Hot dogs may bring back childhood memories of fairs, and therefore fun, and they're undoubtedly a tasty treat to be enjoyed with layers of ketchup and mustard. But how tasty would you find them if you knew exactly how they were made? TV series How It's Made has shown the process hot dogs go through to be made into the sausage-shaped treat that's loved by many, and the reaction has been mixed.
Did you know that "traditional hot dogs" are made from a mix of pork, beef, and chicken? The cuts that they're made from are called "trimmings", which are "pieces of meat left over from cutting steaks or pork chops."
"The trimmings are ground in the same way that butchers grind up hamburger meat", the voiceover shared, as a mound of grey-ish looking meat passes through a grinder. Then "processed chicken trimmings are added to the ground meat, followed by food starch, salt, and other flavourings. These flavourings vary depending on where the hot dogs are going to be sold."
