The Pressed-Meat Parachute
Apparently the hot dog business is recession-proof. This according to a story in today’s Wall Street Journal that tells of folks across the porky plains either hanging ‘em up to become hot dog vendors or using it as a back-up plan after getting laid off, Madoffed, or otherwise financially screwed by the economy. So the half-pork-half-beef-lining of this market shitstorm? Vending cart sales are up. Way up. One vending-cart sales guy in Florida reported moving 150 percent more carts this year over last year.
This has even spurred the founding of the first, as far as the Butcher knows, institution of higher hot dog education:
Hot Dog University will cover everything from the right way to squirt mustard (in a swirling motion with a quick flick of the wrist) to how to heat up buns (steam them over the dogs for two minutes before serving).
