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The Hot Dog, America's Silent Hero.

1/19/2011

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Wiener

Stop laughing.

Oh your not? Oh good, it will be nice to be able to have a conversation about wieners with an adult and not feel weird about it.

Oh grow up.

Look, I know that no one really knows what all goes in to hot dogs. We know the animal source but the ingredients are questionable to many people. However you can't deny that they have become an American staple. Seriously, we eat a lot of hot dogs in this place. We even celebrate the birth of our country with them. According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council on Independence Day alone, Americans will eat 150 million hot dogs. That's enough hot dogs to stretch from D.C. to L.A. over five times.

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Why do we love them so much? Because they are delicious and... Low Carb. Most over them are below 3-4 carbs a dog. And so easy to cook too. Throw some on a grill or in a pan and you have a tasty treat. Roll them up in low carb tortillas, wrap them in bacon, smoother in BBQ sauce. They are always tasty and so easy to make.

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I have tried a lot of Hot Dogs and some of my go-to's are the Oscar Mayer All Beef Hot Dogs. They are 1 carb per dog and have great flavor. Some of the other dogs on the market use some sugars and fillers and have a couple extra carbs in them. So if you are really counting the numbers and want to keep them low try the Oscar Meyer route.

Carbs - 1
Dietary Fiber - 0
Net Carbs - 1

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Remember:
Mustard is carb-less.
Relish is carb-less.
Ketchup is not carb-less.

But low sugar Ketchup comes pretty close at 1 carb a serving.

Its Independence day everyday at my house now.


1 Comment
John
10/14/2015 09:30:07 am

Your statement about hot dog relish is not accurate. Many hot dog relishes have added sugar.

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