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Meat is Murder. (Well, I say “meat”…..)

July 1st, 2010 |

Death in a bun. Tasty, tasty death....

No I’m not a militant vegetarian, I wouldn’t be able to cope with all the hemp and Tofu. I just love the eye-catching nature of this piece from a consumer health blog about choking hazards – “About 17 percent of food-related asphyxiations were caused by hot dogs.” Despite the original press release from the American Academy of Pediatrics mentioning nary a word about processed pig snouts being the biggest killer since smallpox, there has apparently been a move to redesign the hotdog. As one statement author Gary Smith put it, “If you were to take the best engineers in the world and try to design the perfect plug for a child’s airway, it would be a hot dog,” One could only assume they would be working for Dr. Evil in this task.

Perhaps we simply need to encourage increased use of condiment lubrication and practice our skills at removing these pig fingers from the right main bronchus? If nothing else, I’m sure our great british press will be able to torture this information into assuring us that Cumberland rings are better for your health.

“If meat is murder, is Quorn just wasting police time?” Armando Iannucci