my wife thinks i'm weird cuz i like to eat cold hotdogs with mustard. 

Cold hot dogs with mustard doesn't make you weird. 



I like mine cold with sliced cheese. 

mmmmmm.....you just gave me a great idea....cold hot dogs with cheese AND mustard!!!   

 

mmm......not bad...goes ok with all the alcohol in my belly.....so far.... 

Cold hot dogs is actually incredibly dangerous thing to eat...

Studies have shown a high level of the harmful bacteria Listeria in hot dogs. Thus, for added precaution, persons at risk may choose to avoid eating hot dogs and luncheon meats, such as bologna, unless they are reheated until steamy hot.

From the USDA site

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Factsheets/Hot_Dogs/index.asp

Just a thought.  I got very sick a couple of years ago eating a cold hotdog.

really? wow. i've eaten cold hot dogs so many times over the years and never gotten sick. my middle daughter(she's almos 3) likes em that way. the wife says we're nasty and insists we heat them up.

hate to say it but i agree with the wife.  i was in the hospital for 3 weeks because of the bacteria in those things.  i still enjoy a decent hotdog but it has to be cooked now

who are "persons at risk"?

Myth 7: Hot dogs are pre-cooked, so it's okay to eat them raw.

Fact: Actually, it's important to always reheat hot dogs until they're steaming hot. Some ready-to-eat foods, such as hot dogs, can become contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes after they have been processed and packaged at the plant. If it's not possible to reheat hot dogs, don't eat them.


http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~pregnant/newmyth.html

A person with listeriosis has fever, muscle aches, and sometimes gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea or diarrhea. If infection spreads to the nervous system, symptoms such as headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or convulsions can occur

http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/disease_listing/listeriosis_gi.html

Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 18, 2008, 11:29:08 PM
who are "persons at risk"?

Most at risk are children, Pregnat women, People with weak immune systems the elderly.  but i was a 100% healthy active swimmer, and i got all the symptoms and then some. trust me it aint fun

wow that's crazy man. i just ate 6 hot dogs cold.  no seriously i did.  i've never gotten sick before but from now on i'll remember your post. 

nope and i just got over a rather severe pneumonia, ( and its tryin to come back  ) but i still eat em cold sometimes, with no ill effects

its rare if you are healthy but it happens, and to me its just not worth it no way no how

well glad you're okay now. geez, i always thought the wife was just paranoid. 

Quote from: darb85 on May 18, 2008, 11:39:41 PM
its rare if you are healthy but it happens, and to me its just not worth it no way no how

honestly agree. and nowadays, i do eat em cold, but rarely. bsides nothng beats a hot meal either

except for hot............nevermind..............

thats just wrong.....but oh so right....i mean....

 

Straight from my wife a clinical microbioligist.

Listeria is a free living water bacteria

Pseudomonas is the hot dog bacteria.

Enjoy your hotdogs cold as long as they have not been setting around open in yoiur fridge more than a few days.