Thursday, March 4, 2010

Maybe He'll Work for the Health Department Some Day

Here's an interesting conversation I had today with my 5-year-old while he was eating a hot dog for lunch.

L: Mama, Papa told me what hot dogs are made of.
Me: Oh yeah? What did he say?
L: It's intestines. It's pig intestines. I didn't know that it was made of intestines.
Me: Is that gross?
L: Yeah.
Me: Are you still going to eat it?
L: Yeah, because it tastes good with ketchup on it.

1 comment:

Mrs. Schwager said...

i watched an interesting documentary on the hotdog. how it got started in the usa, different kinds and styles, history of the condiments used on hotdogs. that kind of thing. no mention of intestines though. regular old meat and lots and lots of fat, very finely ground.