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Are Hot Dogs Really Made from Pigs’ Lips and Assholes?

This video on how hot dogs are made doesn’t specifically ID what kinds of meat are used, aside from the generic “trimmings,” but you have to admit: That brownish goop doesn’t exactly make you want to rush to the supermarket.

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  1. #1

    And horse nipples.

  2. #2

    Oh Tim, I’m going to forget I checked out this post.

    Let me just say that the best way to watch this video
    is to skip right to 4:55. Ahhh, dogs are great.
    All’s good in dogland…

    I did meet someone from England once who worked at one of these places. He said, “You don’t want to know what’s in ‘em mate.” He then went on to say how he hasn’t been able to eat them since, not even with his mum’s fry ups.

  3. #3

    the music in that video is the definition of irony.

  4. #4

    Thanks for the post, its good to know about this.

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