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[–] MegaUltraChicken 98 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Jokes on you Nathan's, now I know Impossible makes hot dogs and want to get some. Their brats are pretty good, didn't know they made hot dogs.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yes but are these Impossible Hot Dogs made from the dregs of plants that were too disgusting to use for any other purpose? If they can't meet that high bar then I don't know if I even want them.

[–] Ghostalmedia 65 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They’re made of plant lips and assholes.

[–] proctonaut 25 points 4 months ago

Cabbage anus, just like grandma used to make

[–] FlyingSquid 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What's even the point of a hot dog if it isn't made from a ground-up pig's asshole?

[–] QuarterSwede 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Hell yeah pig lips and assholes! I know exactly what I’m eating and it’s delicious. Waste not, want not!

Although, after having an impossible burger, which was surprisingly good, I’d try an impossible dog or brat for sure. Can’t hurt the cholesterol levels I’d imagine.

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[–] disguy_ovahea 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

For real. They’re practically toppings vessels for me anyway. If Impossible dogs don’t give you the hot dog burps, I’ll never eat another beef frank.

[–] littlewonder 5 points 4 months ago

Or you can minmax your hotdog burps and chug hot ham water instead.

[–] Sludgehammer 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

My only problems with Impossible products is they're usually quite a bit saltier than actual meat and of course that it's usually more expensive then meat products. If they fixed both of those problems I'd be okay with replacing a good percentage of my meat consumption with them.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I am once again asking for meat and dairy subsidies to be shifted to alternatives.

I'm perfectly happy with oat milk, especially in how it keeps longer, but not it being twice the price per gallon.

[–] littlewonder 11 points 4 months ago

Nah, let's ban anything that doesn't include maximum animal suffering.

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[–] QualifiedKitten 9 points 4 months ago

It's been a little while since I checked, but the last time I was thinking of making chilli, I decided against it because the ground beef was too expensive. I use the fattier/cheaper beef, and depending on which store I checked, the Impossible/Beyond products were either slightly cheaper than real meat, or the same price. Of all the shops I checked, the cheapest option ended up being Impossible or Beyond.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I say this without judgement as a fellow carnist, but you can definitely get away with eating less meat than you think. It's just a matter of figuring out how to prep and cook other protein sources.

I've got myself up to "almost vegan" except for when visiting family. Next step is bringing my own grillables lol that'll be to-do, I just know it

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

There's a food truck in my town that serves vegan hot dogs, and they are awesome. If Impossible can manage to make theirs half that good, I'll probably buy them over the real meat ones even though I'm not a vegan.

[–] citrusface 6 points 4 months ago

Yeah fr I'm gonna find some tonight - thanks for the free advertising! Impossible brats are a bangin, so I'm sure the hot dog will be great too.

[–] Ghostalmedia 59 points 4 months ago (1 children)

“hot dog exclusivity provisions”

Well that’s not a phrase I ever expected to encounter.

[–] Crackhappy 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Check your contract, just one more time. ;)

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[–] homesweethomeMrL 7 points 4 months ago

Oh, right, like it’s in the Lemmy TOS.

checks

. . . goddammit.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago

Very few things bring me joy these days. Joey Chestnut devouring dozens of hot dogs and buns every 4th of July was one of those disgusting and joyous occasions I could count on every year. Seeing that man throw caution to the wind and inhale that much sodium, fat, lips and assholes, and enriched wheat flour was horrifying and spectacular. Now, I won't even have that.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This has backfired spectacularly. Streisand effect, engaged!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is that meme your own creation?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Thank you for your service

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Major League Eating, hailing him as “an American hero,”

No. Just no.

[–] jeffw 24 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Who do you worship, if not a guy who mastered a method of lubing up hot dogs so they slide down the throat at a record pace?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Honestly doesn’t get any more American than that 🫡🇺🇸

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

So it is basically deep throating, just with a different kind of saussage?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Fair enough.

[–] pikmeir 34 points 4 months ago

Major League Eating said that it had gone “to great lengths in recent months to accommodate Joey and his management team, agreeing to the appearance fee and allowing Joey to compete in a rival unbranded hot dog eating contest on Labor Day,” but that they’d been unable to come to an agreement.

Lol this is hilarious because I still remember what Major League Eating did to Kobayashi in 2010, but with Joey they're bending over backwards to accommodate him and still lose. Serves them right and hopefully they'll lose a lot of money over their poor treatment of their talent.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If I had spent years earning my legal degree, and then found myself dealing with “hot dog exclusivity provisions” it would be time for me to take a painfully honest look at my career.

[–] feedmecontent 4 points 4 months ago

It seems like out of the many potential villainous legal careers, the one that includes this is...fine

[–] Aurix 33 points 4 months ago

That headline is deeply appreciated.

[–] FlyingSquid 27 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Sounds like it’s not so much the vegan thing as him just endorsing a Nathan’s rival.

[–] littlewonder 7 points 4 months ago

But if they don't bring veganism into this, how else will I aggressively express how much I love meat and write five paragraphs about how unbothered I am about other people not eating a thing I eat????

[–] homesweethomeMrL 4 points 4 months ago
[–] PopcornPrincess 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Are Impossible hotdogs as good as the burgers? I eat meat but like alternatives also.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not sure about Imposible but I've had Beyond sausages and they are delicious.

[–] Veraxus 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I don’t know how people stomach the Beyond stuff. I’d rather go with the old school soy alternatives than Beyond; their textures are just so weird and off-putting, and they always taste wrong.

Impossible is unbelievably good in a lot of applications, though. If they could get their prices down, I’d eat their products a lot more often. Need to try their dogs, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Odd. I think that same thing with Impossible burgers. There was a while where Beyond changed their formula and it had waaaay too much salt. We just did Garden Burgers instead and still avoided Impossible. I recently got some Impossible burgers because Costco didn't have Beyond. They are pretty bland and the texture is off. Beyond has a bit of a grilled flavor to them.

That's not to say that all Impossible burgers that I have had sucked. Most of the ones that I have gotten at restaurants have been pretty indistinguishable from beef burgers. There have even been a couple where I am damn near certain they simply gave me beef.

[–] Veraxus 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I can make impossible burgers on my pellet smoker - smash or pub style - and they are indistinguishable from lean beef. High heat sear and a bit of wood smoke is the trick. And MSG.

I have never been anywhere close to that successful with Beyond, and not for lack of trying. ☹️

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

That reminds me that I have to get that tub of MSG from the Asian grocery store down the street. Safeway has some under a less obvious name but it is $7.50 for a tiny amount.

[–] PopcornPrincess 5 points 4 months ago

Salt and pepper the Impossible burger like you would a regular beef burger when cooking. It makes the flavor indistinguishable from a beef patty, imo.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

Just about the same thing happened to the previous champion, Takeru Kobayashi. They should have an impossible-off.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

I saw this as a ticker news update at the bar and was super confused.

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[–] son_named_bort 6 points 4 months ago

Great, now my 4th of July is now ruined.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Dude gets himself kicked out of the Coca Cola drinking contest because he does endorsements for Pepsi.

[–] aeronmelon 3 points 4 months ago

What a headline!

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