On Jul 14, 1:40 am, wrote:
> On Jul 13, 3:03 pm, "captain." > wrote:
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> > > On Jul 12, 5:05 pm, "xolodilnik" > wrote:
> > >> Gourmet Karlamov says it tatstes great though.
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> > >>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapc....ap/index.html
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> > > ,"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."
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> > > 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!
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> > > Look at these mouth-watering ingredients:
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> > > OSCAR MAYER COLD CUTS-BOLOGNA-LIGHT
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> > > Oscar Mayer. What a wholesome sounding German(ic) name.
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> No way. There is no such first name in German as "Oscar".
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> ///////////////////////http://www.serve.com/shea/namelist.htm
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> LIST OF GERMAN FIRST NAMES
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> Olaf
> Oliver
> Oskar
> Otto
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> No Oscar. Oscar is American. Especially beloved in Hollywood.
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> > > 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.
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> > that's nasty. you shouldn't eat those things karla.
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> Don't insult me. Of course, I don't. Here is the only hotdog I buy in
> USA:
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> "European Brand Wieners in Natural Sheep Casings from Freybe Gourmet
> Foods Ltd., Langley, B.C., Canada"
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> 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.

You are disadvantaged on the west coast. Chicago has mass produced,
and quite decent, Vieena Beef:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_style_hot_dog

http://www.viennabeef.com/

regards,

BM



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> 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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