Sat 12 Aug 2006
Everybody loves a good hot dog! The best thing about hot dogs is that you can eat one at any time, between meals as a snack, between snacks as a mini snack….and as a meal too! They are great because they are very uncomplicated, cook them any way you want (takes maximum of 3 mins), then put them in a bun, and go crazy….right??
Apparently, these guys want to rediscover the wheel ….

So far so good, right?? The picture of a hotdog on their package is put on a small booklet that includes more pictures…
After this main cover page, things start to go wrong…..very wrong…
They start giving “alternative” suggestions for using the hot dog! First suggestion -

Hot dogs with your cole slaw….hmmm, if this doesnt kill your appetite, wait till you read their punchline, which is roughly translated to “Cole slaw lovers will enjoy adding some protien to the salad”! Hmmm…..no?! Its cole slaw, Im not a big fan, but even if I was, I cant imagine meat with my cole slaw! And who came with the great idea of referring to your hot dogs as “protien”??
Let’s continue -

Hot dog soup! Mmmmm..mmmmmm ….. If the sound of that wasn’t bad enough, they sure killed it with the picture, although the concept is enough to discourage you! The caption says “Enjoy (for a female) a soup rich with protien, vitamins, and fiber, a delicious and healthy soup”! Again, it sounds like a chemistry lesson, and I felt weird reading this after realizing this product or brochure is directed purely for women
Suggestion 3 -

Aaah yes, the ever famous hot dog biryani, an all time Indian cuisine classic! eww….I wont even have to comment on this one!
Last, but by no means least -

Apparently this is “Maccaroni with vegetables and hot dog”, I do see maccaroni in the picture, and I see vegetables, and I see hot dog, but this doesnt really look like a specific dish, it just looks like a mix of yesterday’s leftovers!
After checking out these great suggestions, do you feel more likely or less likely to buy this product??
Peronally, one simple picture of this product at its greatest would do a much better job in making me want to buy some hot dogs -

Ahh yes, how great is simplicity? Im a big believer in the saying “If it aint broken….don’t fix it”! And this is an example of how you can make something classic and delicious like a hot dog seem less than appetizing!
18 Responses to “Multifunctional Hot Dogs!”
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August 12th, 2006 at 9:11 am
appetizing or not, your post made me hungry now. i should stay away from food posts until its closer to lunch time…
August 12th, 2006 at 9:30 am
Hot dog soup and hot dog biryani make me shudder
August 12th, 2006 at 9:52 am
The pics remind me of Indiana Jones
August 12th, 2006 at 10:04 am
Where have you been shopping? Each option gave me Goosebumps. But i’m hungry now.
August 12th, 2006 at 11:41 am
Sorry, I’m not the person to judge the wisdom of such recopies … I *HATE* hot dogs.
You know they are made from waste trimmings, like lips and a******s >:-
August 12th, 2006 at 1:36 pm
قاعد تلعب كرة و فنيلتك انشقت؟ استمتع هوت دوج امريكانا فنايل كرة
ماشي سرعة بسيارتك و طق عليك بنشر؟ استمتع بقيادة السيارة مع تواير هوت دوج امريكانا
اسرائيل نامت بأم الضاحية الجنوبية؟ أستمتع بتعمير لبنان مع هوت دوج طابوق
تبيني أكمل؟
أنا من زمان اكره الصووووصج مثل ديمون
شكله يلوع الجبد
اسمه يلوع الجبد, نقانق وييييييع شنو نقانق؟
صوصج , شنو صوصج؟
هوت دوج, ويع ويع ويع
المهم مشكور عالبوست لانك كرهتني فيه أكثر و مو متحسف على اني ما جربته بامريكا
August 12th, 2006 at 1:48 pm
Mark, Ive been hungry since I wrote about this, i actually got me a sandwich very early, which is not my routine at all!
jewaira, Id love to see the genius behind this great discovery!
erzulie, how come?
Transparently, I just found this brochure at a friend’s place, not something I bought
q80demon and kilama6goog, shlooon u dont like hot dogs?!? U just destroyed the opening line of this post
Ma3qooola u never even tried hot dogs ya KM?
August 12th, 2006 at 2:18 pm
lol i agree, the macaroni does look like yesterdays leftovers, but the soup looks like someone threw up yesterdays hotdog macaroni leftovers !
surprised they didnt put them on pizza, that woulda been my first thought.
best hotdog experience: nothing like your first hotdog on a streetcorner in NY
August 12th, 2006 at 3:11 pm
Thank you ma6goog, you read my mind I wouldn’t dream of even smelling the stuff [BARF]!
I hate sausages in all forms; whats with the awful trimmings and additives and who knows what stuffed into cellulose skin – if not the intestines of pigs [YECH]! I remember a report in the early 1990s when beef manufacturers in the US demanded to have the allowable percentage of *fecal* material in meat to be increased, comparing ground beef in hamburgers to the contents of sausages and hot dogs [VOMIT]!!!
August 12th, 2006 at 4:15 pm
لووول
والله انا بعترف, انا جربت الهوت دوج اول ما رحت امريكا بس كلش ما عجبني
انا عموما ما احب شكله الأملس, يعني انا ما احب المرتديلا و التركي و الهوت دوج , أي شي أملس ما احبه و اطلق العنان لخيالك
لول
و بعدين انا أؤمن بنظرية البدائل, يعني أقول اذا انا سعيد مع الكباب و الشورما و الشيش طاووق و البيتزا و الهمبورغه, ليش اجرب شي غريب مثل هوت دوج؟؟
أو شوشي سوشي؟
August 12th, 2006 at 4:48 pm
ok its 4:40PM, I still haven’t eaten and for some reason i came back to this post.
August 12th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
[warning: the following might contain words that might be offensive to some readers]
Ma6goog: do I know you? The reason I’m asking is because I fully agree with you - with one possible exception: a home made burger with a thick, juicy patty is great, but MacDonalds / Burger King / …etc is hog chow.
I never had sausages, I find the idea of consuming a hot dog extremely revolting. I remember in my childhood in our jam3eyah, Lebanese sausages were displayed in the counter where the different varieties of cheese were sold. In my mind the dark clusters of sausages resembled … excuse the phrase: ya3amee9 :-
August 12th, 2006 at 8:46 pm
Shino ya3ni Cole Slaw?
August 12th, 2006 at 9:30 pm
im a big fan of IKEA hot dogs! yummiiiiiii and the vanilla icecream is even yummier.
August 13th, 2006 at 8:23 am
Im not a big hot dog fan, but i do eat them, although those recipes are a bit wierd, i have to admit that my mouth is watering…i guess im hungry…
August 13th, 2006 at 9:19 am
This is hilarious!
You gotta give em credit for trying to alter people’s perceptions of the use of hotdogs so that they can make more money out of it…although they’re trying a bit too hard…hotdog soup…errr
August 13th, 2006 at 11:51 pm
Good thing I read this post right after I came back from an indian resturant that got me full to my mouth!! man I ate alot of beryani
Eventhough I love hot dogs, I’m now so full that this just didn’t move a thing in me.
Now how can I go to sleep with all that food in me?
August 14th, 2006 at 12:43 am
العزيز ديمون
طبعا رايي من رايك بالهمبورجر المنزلي او حتى التيندر بورجر مال الجمعية المثلج لا بأس به
بس انا مشكلتي معى أي شي أملس و ناعم لووول
و صراحة انا لا احب أي اكل من أي ديرة شرق آسيوية
هو اني بعد الغزو كنت بلندن و كنت اتمشى بشارع كوينز واي
و هناك قبل بيدزا هت اكو مطعم صيني اسمه مدري شنو دراجون
العن خيره معلق البظ مادري الخنازير عالفترينة و ريحتهم تصك براسك تلوع الجبد
و من يومها تعقدت من الشاينيز و الجابانيز و التاي فووود
حطيت عليهم X