Cassie-b

National Hot Dog Month

Since July is National Hot Dog Month, I thought I’d share with you a couple of facts that I just learned about hot dogs.

I recently bought this book, and it’s full of interesting facts about the foods we eat.

Frankfurter in 1937
Fat 19%
Protein – 20%
No technology to keep extra fat and extra water from separating from ground meat.

Frankfurter in 1990
Fat 28%
Protein 12%
(Technology was developed which keeps added fat and water from separating from ground meat.

And just a little fact from this same book about hamburgers:

Hamburger is the most popular meat purchased in the U.S.  It contains more saturated fat per ounce than any other saleable meat.

Lucky me – I don’t like hot dogs or hamburgers.
I’ll take a good piece of salmon cooked on the grill.