When it comes to hot dogs, less information is more appetizing

• Life’s Ambrosia
• It’s what’s on the inside that counts.

Hot dogs are becoming like Santa Claus — the older you get, the harder it is to believe in them.

The New York Times’ The Local East Village blog recently posted the disturbing results of a Freedom of Information request submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture back in 2009. The subject of those 64 case files? The complaints submitted by ornery hot-dog eaters, who discovered everything from Band-Aids to winged insects inside.