what are hotdogs made out of?

Question

im scared to find out... kinda

Answer 1

"Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made" - Otto von Bismarck

Hot dogs are mostly made of muscle meat from pork, beef, turkey or chicken. The label will indicate which ones were used. Cheaper dogs will have a lot of cereal in them - think flour, oats, cornmeal.

They also have spices in them, seasonings, artificial colors, artificial flavors, and preservatives.

Back before Ralph Nader started complaining about hot dogs in the 1960s, they used organ meats in hot dogs as well. The meat processors got concerned, and replaced the organ meats with cereal, and most hot dogs have never tasted as good since.

Nothing wrong with organ meats. People rave about how great Andouille sausage is, for instance, and it uses tripe (stomach lining) as a major ingredient.

Unfortunately, there's nothing in hot dogs to make you scared - but nothing to make you smack your lips, either....

There is a USDA inspector on site and on duty EVERY MINUTE that hot dogs are being made - and he can and will shut down the plant if the sanitation isn't up to snuff.

My late wife used to be plant nurse for the original Peter Eckrich & Sons factory on Osage Street in Fort Wayne. She was fond of pointing out that people who work in most food factories told their friends not to eat what was being produced. (I used to work at Campbell's, and I tell *my* friends not to eat their products!) The workers at Eckrich, though, were proud of what they made, and told their friends to eat nothing else, because the product was so good.

Beatrice Foods ended up closing the Osage plant in the 1980s, and giving the product lines to the Swift/Butterball folks. Eventually, the Eckrich brand ended up in the hands of ConAgra. They've changed all the recipes. I don't know whether it's safe to eat any more, but it certainly doesn't appeal to me any more.

Answer 2

Hotdogs are made of many different things depending on the company that makes it; pork, beef, chicken, turkey, vegetable products, etc.

Companies in the US go through a relatively intensive quality assurance process.

You can eat them freely - i suggest you look at the packaging as many have fillers - if you want an all-beef product, look to kosher products.

We use soy hotdogs - my wife loves them - i don't.

Answer 3

There are turkey franks, beef franks, pork franks, and then a combo of all the above. I really don't think it's as nasty as in the past. But I could be wrong. Dad used to say hotdogs were all "lips and buttholes". God, I hope he's wrong.

Answer 4

Good news for you.

Kosher hotdog companies-100% beef. Can be bought at supermarkets:

Hebrew National:
http://www.hebrewnational.com/index.jsp

National:
http://www.hot-dog.org/kosherhotdogs.html

Nathens:
http://www.nathansfamous.com/nathans/inside/htmls/corporate_profile.php

Answer 5

Contrary to popular belief, hot dogs are not made from left-over meat laying around on the floors of meat-packing houses. Whether it is pork or beef that is stuffed into a hot dog, the meat trimmings are carefully selected just like the meat you buy in your grocer's coolers.

Answer 6

A sausage, a bun, mustard, ketchup, salt and sometimes they add french fries. What about the sausage: Sausages may consist of lower quality pork meat but many food items are made of disgusting things -as TV reports and environment organisations reassure us repeatedly- so you don't have to worry.

Answer 7

They can be made from beef, pork, turkey, chicken, or a combination — the label must state which.

more info here: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Hot_Dogs/

Answer 8

Could be beef, pork, beef and pork, turkey, chicken or vegan....(think soy dogs).

Answer 9

silly nonsense
BEEF and quality beef and spices.
NOW I have been to the market and I can NOT find "hot dogs"..
they are labeled "Franks"..

Answer 10

You dont wanna know.