Teach me to be a cheapskate

[drakethib]

OK. I have always wondered about this. I thought that a hot dog was similar to bologna, which is eaten raw. That is probably wrong!
Anyone??

Well if somehow you could nuke them, through them in a regular thermos and they will keep warm and safe all day long !!!

 

[drakethib]

The package says fully cooked heat and eat. I plan to carry them in my cooler and eat them within a few hours. It's no worse then sending a sandwich to school with your kids in their lunch box for petes sake.

Can I just get some more great ideas for free or cheap stuff. I'm really not a cheapskate and my budget isn't that tight. I just get tired of waiting in line for food and paying $3 for a hotdog.

As kids, my mom let us eat tons of cold hot dogs.

I am now 33 and doing fine. (although these days I prefer my hot dogs hot )

 

[CheapMom]

As kids, my mom let us eat tons of cold hot dogs.

I am now 33 and doing fine. (although these days I prefer my hot dogs hot )

My husband is the youngest of 8 and he grew up in a house with 2 working parents- he said they all practically survived on raw hot dogs and little else. They are all OK.

 

[barb45]

Some of these remind me of when we took our first daughter to the nursing home to visit my husband's mother. She couldn't understand why we had a car seat for her! She said I put you kids in a laundry basket in the car and you were fine so that's good enough for these kids too!!

We also had plenty of raw hotdogs when we were kids. I think if they are kept at the right temp. they would be fine but if the temp. gets too warm then the bacteria starts going crazy. We used to take tuna and mayo sandwiches to school and they would sit in our lockers for hours before lunch and we were fine. Now that I know better I would say that we were just lucky and I certainly wouldn't try it with my kids.

Let's think of some other cheap ideas instead.

 

[mum4jenn]

Some of these remind me of when we took our first daughter to the nursing home to visit my husband's mother. She couldn't understand why we had a car seat for her! She said I put you kids in a laundry basket in the car and you were fine so that's good enough for these kids too!!

We also had plenty of raw hotdogs when we were kids. I think if they are kept at the right temp. they would be fine but if the temp. gets too warm then the bacteria starts going crazy. We used to take tuna and mayo sandwiches to school and they would sit in our lockers for hours before lunch and we were fine. Now that I know better I would say that we were just lucky and I certainly wouldn't try it with my kids.

Let's think of some other cheap ideas instead.

FINALLY!!!!Someone came to my rescue!!!! You are right though. There are LOTS of things that used to be done that were actually dangerous and there are alot of lucky folks walking around!! My dh said that his mother used to make them swallow Vicks VapoRub when they were sick!!! Would anyone in todays world feed their child Vaporub????? Yes they survived but gee wiz!!!
I guess though that I will not ever try to warn anyone about food-borne illness again.

Thank you to those that did support me in my effort to lower someones chance of getting sick just to save a couple of bucks.