On Jul 13, 3:03 pm, "captain." > wrote:
> > wrote in message
> > On Jul 12, 5:05 pm, "xolodilnik" > wrote:
> >> Gourmet Karlamov says it tatstes great though.
>
> >>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapc....ap/index.html
>
> > ,"China (AP) -- Chopped cardboard, softened with an industrial
> > chemical and flavored with fatty pork and powdered seasoning, is a
> > main ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in one Beijing
> > neighborhood, state television said."
>
> > Chopped cardboard, softened with an industrial chemical and flavored
> > with fatty pork and powdered seasoning? This is the authentic recepe
> > for American hot dogs and bologna. All you need is add some sodium
> > nitrate - and you got you Ball Park Franks!
>
> > Look at these mouth-watering ingredients:
>
> > OSCAR MAYER COLD CUTS-BOLOGNA-LIGHT
>
>
> > Oscar Mayer. What a wholesome sounding German(ic) name.
>

No way. There is no such first name in German as "Oscar".

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http://www.serve.com/shea/namelist.htm

LIST OF GERMAN FIRST NAMES

Olaf
Oliver
Oskar
Otto
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No Oscar. Oscar is American. Especially beloved in Hollywood.

>
> > Ingredients: MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, WATER, PORK, CORN SYRUP,
> > MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SODIUM LACTATE, SALT,
> > SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE (MADE FROM
> > SUGAR), FLAVOR, SODIUM NITRITE, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, POTASSIUM
> > PHOSPHATE, SUGAR, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE.
>
> that's nasty. you shouldn't eat those things karla.
>

Don't insult me. Of course, I don't. Here is the only hotdog I buy in
USA:

"European Brand Wieners in Natural Sheep Casings from Freybe Gourmet
Foods Ltd., Langley, B.C., Canada"

These doggies may not taste as well as their best relatives in Europe,
but they are much better than anything else I've tasted in North
America and as good as the wieners sold on European street corners.

There is an extra benefit for Brookski: he can re-use the natural
sheep casings for "safe sex" if he shrinks them a little.

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You've heard of Vancouver, Canada, haven't you, Captain? :-)