This talk of hot dogs reminds me: if you visit Terry Pratchett's Discworld, you absolutely must (not) try CMOT Dibbler's sausages-inna-bun.
They are unique in their awfulness.
That most famous of Ankh-Morpork snack foods, not much is known about the recipe; presumably no-one has ever wanted to find out, for obvious reasons (at least, reasons obvious to anyone who has ever
tasted a sausage-in-a-bun). All we do know is that an Ankh-Morpork sausage of the kind used here would be classed in other countries as a loaf or possibly a log, and when there is meat somewhere in there, it is not necessarily meat from something that butchers in our world would consider using. And even when there is meat from a named domesticated animal involved, the name of the said domesticated animal was probably something along the lines of "Spot" or "Ginger".
Another point about sausages-in-buns is that they do, on occasion, have to be stunned before being served up.
Only one person has ever eaten
three sausages-inna-bun in one sitting and remained upright. That should let you know how bad they are.
Incidentally, the "CMOT" in Dibbler's name stands for "Cut-me-own-throat", which refers to his usual selling point: "Just ten pence for you, sir, and at that price, I'm cutting me own throat!"
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