• wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      I suggest you don’t visit West Virginia…

      Each year, West Virginians consume 481 hot dogs per capita, according to 24/7 Wall St. That means the average West Virginian eats more than one hot dog a day. Illinois locals love their Chicago dog, and they didn’t even come close to West Virginia’s annual hot dog consumption, hitting 317 per capita.

      https://www.tastingtable.com/1887834/west-virginia-most-hot-dogs/

      Coincidentally West Virginia has an obesity rate of 41%.

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        3 days ago

        I feel like the west virginia statistic may be heavily biased by what a poor family might feed a child. I remember my parents using hot dogs for ‘cheap’ meat that could be doctored into meals that my picky toddler ass would eat.

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      The hot dog was supposed to be an example. A more common one is lunch meat, which some people do eat every day.

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        Fair point. My kid eats a lot of turkey sandwiches.

        Anyone know the conversion rate of turkey slices to hotdogs?

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          Well if you roll up a Turkey slice its about the same size? Hard to say though, it varies by brand and region. Most of this stuff doesnt apply outside the US as much either as food standards tend to be very low in the states.