Amanda the Great by Amanda El-Dweek for October 23, 2022

Now you and Dan are both disgusted by each other’s food. Keep peace in the family. Eat it only out of sight of the other. That way, it is a treat for each of you and the other is not disgusted or nauseated.

and please send me a note to NOT look at any of you eating anything ( ⚆ _ ⚆ )

“Moving his hands carefully, Dibbler opened the special section of his tray, the high-class one that contained sausages whose contents were 1) meat, 2) from a known four-footed creature, 3) probably land-dwelling.”

“If every pork chop were perfect, we wouldn’t have hot dogs.”

—Greg Universe

Just spend a little extra and get Nathan’s, or sometimes I get the big kosher ones from Costco.

Logic! And both of you have some, truly.

My cut-off point is when the food on the plate looks back at me.

Even after I saw the ‘chemical room’ at the processing plant I still indulge. Albeit to a lesser degree. So many chemicals.

I’m with you, Amanda. I love Wimmer’s hot dogs sliced in half length-wise, fried, then in a toasted hot dog bun (opened and layed on top of the toaster for just long enough to get brown), with creamed horse radish, Miracle Whip, and strips of sharp cheddar. Yum City. …. dang, got to make a couple now………

As a former employee of Armour Foods R&D, I have three pieces of advice. A)Don’t buy hotdogs that have the word byproducts on the label. If it says beef or pork it is safe. Spend the extra $$$. 2) Don’t watch hotdogs being made. Enjoy the end result. Lastly, eat only Vienna (Chicago) or Hebrew National.

I would rather watch someone eat a hot dog than a baby octopus. We had hot dogs for dinner last night. So good!!

If I still ate them at all, I would prefer the healthiest I could find. If I don’t recognize the name of an ingredient it doesn’t go in my mouth.

I used to eat octopus until I learned how smart they are!

The important things in hot dogs, in order, are fat content and seasoning. Nathan’s and Hebrew National are generally the best you can find at the supermarket.

If you come to the Buffalo/Niagara Falls area, you have to try Sahlen’s hot dogs! In fact, I only recently learned this. Buffalo isn’t just the home of the original Buffalo wings, it is where the foot-long hot dog was invented. Specifically at a place called Louie’s! A lot of places serve up Sahlen’s hot dogs, and another great place is Ted’s. But last I knew, they were having trouble getting the rolls for their foot-longs. Louie’s apparently has their own rolls.

If Dan likes octopus, how does he feel about unagi??

You know… You could make hotdog octopi. Cut the frank in half crosswise (so you still have the round ends). Or, for really long tentacles, keep it whole. Lay one of the pieces on its side, and cut lengthwise, about halfway (2/3 if you kept the hotdog whole) up the piece, cutting all the way through to the other side. Rotate, and make another cut. You can cut additional legs, depending on the thickness of the hotdog. Boil, or fry, and the tentacles curl up.