Yeah and we learned a lot of common sense stuff too. Like how to eat a hot dog without choking to death! :lol:
Hot Dog Reform
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Yeah and we learned a lot of common sense stuff too. Like how to eat a hot dog without choking to death! :lol:
what ya mean "a" hotdog? How about 20 in less than 5 mins. (I know, no where near a record....but...lol)
Can't compare North American Hot Dogs to European ones. In Europe they are made from prime meat, and I learned that from my relatives there, on my last visit.
In all fairness, there are also excellent wieners in the States. Still have to find one in Canada, though.
In all fairness, there are also excellent wieners in the States. Still have to find one in Canada, though.
Kwinters Gourmet Hot Dogs are the best I've come across in Canada. They had them in Loblaws, I don't know if they still do.
Well, those who survived did. Some, however, did not.
Not that I didn't do my share of stupid and dangerous things and got away with them, but let's not pretend that nobody got hurt doing the exact same things that we managed to get away with.
Now kids are suspended from school just for carrying a small pocket knife. Wonder how we all survived playing with and eating all those things that are so dangerous or passed the expiration date. No sense of adventure today.
Are you taking plan old wieners or sausage?
I have had hot dogs in the US and they didn't taste much different then here, all depends on how they are cooked... BBQ or steamed.
Now kids are suspended from school just for carrying a small pocket knife. Wonder how we all survived playing with and eating all those things that are so dangerous or passed the expiration date. No sense of adventure today.
And what is worse we have these nutbars who claim things are better now than in '59. :lol: Not only did we pack pocket knives but also our sling shots, which we used for all kinds of mischief. Late June early July were good times, climbing cherry trees in the neighbourhood and eating cherries until we sh*t our pants.
We prairie boys had to resort to eating wild Saskatoons to get the same result (the pants thing)!
But, we had the added advantage of taking a .22 along to do some creative target practise. Buying the bullets was a bit hard on the paper route income, but I was able to get some work cutting grass on the side. Used to go to the local dump regularly, start a fire in a old rusty car, and then pick off the rats that would come running out.
I eventually got a job washing dishes in the local bakery (starting at 4:30 am) which allowed me to buy all the bullets I wanted, but the work cut into my shooting time. But, the old drunk who was the head baker taught me how to bake without recipes...I guess that was a good fringe benefit...if I hadn't needed the money for .22 bullets, I never would have learned how to make pie pastry!
Now kids are suspended from school just for carrying a small pocket knife. Wonder how we all survived playing with and eating all those things that are so dangerous or passed the expiration date. No sense of adventure today.
It has gotten ridiculous, society has changed so much, we don't want anyone to do anything dangerous any more, except that we seem to seek out more and more dangerous 'sports' to get our thrills: bungee jumping, etc etc...seems that people are looking for the thrills that used to be common in everyday life.
Speaking of thrills, I remember the first time I took out a girl on a date. I was so excited when I saw her skirt ride up over her kneecap that I thought I would...well, never mind. Let's just say I was pretty thrilled about it.
Nowadays, the kids can jump on the internet and check all the anatomy of the other gender in the greatest of detail and action shots...it must kinda' take some of the magic and tantalizing mystery out of growing up, I'd think.
Because it is something they will eat. They make good hot dogs as well. Granted they aren't the healthiest things to feed your child.
I used to cut the hot dog up, then slice the pieces in quarters so it wasn't a perfect circle.
Are you my husband here in disguise? He also used the word "agreeance" over the word agreeMENT. There is no such word as agreeance. I just looked in the dictionary. I have looked this word up several times over the years because he continued to use it and so far - I have never found it in any dictionary. I'm not trying to pick at you. I just find it funny that I would meet someone else who also uses it. It's like the term "You can rest assured". When I first met him (44 yrs ago) he used to say - "You can rest assure yourself". He says it right now. I think he's gotten over the "agreeance" thing as well. It does sound like a good word but I think the word you actually need is "agreement". I could be wrong. It might be in some dictionary I haven't seen. ;-)
The problem with the foods mentioned is that parents allow their children to eat them while they play. If they were seated at a table with parents seated next to them, none of these foods would present a problem. Several children have choked on wieners over the years and they have died. They take too big a bite. Even a weiner cut in pieces and put on a plate may save the life of a child. Things like the tiny carrots now made (not grown but made into tiny carrots) should be treated the same. It may sound like something very silly but far too many children really have died as the result of choking on a wiener. The ingredients of the Canadian hotdog may not be all that great but they have nothing to do with the convenient way in which they can be handed to a child. If you are going to feed any hotdog to a child/grandchild, you should sit at a table with them and see that they eat it correctly or cut it up for them and still sit with them while they eat it so they don't (as kids usually do) stuff their mouth so full that they choke anyway.
People can choke on anything. Grapes are a problem too. Heimlich maneuver is a good thing to know if you don't have time to inject food paste into your kid's protective bubble.
Grapes is a good example actually. I have a grandchild who cannot chew his food well sometimes. What the swallowing specialists state is that when he eats grapes, he rolls them around in his mouth and actually strips the peel off the grape which he then chokes on sometimes. They said not to feed him grapes. His favourite fruit - grapes. We still give them to him but we watch that he is chewing and swallowing rather than just filling his mouth with grapes saying "ready" for another one. He can hide grapes in there very well so we really do have to watch. Even his teachers know how much he likes grapes and they take them to school for him. It all comes down to common sense and a lot of people don't use it.
Well CB, I think that to a degree you are quite right but - there's nothing like the real thing now is there? :lol: