On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:20:51 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>Went to CostCo today and saw a sign that said $4.99 over the "NEW"
>CostCo-Branded Hot Dogs and Polish Sausages ("As served in CostCo
>Food Courts). So I snarfed a package of each. Then I
>double-checked the price: $4.99 for the Hot Dogs, $9.99 for the
>polish sausages. Uh, OK. But that's about $1.30/lb for all-beef
>hot dogs. What the heck, I'll still take 2 packages of just hot
>dogs and thaw one of them 4-6 months from now when I'm not sick of
>hot dogs.
>
>Each dog "weighs 8% more than the typical 1/4lb hot dog" (I have a
>hunch that it also weighs 8% more than the most non-typical 1/4lb
>hot dogs, too). So that's 123 grams.

Hot dogs normally weigh 2 ounces, 8 dawgs per pound... a 4 ounce dog
is more knockwurst.

>31 of those grams are pure fat (1/4 of the product, 50% USRDA)
>12 are saturated fat (68% USRDA)
>and 2 of those 31 grams are trans fats (INFINITE% USRDA)
>
>That's 50% more fat than a fully dressed Big Mac.
>
>1070 mg sodium (50% USRDA) and
>75mg Cholesterol (25% USRDA)
>
>This is not a light-weight hot dog. I didn't know hot dogs were so
>evil. But ounce for ounce it coincides almost exactly with Ball
>Park Beef Franks.

SPAM is looking better n' better.