{"id":9084,"date":"2013-05-18T12:14:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T19:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=9084"},"modified":"2013-05-18T12:14:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T19:14:51","slug":"oscar-meyer-selects-angus-smoked-uncured-beef-franks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=9084","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Meyer Selects Angus Smoked Uncured Beef Franks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whoa, that’s a long name. \u00a0Saw these the other day for the first time, when I was in the hunt for my usual brands, premium casing dogs like Usingers or Vienna Beef.<\/p>\n

These were $3.99, for a 14 oz, 8 frank package; \u00a0they are bun length, and a bit redder in color than most grocery store dogs.<\/p>\n

Ingredient list, and what a relief not to see “mechanically separated turkey and chicken” as one runs into so often lately: \u00a0Angus beef, water, dextrose, cultured celery juice, vinegar, sodium phosphates, cherry powder, lemon juice solids, flavors, extractives of paprika.<\/p>\n

That’s pretty normal stuff. \u00a0 Dextrose is a simple sugar found in plants, generally used in the curing process of meats, but these are uncured, so it is most likely a flavor enhancer. \u00a0Sodium phosphate is used as a preservative instead of nitrates. Dextrose contributes to fermentation which creates some portions of flavor. \u00a0All the rest is what it is!<\/p>\n

As to putting “Angus Beef” on a label? \u00a080% of beef cattle in the US are Angus, so that’s not a premium point. \u00a0I understand that “Certified Angus” is a big deal, if you see that on labels.<\/p>\n

Point? \u00a0They’re tasty. \u00a0And for being a skinless dog, I’d put them on my ‘regular’ list. \u00a0With all beef franks, I usually get Nathan’s or Hebrew, but now I have a third choice.<\/p>\n

And moms? \u00a0Remember to dice the dogs if feeding them to toddlers.<\/p>\n

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Whoa, that’s a long name. \u00a0Saw these the other day for the first time, when I was in the hunt for my usual brands, premium casing dogs like Usingers or Vienna Beef. These were $3.99, for a 14 oz, 8 frank package; \u00a0they are bun length, and a bit redder in color than most grocery… Continue reading Oscar Meyer Selects Angus Smoked Uncured Beef Franks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,16,26],"tags":[1429,1812,2563],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9084"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}