What gross stuff is in hot dogs? - Straight Dope Well, I for one consider the intestinal tract “grosser” than, say, spare ribs or sirloin steaks, simply by the proximity to waste products I’d much rather eat a hot dog made of “mechanically separated” beef than chitlins
Do people acutally eat possum? - Straight Dope Seems like every other episode of “The Beverly Hillbillies” granny would make some reference to “possum jowls” or some other possum delicacy I know that in Arkansas politicians still eat raccoons at “'Coon Suppers” to show the country folk that they’re one of them, but I’ve never heard of anyone actuallly eating an opossum Have you?
Relish on hamburgers - Cafe Society - Straight Dope I have eaten snails, grasshoppers, grub worms, random weeds picked out of my yard, haggis, Vegemite, Marmite, chitlins, head cheese, fish eyes, fried ants, gizzards and even Circus Peanuts and the only thing that will make me hurl a dish straight into the trash or at the cooks head is any presence of sweet relish because that is beyond the pale
Menudo - General Questions - Straight Dope Message Board Since this should relate to things Mexican please change chitlins to chicharones And before Johnny LA asks what happens to anything else of the cow (like lungs, sweat glands, etc ), please pick up a package of chorizo next time you’re in the meat market and read what’s in it