IVIV: Vegetable of the Day

[Henry Musikar]

I once took my hotdog out of the bun in order to put "the works" on the
roll: mustard, relish, sauerkraut, and ketchup.  I was halfway through
eating it when I looked down at my plate and saw the dog.  That was a
vegetarian experience that I've since avoided.  

A chili dog is meat on meat, and a specialty of Washington, DC that is even
featured at Nationals' games because of its ties to the icon of DC civil
rights eateries, Ben's Chili Bowl.

Henry Mu
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-----Original Message-----
From: Page

Doesn't Pynchon tell us, perhaps indirectly, that chili dogs are largely not
meat? He does this in his description of the dog. Slather on all that other
good stuff, and the hot dog itself is merely a carrier, a delivery system. 
Of course, the chili on the dog isn't vegetarian.