What's REALLY in Hot Dogs?
Hot dogs are a popular summertime food when you're out grilling with your friends and family. But what's really inside hot dogs? Trace is joined by Will Johnson to discuss the history of the frankfurter, and how you might want to think twice before consuming one. Read More: Sausage History http://homecooking.about.com/od/foodh... "You may shy away from commercially-made sausage fearing not only fat content, but what odds and ends manufacturers dump into the mix." Homemade Sausage http://webcache.googleusercontent.com... "Since the earliest times, man has prepared some type of meat product comparable to sausage." What are hot dogs made from? http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/ques... "Hot dogs, also called frankfurters, were first created in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1852. At its heart, a frankfurter is a sausage." What's Really in My Hot Dog? http://greatist.com/health/whats-real... "We love a good hot dog. Whether cold, cooked, grilled, or eaten 10 in a row during a 5K run, there's no better summertime food than a few delicious links wrapped in softly steamed (or grilled and buttered) buns." What's Really Inside? Shocking Anatomy of a Hot Dog http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/... "Last year, Americans purchased more than 700 million packages of hot dogs at retail stores (and that's excluding sales from Wal-Mart, which doesn't report numbers)." Processed Foods Can Be Good -- Or Bad http://nutrition.about.com/od/askyour... "Processed foods have been altered from their natural state, either for safety reasons or convenience." Processed foods... can be good for you? http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifesty... "The dietary zeitgeist favors foods that are 'whole' and 'local' over those that are 'processed' and 'packaged.'" Watch More: The Science of BBQ • The Science Of BBQ TestTube Wild Card http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-333-w... How Spicy Works • DNews Taste Test: How Spicy Works ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... DNews on Twitter / dnews Trace Dominguez on Twitter / tracedominguez Tara Long on Twitter / taralongest Laci Green on Twitter / gogreen18 DNews on Facebook / discoverynews DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews Discovery News http://discoverynews.com Download the TestTube App: http://testu.be/1ndmmMq
