On 10/5/2013 2:34 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "dsi1" > wrote in message
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>> He might be referring to the Presto Hot Dogger. This simple cooker had
>> metal prongs that you skewered the ends of the hot dog on. The dogs
>> were cooked by running 120V line current through them. The hot dog's
>> salt made them conductive to electricity. The dog cooked in seconds.
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>> You can also connect two short nails to a lamp cord and stick the
>> nails in the dog. Plug in and watch the fun. You probably should hook
>> several in line to help reduce the inevitable arcing you're going to
>> get from the less than perfect electrical connection from nails in hot
>> dogs. My understanding is that if you use a pickle instead of a hot
>> dog, you get a ghastly green light. Fun!
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> rofl

It's all true! I got one years ago at a yard sale for fifty cents. It
had some problem with a funky electrical taste from the arcing and the
sparking. Something like this wouldn't work in the UK because of your
higher voltage. My guess is that the dogs would explode.