The Humble Hot Dog

I was catching up on Kitty Hawk today (a great pulp-style webcomic about a woman pilot) when I ran into this comic. It kind of hit home for me. Not that I miss American hot dogs that much; I only eat all-beef with natural casing ones anyway, but the 1600 types of sausage plays to one of my shopping frustrations.

There are so many different kinds of sausages and meats (few with names that Google Translate can handle) that I’m often left confused or buying the same things over and over again. I’d like to branch out, but with things on the shelf like “tongue-worst” (a cold-cut you can see slices of beef tongue in), I’m not brave enough to just randomly select. I don’t think I’m up to eating organ meat, or at least I want to know what it is first.

Anywhoo, enough about meat. If you like pulp-style stories and well crafted comics, take the time to check out Kitty Hawk. The story has an Indiana Jones feel to it (without the womanizing) and I really like how the main character’s memories appear like living people around her.