Fast Food and Hot Dogs

   I remember when I was about ten years old one of my best friends was explaining to me the ingredients in a hot dog. Her voice sounded more like she was telling a scary story than explaining something that humans actually consume. I was horrified by everything she said. My first reaction was to call her a liar, but after asking my parents for the facts about hot dogs, I found out her scary story was indeed truth. I do not eat hot dogs anymore. The knowledge had changed me for life. Later on in life I remember someone asking me if I knew what was in bologna. I shouted “Don’t tell me!” I figured remaining naïve is better than not eating delicious foods.

   Fast Food Nation is like a hot dog to me, but instead of just the ingredients being exposed, this book has exposed so much more. I wish I had yelled at the beginning of the semester “I won’t read that!” Hind sight is twenty-twenty. This book should be in the horror section of a bookstore. Just like the hot dog I will be forever scarred. I can’t take the things that I have read and learned from this book out of my brain. This book has forced me to look at what I eat and if I will continue trying to remain oblivious to the facts.