7 billion hot dogs soon to be consumed
Are hot dogs on your menu this Memorial Day? If so, you'll be joined by billions of others who will begin scarfing down dogs beginning this weekend. About seven billion hot dogs will be consumed between Memorial Day and Labor Day, according to the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council. This means that roughly 818 hot dogs will be eaten every second during the summer. That's a lot, considering the average annual consumption is 20 billion.
I'm not a big fan of the hot dog, myself. For one, I'm never really sure from what the things are made. Second, I don't love all the fat that comes packed into each modest serving -- one Ballpark beef frank contains 16 grams of fat, six grams of it from the saturated fat family. Hot dogs just are not my food of choice. Many people love them, though. Check out these gallery stats.
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5-24-2008 @ 8:56PM
Judy said...
Just the thought of that many hot dogs makes me want to puke.
Ugh! I think our Memorial Day meal will be sushi (which makes plenty of other people want to puke). No dogs for us, thankyouverymuch.
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5-25-2008 @ 7:33AM
marcie0305 said...
Ew. Hot dogs are made from everything leftover that no one else wants to eat. And highly processed. With the evident link to bowel cancer, I say no thanks!
~Marcie
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