Who Knew Ox Lips Could Taste Good?

With barbecue and picnic season just around the corner, I decided it’s time to conquer my pathological fear of tubular meat. That’s right. I’m giving hot dogs another chance. At 9, I turned my back on the iconic American food. That’s because one afternoon as my mom boiled wieners on the stove, my sister picked up the package and read the ingredients aloud. Horrified by her litany of unspeakable cattle parts, the tipping point came when she concluded with “and ox lips!” Shelley got an extra hot dog that day, and I got a lifelong loathing of wieners/ Cindy Hval , SR Front Porch. More here . (Wikipedia photo)

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