How Hot Dogs Are Made

After watching Food Inc., a documentary taking an unflattering look at the American food industry, I became curious how some of nature's most unsuspecting gifts are made. Take the purity we know more commonly as a hot dog.

How Hot Dogs Are Made

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If you're not grossed out yet, note that Joey Chestnut finished off 68 hot dogs at the 2009 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest to win the competition. That's over 20,000 calories of mechanically separated mush.