t much better. It can be made from chicken, cow or pig. The wieners in my school’s hot dogs sometimes have tints of brown inside. The Costco wiener tastes a little funny and the casing for the hot dog is a little too thick. The worst part is that hot dog meat is often made from the pig or chicken’s head, feet, liver, lower-grade muscle, blood and many other parts. (see this video and Sentient media). I hope in light of this information, you refrain from eating hot dogs too much.

The way that hot dogs are made, is that leftover cuts from the meat that the hotdog is made from is blended into a paste. First , flavorings such as food starch and salt and sugar is added in. Next, it is put into a vat and stirred. Water is added as it is stirred to make it juicier when it is cooked after packaging. Finally, it can be poured onto a vat and packaged into their casings. If you think that mixture is disgusting, just imagine the crushed bones that are inside when you eat it.

In conclusion, I believe that I have good reasons to say that hot dogs are not worth eating. If you do choose to eat it, please buy both parts yourself, that way you can make sure there is nothing bad in it.

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