2006-08-07 02:45:56 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
How Are Hot Dogs Made? (Or Do You Really Want To Know?)
There have been many stories about the meat origins of hot dogs, some of them none-too-appetizing. Years ago someone told me hot dogs and bologna were made with various body parts from horses, and this naturally turned my stomach. In reality, selected meat trimmings of beef and/or pork are cut and ground into small pieces and placed into a mixer. In the event "chicken" hot dogs are being made, poultry trimmings are used.
Stainless steel choppers blend the meat, spices, ice chips and curing ingredients at a high speed, until they are emulsified, or the consistency of batter. The mixture is weighed constantly to ensure a proper balance of all ingredients, and is then pumped into an automatic linker machine, where it flows into casings. Most hot dogs are made using cellulose casings which are later removed, while others use natural casings made from animal intestines, which remain on the hot dog when it is finally eaten. Once the casings are filled, they are linked into long strands of hot dogs and fully cooked in a smokehouse. After the cooking process, the hot dogs are sprayed with cool water. If made with the cellulose casing, the hot dogs are then placed on an automatic peeler, where the skin is stripped away.
Individual links are then vacuum-packed in plastic films to protect freshness and flavor. Each package will contain and "ingredient" statement, which lists the contents in the product. It is now less common to use "variety" meats such as beef and pork hearts in hot dogs, but if they are used, the label should be clearly marked with the term "made using variety meats" or a similar statement. The manufacturing of hot dogs is also closely regulated and inspected for wholesomeness by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
2006-08-07 02:52:16 · answer #1 · answered by Dee 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some are very similar tasting.
I usually eat the deli franks which taste very different.
Try the sites belong for some info on hot dogs and bologna
2006-08-07 10:22:27 · answer #2 · answered by jkahwaty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hotdogs are made out of everything a pig has. (Including Organs) Bologna is maybe the same thing.
2006-08-07 09:50:59 · answer #3 · answered by kool_boy020 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The leftover scraps of chickens, cows, pigs that cannot be sold in supermarkets...They are grinded all together into a paste and shapened into slabs.
2006-08-07 09:50:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trust me, you don't want to know. It's all the parts that they don't sell at the grocery store. For the pork they use, as my grandmother used to say, everything but the squeal.
2006-08-07 09:54:33 · answer #5 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they take all the cruddy leftover meat, fat, and organs from the piggies and grind them into a paste with salt and spices and water, and then they encase it with intestines and cook it. Yum!
2006-08-07 09:53:34 · answer #6 · answered by Firstd1mension 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Typically beef. Processed very finely with added spices and little or no fat product.
2006-08-07 09:50:29 · answer #7 · answered by Robert 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure but I think thee meat comes from pigs and/ or cows,but I could be wrong..
2006-08-07 09:49:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mechanically separated chicken, pork or beef...
you don't want to know any more....
They don't waste a thing!
2006-08-07 09:50:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think anyone really wants to know. We would probably stop eating them
2006-08-07 09:50:34 · answer #10 · answered by KIM A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋