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The Horse Meat Hot Dog

HorsesI was going to say, "a hot dog made out of horse meat? Gah!" But then I thought, who the hell knows what's in the hot dogs that we eat now? Snouts, intestines, whatever. Maybe horse meat isn't too weird after all.

Esquire's Greg Lindsay gives us the scoop - from the horse's mouth, you could say - on the frikandel, a hot dog native to The Netherlands, Belgium, and parts of Germany. It's deep-fried sausage made out of beef, chicken, pork, and Mr. Ed.

His description (bland, soft, with pink gloop squirting out) doesn't make me want to get on a flight and try it anytime soon, but I'm not a big hot dog guy anyway.

Filed Under: Magazines, Food Oddities
Tags: belgium, esquire, europe, frankfurters, frikandel, grey lindsay, GreyLindsay, horse meat, hot dogs, netherlands, oddities

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Lita

5-24-2007 @2:38PM Lita said... Those silly dutchmen.
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Adriane

5-24-2007 @10:12PM Adriane said... Way to pick the cute pic for the post..sheesh.
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Mike

5-25-2007 @3:05AM Mike said... *Vomit*
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Nikiann

5-25-2007 @9:00AM Nikiann said... When I was a little girl, we had a very popular hamburger stand - the hamburgers were a little sweet and the sauce was to die for. So popular, I remember long lines to get their burgers. One day, we discovered the stand had closed down with no explanation. Found out later, the meat was horsemeat. However, I still remember the wonderful taste.
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Jez

5-25-2007 @9:32AM Jez said... I live in Holland, and of course I've tasted frikandel. It's well, there really nothing special about it. It's just like fried soft sausage dipped. And just like any other fried stuff, it does not taste bad. It's very popular though (it is a traditional Dutch snack after all).
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