Are hot dogs really made from pigs" snouts and unused meat scraps? Contrary to popular belief, hot dogs are not made from left-over meat laying around on the floors of meat-packing houses. Whether it is pork or beef that is stuffed into a hot dog, the meat trimmings are carefully selected just like the meat you buy in your grocer"s coolers.

Most recipes for hot dogs combine together a tasty blend of favorite meats (pork, beef, chicken, or turkey), meat fat, a cereal filler which could be either bread crumbs, flour, or oatmeal, a little bit of egg white, and a mouth-watering array of herbs and seasonings including garlic, pepper, ground mustard, nutmeg, salt, and onion.

Once these ingredients are grinded together, the stuffing is squeezed into sausage casings. Many of the hot dogs sold in stores are enclosed in synthetic cellulose casings, but most home-made hot dogs are made out of natural animal intestines.

熱狗真的是由豬鼻子和無用的廢料肉制成的嗎？和這種普遍的懷疑相反，熱狗不是由堆放在屠宰廠地板上的剩肉制成的。不管熱狗中塞滿的是豬肉還是牛肉，都是被精心挑選整理過的，就和你在雜貨店冰柜中買的肉一樣。

大多數熱狗的制作方法，都是把人們最喜愛吃的肉混合得更可口，（豬肉，牛肉，雞肉，或火雞肉) ，再加入肥肉，谷類餡料，可能是面包屑，面粉或者麥片，還有少許蛋白，一系列令人垂涎的香料和包括蒜，胡椒，芥末，肉豆蔻，鹽和洋蔥等調味品。

這些材料一起被磨碎后，再把填料壓入香腸包裝套里。大多數在商場里出售的熱狗，都是由合成纖維素套包裝的，但家庭制作的多由普通的動物腸包裝。

* snout (n.) （豬）鼻子

* scrap (n.) 廢料

* cereal filler （香腸的）谷物粉餡料

* oatmeal (n.) 燕麥片

* seasoning (n.) 調料

* garlic (n.) 大蒜

* cellulose (n.) 纖維素

Following the stuffing process is the pre-cooking cycle in which the hot dog links are tossed into boiling water for approximately 15 minutes. Finally, the dogs are packaged, loaded on delivery trucks, and sent off to food markets.

Hot dogs are popular among Americans because they are easy to make, inexpensive, and delicious.

What is your favorite type of hot dog? - a chili dog, a cheese dog, or a foot-long dog? A multitude of toppings can enhance the flavor of your hot dog. Common toppings used on hot dogs include ketchup, mustard, onions, relish, chili, cheese, and sauerkraut.

填料過程以后是烹飪環節的預備階段，把熱狗鏈投進熱水中，煮大約15 分鐘。最后，把熱狗包裝好，裝上運貨車，然后送到食品市場。

熱狗在美國人中很受歡迎，因為它們容易制作，價錢便宜，美味可口。

你最喜愛什么類型的熱狗？---紅辣椒狗，乳酪狗還是長腳狗？樣數眾多的頂部調料能提高熱狗的風味，比較普通的包括蕃茄醬，芥末，洋蔥，香料，紅辣椒，乳酪和酸泡菜。

* chili (n.) 紅辣椒

* ketchup (n.) 番茄醬

* relish (n.) 香料，調味品