That ought to get me some traffic.
Do we really need an individually wrapped, pre packaged frankfurter?
Apparently Kraft thinks so. Witness the latest abomination of the culture of lazy...
The Oscar Meyer Fast Frank
Now you too can be freed from the drudgery of placing that beastly sausage in a bifurcated bun... food engineers have solved that problem forever!
Condiment application is still your own problem however.
I'm not really against the item per se, because hot dogs truly are a great American food. One of the original industrial meats, they embody everything this great nation stands for. I just can't see a market for simplifying one of the simplest meals in existence. The Fast Frank is obviously not trying to re-create the occult alchemy of the Dodger Dog, the Fenway Frank, or any of the other mystical creations of Major League Baseball. Nor is it trying to achieve the sublime perfection of a grilled dog. In the thirty five seconds it takes to produce this modern wonder, I believe I could actually microwave a regular dog, and have my bun and condiments prepped for application.
When something truly is an advance that improves the quality of my kitchen life, I will embrace it with open arms. But somehow I think it is mildly insulting to lump "microwave single serving hot dogs" in with great inventions like canning, pasteurization, and ramen noodles.
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