There are looney people in Holland, too

Everyone in America knows that the origin of the meat in hot dogs is, at best, dubious. But wooden shoe-wearing stoners in Holland take pride in the amalgam of meat in the frikandel-- a deep-fried sausage made from beef, pork, chicken and...gasp, horse.

The frikandel experience as recalled by Greg Lindsay:

The Netherlands appears to lag about a century behind the United States in sausage-delivery mechanisms, bypassing the standards bun in favor of a plastic sleeve and fork. I also ordered -- just because I was there -- pommes frites and mayonnaise, reflexively hearing John Travolta ("They drown 'em in that shit") echoing through my mind. Despite the deep-frying, the exterior of the frikandel was still soft, making it almost impossible to cut off a piece with a fork without spilling pink gloop on my shoes.

Photo by Greg Lindsay for Esquire