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03-07-2006 07:10 PM

DanielsMommy   Super Member Location: Rhode Island Registered: Sep 2005 Posts: 1403 Last visit: 03-24-2006

I personally do NOT like them and neither does my husband. This weekend, my daughter spent the afternoon at my parents. My mother gave her a hot dog for lunch. She LOVED it. I never ever thought of giving her one....because I don't like them and I saw some show years ago that said they were filled with all gross stuff. She really likes them (she has been asking every day for one at lunch), they are easy to make.....So my question is....are they really that bad for you? __________________ Lisa Mommy to Elayna 10-1-02 and Daniel Ds 6-7-05 Always have hope....Without rain, there can be no rainbows.

03-07-2006 07:13 PM
mary c   Senior Member Location: Westchester County, New York Registered: Jan 2005 Posts: 688 Last visit: 03-24-2006	Yes, they are, but so are so many things that taste good. If you give them to her, make sure you cut them length wise and then across. Hot dogs are a big choking hazard and even though Elayna is pretty old (LOL), she probably should be careful. __________________ Mary Mom to Libby 6/92, Alex 9/93, Anna (DS)12/12/03

03-07-2006 07:22 PM

sarah'smom   Super Member Location: Massachusetts Registered: Mar 2004 Posts: 1070 Last visit: 03-24-2006

Sarah likes NOTHING...but Stephen LOVES hot dogs! I, too, hate the idea of feeding him such junk, but we do buy them as a "special treat" every now and then. I try to buy the ones that say "All Beef" or "Turkey". I heard that Hebrew National are a decent brand (Kosher..not that I really know what that means???) I agree with the cutting lengthwise first. Stephen just recently (5 yrs.)started eating them in a roll. He has always asked us to cut them up for him. __________________ Lisa, mom to Stephen(6/4/00) Sarah(DS 5/17/03) and baby #3 due (7/6/06)

03-07-2006 07:24 PM

LovelyKennedy   Senior Member Location: Niagara Falls, NY Registered: May 2004 Posts: 964 Last visit: 03-24-2006

My kids love hot dogs. I rarely eat them unless they are the Sahlens brand(I think only available here in Western NY, and they are all beef-oh and ONLY on the outdoor grill). I don't give them to the kids all of the time. Mostly if their Daddy isn't home for dinner or if we are rushing for some reason. So easy and quick to make! __________________ Beth Mom to Cameron 2/26/2000, Kendall 6/25/2002 and My Lovely Kennedy 9/10/2003(DS)

03-07-2006 07:40 PM
naomid   Super Member Location: California Registered: Apr 2003 Posts: 2809 Last visit: 03-24-2006	I never eat them at home, I'll occassionally eat one if I'm out for the day at the zoo or an ammusment park. I think we've let Callum taste one and he spat it out and said "yuuuccckkky" __________________ Naomi Mum to Callum (DS) 3/03 and Kieran 8/04 Read all about us

03-07-2006 07:45 PM

vonda   Super Moderator Location: Middletown, MD Registered: Jun 2000 Posts: 4323 Last visit: 03-24-2006

I always buy the chicken ones, don't know why, but the pork ones just gross me out and they are always so salty, but the chicken and turkey franks are really good, just make sure to cut them up small because my husband's daughter choked on a chunk of hot dog when she was 3 and it was NOT a good thing, very scary. I'd do backflips and cartwheels if Noah were interested in hotdogs. __________________ Vonda, mommy to Peyton, Sophie, Noah(Ds) and Halle

03-07-2006 08:11 PM

Grady's Mommy   Senior Member Location: Ohio Registered: Jul 2004 Posts: 813 Last visit: 03-24-2006

Yep, Grady gets hot dogs. We like them, but don't eat them that often. Usually only when we're craving them. I buy the all beef ones. I'm sure they're not the healthiest things in the world, but he eats them and that's all I can worry about right now. I need to get some meat on the kids bones. I also cut them length wise twice and then each piece into a 1/4 inch or less in thickness. __________________ ~Kathy Grady (DS 5/26/04) Baby #2 due 9/23/06

03-07-2006 09:20 PM

Adriansmom   Member Location: Lapeer MI Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 55 Last visit: 03-17-2006

yuck Personally I am like you. I do not like them. My two kids that are old enough to eat them think they are ok. They are definatly not good for you. They have nitrates in them that are linked to cancer but in doeses supposedly not big enough to do harm. I am always over concious of things and don't want to risk it so they are a no no around here. Not that I am sad about it. If you do decide to have one I suggest Hebrew National which from the couple I have had tasted better than the others plus they are kosher which means they don't have pork in them which is an issue with us as we are not jewish but choose to live a kosher lifestyle for health benifits. Anyway thats my take. If I let my kids have one its chopped up small which I see almost everyone else has already stated __________________

03-07-2006 09:56 PM
JenBrock'sMom   Super Member Location: Des Moines, Iowa Registered: Sep 2005 Posts: 1308 Last visit: 03-23-2006	I love hot dogs - one of those wierd things - I buy the turkey hotdogs. __________________ JenBrock'sMom & wife to Jay Brock 7/28/05

03-07-2006 09:59 PM
always_chaos   Senior Member Location: Detroit Metro, MI Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 479 Last visit: 03-24-2006	We don't do any beef or pork in our house, and we have never been daring enough to try the chicken or turkey ones. __________________ Visit Our Blog: Always Chaos At Our House

03-08-2006 09:42 AM

ajbest   Super Member Location: NC Registered: Apr 2005 Posts: 2070 Last visit: 03-24-2006

raised on 'em - the BAD ones. love 'em! BUT, we do not buy the pork ones anymore. you would NOT want me to write here what is in the ones processed down the road - any and everything about a pig that didn't go into some other cut of meat. this is big time BBQ country down here and pork (RED) hot dogs called 'Carolina Packers' sell like hot cakes. full of NITRITE and red dye to top it off. they are still my favorite as far as taste but it's rare i have one - maybe at a ball game. they can't be good for you. but i guess the turkey/chicken ones ain't as bad for you. maybe you could bribe Elayna with hot dogs during one of her meltdowns you were talking about recently? just a thought. aj __________________ Momma to Janna (AVCanal-T21-02/02/05) Wife to Joseph (TOF & still thriving) "Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance." St. Francis of Assisi

03-08-2006 12:08 PM

lespring   Super Member Location: Twin Cities metro area, MN Registered: Mar 2005 Posts: 3743 Last visit: 03-22-2006

I'm pretty much convinced that anything you buy in the grocery store, asside from raw veggies and raw meat, are full of carcinogens that we've just gotten used to eating. That said, we eat the junk all the time. Well, Dean is in meat sales, so we get all kinds of different hotdogs, brauts, etc (real skin-on weiners) that are the best you can get, but I'm sure they're just as full of crap. Angela eats hot-dogs about once a week. She likes them cut lengthwize in to quarters, so it's like a long stringy thing. __________________ ~Leah~ mom to Noah 18, Tyler 17,Angela 9 (DS) downcues.com

03-08-2006 12:55 PM
elizasmom   Senior Member Location: Marin County, CA Registered: Jul 2005 Posts: 534 Last visit: 03-24-2006	I buy the nitrate free organic ones (turkey or chicken) for my son. I'll occasionally sneak in a tofu dog which sometimes he likes and sometimes he doesn't. I know, i'm a crunchy CA girl. I am concerned about the nitrates and only buy nitrate free salami too. __________________ Liz - Mom to Walker (3/24/02) and Eliza (Ds) (5/6/05)

03-08-2006 12:58 PM

azvalerie   Senior Member Location: Phoenix, AZ Registered: Mar 2004 Posts: 675 Last visit: 03-24-2006

Jaymes' #1 favorite food! If he won't eat anything else, I know he'll eat a hot dog. Bad for him? Probably, but I ate them all the time growing up (not that that makes them any better for you). I cut them pretty small at the beginning. Now he takes a bite of one and eats the rest when he's done. Oh, and he eats them cold - bleech! __________________ Valerie Proud mommy to Jaymes Xavier 6/4/03 & Baby #2 - EDD 5/15/06

03-08-2006 01:25 PM

LinMac   Senior Member Location: Dublin, Ireland Registered: Oct 2005 Posts: 581 Last visit: 03-24-2006

quote: So my question is....are they really that bad for you? Lisa We don't have hot dog sausages here in Ireland so I can't really answer your questions. We have sausages but they are different from the hot dog ones you get in the US. But a little point comes to mind and I have to respond. A few weeks ago Robert almost chocked on the sausages we have here in Ireland. With great difficulty my hubbie managed to coack it out of Robert gut, but not before we'd called an ambulance. It was very scary and I don't know how I would have coped if my hubbie wasn't here. And I know Leah also had a similiar incidence with Angela a few day after us. To all parents of kids of any age....... BE CAREFUL WITH ANY KIND OF SAUSAGE. Make sure they cut small enough. Sausages are banned on Robert's menu for a while yet. __________________ Linda & John mom to Hannah Kate (Age 7), Robert (04/16/2004, DS)

03-08-2006 03:07 PM
Koby'sMommy   Senior Member Location: South Carolina Registered: Feb 2005 Posts: 651 Last visit: 03-24-2006	I am a hot dog fan! I eat them all the time! I lvoe them...i uaually buy the Oscar meyer Cheese dogs. THey are yummy. FOr some reason I only trust oscar meyer....-Court __________________ Courtney-Wife to Chris- Mommy to Koby (12/16/04) "Attitude, is the Disability"

03-08-2006 04:09 PM

cymorales   Senior Member Location: Colorado Registered: Apr 2005 Posts: 988 Last visit: 03-23-2006

Well, I'm not such a fan but my kids and hubby love them!!! We buy Hebrew National, they are a little more expensive, but they taste better and are pork free! I'm not Jewish but I'm not a fan of pork in general. My thought on it is they are not any worse than a McDonalds cheese burger and fries!!! just be sure to cut them length twice then into little pieces. But I guess she could probably eat them in a bun but I would still cut them length wise. __________________ Carmen "The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot utter the one, nor will they utter the other." (Francis Bacon) Wife to Judah Jayvier 4/4/96, Hailey 7/8/00, Jaemen 2/20/05(DS) http://www.moralesfamilysite.com

03-08-2006 06:54 PM
Carson's Mom   Senior Member Location: Bossier City, LA Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 218 Last visit: 03-24-2006	Hot dogs fall into the long line of foods that are unhealthy therefore I love them. I love to put sweet pickle relish on them with mustard. That is fine gourmet dining for me. Because they are not good for you, I do try not to eat them often, but our entire family loves them. They do have to be all beef though- only because my family raises cattle.

03-09-2006 02:03 AM

lcbrownfam   New Member Location: CA Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 18 Last visit: 03-24-2006

Shelton's Brand We buy Shelton's brand through our food co-op. They are nitrate free and come in either turkey or chicken. They are actually very yummy but of course not as yummy as the regular ones. I have heard bad things about nitrates. Health food stores sell them also. They are in the freezer section. __________________ Carol Blessed Mom to Kaitlyn 6/92, Andrew 4/95, Aimee 2/98, Hannah 3/01, Stephen 2/03 and Justin(DS) 12/05

03-09-2006 06:31 AM
YankeeMom   New Member Location: Registered: Mar 2006 Posts: 11 Last visit: 03-22-2006	I go to the health food store and get the ones that are nitrate/nitrite free too. They are good. Every so often when I go the Costco for bulk shopping. I will get a foot long smothered in relish and ketchup. Mmmmm maybe I need to make a Costco run.

03-12-2006 02:08 PM
kfurnival   New Member Location: Baltimore, MD Registered: Mar 2006 Posts: 10 Last visit: 03-23-2006	Sophia eats vegetarian hot dogs. She's had the various meat kinds at other peoples houses, but likes the vegetarian ones just as well. They are much healthier for anybody. She also does vegetarian sausage, tacos, hamburger, and chicken patties on occasion and likes it just as well as the meat versions.

03-12-2006 03:53 PM
bonniepd   Senior Member Location: Minneapolis area Registered: Jan 2006 Posts: 136 Last visit: 03-24-2006	I can not stand even the smell of hot dogs. My kids and DH loves them. Yuck. If we have them it is usually the all beef ones. We usually have them on the grill. I will have to try the chicken or turkey. I wounder what the kids will think. __________________ Alexander (8/7/99), Andrew (9/26/02), Anthony (12/29/05 DS)

03-12-2006 04:29 PM

Hannah's mom   Senior Member Location: Adironadack Mountains, Upstate NY Registered: Jul 2001 Posts: 927 Last visit: 03-24-2006

We have a place here that makes the best hot dogs. Unfortuantly it is downtown in the bar area of town. The place used to be called "dirty John's" and thus the hot dogs were called dirt dogs.they have the best meat sauce on them that have won awards.They tried to clean up their image and re named the place "new way lunch' but they will forever be known as Dirt dogs to the locals. We had a finding Nemo birthday party for the kids a few years ago and I tried to do "fishy" foods.If you take a hot dog and cut it length wise (but leave about and inch at the end uncut)then cut them again. Boil them and they curl up and look like an octopus.The kids went nuts over these. Just make sure to cut them up small before they are eaten so they don't choke! __________________ Heather- Mom to Hannah(7)DS and Logan (3) www.xanga.com/Momof2monkeys

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