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Expecting everyone to just give up meat and bread for rice and beans is nonsense. And eating too many calories is unhealthy, but who are you to decide. You're blaming the victim.

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Steak consumption is down 20%. I presume hot dog consumption is up a similar amount.

If the prices on hotdogs are like what I've seen at the store, no it is not. They're not priced quite like a steak, but it's close. And then you got the buns which are also like $5 for a 8-pack of the cheap store brand ones.

A lot of the basic foodstuffs -- dry beans, grains, milk, eggs, flour -- have all gone up in price significantly. I've seen prices double over the last two years on some of these.

They've gone up in price, but they still retain their status as the cheapest meat. The people who aren't buying steak are buying something else instead.

In fact, I believe that the price of hot dogs have gone up more than the price of steak has. Yet people are still buying more hot dogs and less steak.

You don't have to buy the buns lol. I remember using sliced bread instead of the buns because it's cheaper if you only use 1 slice to wrap the meat. I still see the $1.99 for a loaf of wonder bread or whatever it's called. That's plenty of slices for plenty of hot dogs lol.

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