The best thing about these hot dogs is there's no casing coming between your mouth and the meat. It's all natural.

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FOOD BUZZ: Noted food-critic Barack Obama ordered this D.C.-area delicacy at the famous Ben's Chili Bowl but has since been criticized for having to ask about it first. Bill Cosby, who until the Rise of Obama was the only person allowed to eat for free at Ben's, is particularly pissed off. For inquiring minds, a half-smoke is “a processed meat tube that's a lot plumper” and spicier than your average hot dog. Obama was probably just hoping for a restaurant-sanctioned semi-cigarette, but I guess the processed meat sounds ok too.

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The Best Links:

1. Watch Obama at Ben’s
2. Barack Obama doesn’t know what a half-smoke is
3. Serious Eats explains the half-smoke
4. Pictures from Obama’s trip to Ben’s Chili Bowl
5. Barack Obama, Food Critic
6. Who Eats Free at Ben’s?

Not safe for hot dog fans: a behind-the-scenes look at a hot dog factory. Aaaaaannd I was better off not knowing.

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The Best Links:

1. How Candy Corn is Made - Unwrapped
2. Inside a Frozen Pizza Factory - BBC

Martha Stewart shows off a 15-foot-long hot dog. Her quip: “For those of you who don’t think length matters, I disagree -– especially when it comes to wieners.” Creepy.

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FOOD BUZZ: A hot dog wrapped in ground beef then deep-fried, topped with chili, cheese, grilled onions, and served in a hoagie roll. It was very difficult trying to find an appetizing photo of something that sounds so insanely delicious. You know it’s summer when you’re stuffing a giant hamdog in your face!

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The Best Links:

1. Luther Burger and Hamdog Pictures!!!!!
2. I Ate at the Guy Who Invented the Hamdog’s Bar!
3. How to Make a Hamdog: Step by Step With Photos
4. A Sports Game Treat with No Sports Affiliation
5. “Ketchup With Your Cardiac Arrest?”
6. Anatomy of a Hamdog (This One Has Eggs in It)