Strange new food

[ailbhe]

We have four Quorn hot dogs. What should we do with them? Neither Quorn nor hot dogs would ordinarily be part of our diet.

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[xiphias.livejournal.com]

I've never had that specific brand, but I've never encountered a fake attempt at a hot dog that was even remotely worth attempting to eat. Me, I'd throw 'em out.

But, if they ARE worth eating, well, there are many good ways to eat hot dogs. One is to dice them, then sautee them with onions, sauerkraut, and caroway seeds. Another is to grill them, put them on a bun, and top with various things, which might include pickle relish, spicy brown mustard, seasoning salt, sauerkraut, or, for the younger set (and me when nobody's watching), yellow mustard and ketchup.

[clarahippy.livejournal.com]

The quorn hotdogs are actually better than any other fake hotdogs I have tried.

[ailbhe]

The idea of eating "meat"-containing hot dogs gives me the horrors, but I could cope with totally fake ones! I'm picky about what meat I will eat.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Hrm. Do you have access to actual GOOD hot dogs? 'Cause the ones I eat contain beef and spices.

INGREDIENTS: Beef, Water, Contains 2% or less of: Salt, Sodium Lactate, Spice, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Paprika, Sodium Diacetate, Garlic Powder, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite, Flavorings.

That's the ingredient list for Hebrew National kosher hot dogs. They're the ones I eat, and they're actually tasty.

[ailbhe]

I get very nervous about meat if it's not certified organic raised. I'm not entirely a natural omnivore, I think.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

That seems entirely fair. I don't have nervousness around non-organically-raised meat, but I do have some moral qualms. I eat it anyway, but I feel more comfortable when I can get the organic, free-range meat from animals that actually had real lives that involved "walking around freely outdoors" and "eating actual food, like grass and stuff".

There exist certified organic hot dogs, made with actual Ingredients That Are Found In Real Food, though. But, being as they are expensive, it's only worth buying them if you actually LIKE hot dogs.