"...a dozen to go, don't bother wrappin em"
Posted on 05/15/2013 6:19:15 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
How many times have you looked at pigs in a blanket with a side-eyed glance, secretly wishing those blankets were made of bacon — pigs in a pig blanket, if you will? Maybe often, perhaps never, but fans of all things pork are surely rejoicing at the news that Oscar Mayer is debuting bacon hot dogs this summer.
Yes, you read that correctly — hot dogs with the flavor of bacon. No need to wrap your pork in pork by hand, in other words.
“No one knows bacon like Oscar Mayer,” Jared Baker, director of Oscar Mayer hot dogs *, said in a statement, via Yahoo! Shine. “We know Americans love bacon, and we know they love hot dogs, so it seemed like the perfect time for us to introduce our first hot dog made with bacon.”
Kraft Foods says the bacon dogs will be on store shelves in time for the Memorial Day grilling season kickoff , and will be available around the country. Other hot dog iterations are also in the works, including a gluten-free chicken-breast hot dog and a larger version of the Smokies smoked sausages.
Of course, these hot dogs aren’t just ground up bacon (sigh) — the ingredients tout no artificial flavors, fillers or by-products, but include mechanically separated turkey, chicken, and pork as well as bacon pieces.
*Full disclosure: Hot dog director is my dream job. Or perhaps Deputy Chief of Cheese.
"...a dozen to go, don't bother wrappin em"
I remember those! Only my dad would barbeque them.
my mom made those all the time when i was a growing up
they're alright, but IMHO, nothing to to get freaked out about.
Now to be fair ,I like bacon but not batsh*t crazy about it
Bacon dogs? Has Bloomberg banned it yet?
Tastiest lookin’ heart attack I’ve seen in a long time! If you want something even more delicious but Kosher, try this: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3019883/posts?page=22#22 Can’t really say if it is any healthier, especially if you order the ‘old-fashioned’ or ‘fat’, though.
Actually, it stinks. Now the chili filled hotdogs of the 1990’s were UNBELIEVABLE!
Not surprising but it's still a clever marketing strategy. Lots of people will try them just to try them, then go back to home made ones.
No. Hot dogs are NOT made of Turkey or Chicken. Ever
I had no idea that most Nathan’s hot dogs are not kosher until I saw this thread.
Use smoked brats!
Hebrew National! I can add bacon, but I can’t remove the “mechanically separated turkey [&] chicken” from Oscar’s dogs...
oh my goodness !
First the cheese dog and now the Bacon Dog. Next the bacon-cheese dog? Life would truly be good!
nope not Halal, but it IS full of Hell on You to Muslims ;)
But I love bacon with pancakes with lots of real maple syrup covering it all.
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