WEBVTT - What are hot dogs made from?

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to brain Stuff from house stuff works dot com

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<v Speaker 1>where smart happens. H I am Marshall Brain with today's question,

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<v Speaker 1>what are hot dogs made from? Hot Dogs, also called

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<v Speaker 1>Frankfurter's were first created in Frankfurt, Germany, in eighteen fifty two.

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<v Speaker 1>At its heart, a hot dog is just a sausage.

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<v Speaker 1>Hot Dogs are now made by hundreds of companies all

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<v Speaker 1>across the globe, and each company has its own secret recipe.

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<v Speaker 1>In general, however, hot dogs contain meat, meat, fat, a

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<v Speaker 1>cereal filler for example, bread crumbs or oatmeal or flour,

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<v Speaker 1>a little egg white, and some spices. My mother has

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<v Speaker 1>a recipe that contains one point five pounds of pork,

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<v Speaker 1>three quarters of a pound of pork fat, a quarter

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<v Speaker 1>cup of bread crumbs, an egg white, a little water, salt, pepper, onion,

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<v Speaker 1>and garlic to taste. Note that this recipe leaves out

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<v Speaker 1>the preservatives, coloring, and the sodium nitrate that you would

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<v Speaker 1>find in store bought hot dogs. Many brands leave out

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<v Speaker 1>the breadcrumbs and say no cereal fillers on the label.

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<v Speaker 1>Cereal fillers got a bad name because some manufacturers got

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<v Speaker 1>greedy and started using more filler than meat. These ingredients

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<v Speaker 1>are blended together in a meat grinder or a food processor,

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<v Speaker 1>and then they're stuffed into natural sausage casings. Once the

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<v Speaker 1>hot dogs are stuffed, you can pre cook them. You

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<v Speaker 1>can boil them in water for fifteen minutes and then

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<v Speaker 1>refrigerate them or freeze them. All hot dogs bought at

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<v Speaker 1>the store are pre cooked like this. When you're ready

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<v Speaker 1>to eat one, you cook it again by boiling, microwaving, frying,

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