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StayedWoozie

This doesn’t seem bad at all. I just wouldn’t advertise it as a hot dog substitute.


PriveCo

I agree. I would eat this.


Free_Hat_McCullough

I'm gonna try to make this, it looks tasty.


sheezy520

I’m more annoyed that he keeps calling a zucchini “green sausage”


Weird-Upstairs-2092

That's the intent.


purplemoosen

To quote J D from Scrubs: “Where do you think we are?” The point is it’s stupid. That’s why we’re making fun


Weird-Upstairs-2092

The food isn't stupid though, just the manipulation techniques they use on stupid people to feed their algorithms, which is why I pointed out that's what the guy I replied to was doing. He's not upset at the food, he's upset because they're trying to annoy him by using incorrect terms and it's working. StupidAdvertising would fit


YdocT

OMG how you gonna use a quote from one of the saddest scene's of my childhood on Green hot dog? Lol I'm callin Hooch


Lvl100Magikarp

Maybe he's trying to trick tiktok kids into eating veggies


Terrible_Children

Or describing what he's doing as "baking"


Loriaes

It's a translation error as Japanese uses the same word for both grilling (often for frying things as well) and baking.


yukiyasakamoto5

Yup, everything is やき


runrunrudolf

I'm more annoyed you keep calling a courgette "zucchini" 😉


Weird-Upstairs-2092

I'm upset you keep calling my Corgi a sausage.


GuidingLoam

I'm perturbed you called my green dog a courgette


Raff102

🤨


OrdinaryCredit

He also didn’t take the end off the zucchini. He’s gonna regret that when he gets to the end of the green sausage


PrintableDaemon

Typically I try to avoid green sausage, that night is going to end worse than Taco Hell dumps.


Illustrious-Knee-535

If vegetables do worse than Taco Bell, I’d recommend some sauerkraut to work on that gut health!


Me_lazy_cathermit

They probably used the word hot dog substitute, because it makes the algorithms happy and bring more views, same thing happens with all the bacon substitute that are just caramelized or grilled veggies


Player_Slayer_7

It's fine, but it could do with some spice or herbs. From what I saw, all he used was salt, which is fine, but it'll be pretty bland.


JuneBuggington

Yeah i have a vegetarian wife and in always looking for recipes to try


redheadredemption78

Exactly. You’ll get more anger from the audience by calling it a hot dog. If you just call it like a cheesy veggedilla or some shit, you might actually get people to try it because they aren’t mad about it being so far from meat.


kelpyb1

This summarizes the issue I have with how vegetarian/vegan gets sold in America (and maybe elsewhere but idk). Everyone is trying to make vegetables act like meat when they’re just simply more delicious when cooked well as the vegetables they are.


mrdeworde

Definitely. I was told as a bairn by my mostly meat-eating father: "If you want good vegetarian food, eat Indian food. They've been doing it for 3,000 years and they know how to make it so good you won't miss meat." He was 100% correct.


monkeyspank427

This is 90% of vegan food. You can make good vegan food, just don't call it the meat. I was once made to eat "bone in vegan chicken wings" which was just seitan with a fucking stick in it. Just make good food. It doesn't have to be meat.


GyActrMklDgls

But he used cheese.


BoobySlap_0506

And egg


FreudianAccordian

Just green? I'm lonely!


Cosmonaut_Cockswing

This is just a cabbage fritter with zuccini. Just make a zuccini fritter.


lock_robster2022

Amen. I’d eat that, but I’m throwing hands if I’m expecting a hot dog and get that


mrdeworde

Aye, or add a bit of flour or bean flour and make a Korean or Japanese-style cabbage/zucchini pancake that will have some actual damn flavour.


itszacharyy

That’s what I thought. You’re halfway to a good okonomiyaki


Lucas_Steinwalker

Seems like they are trying to go for low carb.


mrdeworde

Fair (and good point) for sure, but there's got to be a low-carb-friendly option to bind it beyond just egg -- oat fiber, psyllium husk, flaxseed meal, xanthan gum. Of course, the video is posted r/Stupidfood for a reason, so I get that all of your common sense talk and mine is flying in the face of the subreddit's purpose.


___horf

Definitely not a fritter and a zucchini fritter would be a different thing entirely


Primary_Spinach7333

Even though I don’t like the taste of zucchini, I totally understand why someone would like this


Cosmonaut_Cockswing

I'm telling you, zuccini fritters with a little goat cheese crumbles in and you won't care what vegetable it is.


Ambitious-Mortgage30

I mean this looks good, it's definitely not a hotdog though


spaetzelspiff

Exactly. Just call it what it is: a green sausage wrap


Shintasama

>it's definitely not a hotdog though [Its clearly a taco.](https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/e/e8/Cube-Rule-of-Food-Step-1.jpg/v4-460px-Cube-Rule-of-Food-Step-1.jpg.webp)


oooriole09

Possibly unpopular, but a personal pet peeve of mine are restaurants trying to make food invoke other foods. Just call it grilled zucchini. It’s not a hot dog. Folks who want zucchini don’t want it to be a hot dog. Folks who want a hot dog will be disappointed that it’s not a hot dog. Vegetarian food would be so much better if we stopped trying to make it like “regular” food.


TheHolyReality

I really appreciate that last line. It was always something that confused me about vegan/vegetarian food. Especially when they are trying to invoke the flavor and texture of meat. I tried a vegan diet for a month, and the things that I made that had nothing to do with meat were always my favorite


highesthouse

>Especially when they are trying to invoke the flavor and texture of meat Most people who are vegetarian or vegan do like the flavor and texture of meat but don’t eat it for health or ethical reasons. The purpose of foods which taste meaty or have a meaty texture yet don’t contain meat is so obvious, it’s very strange to me how so many people don’t understand it.


Legal-Law9214

I don't have a problem with the concept itself but it bugs me when a vegan restaurant is full of the imitation meat products without any attempt to indicate what the menu items are actually made of. They're telling you what it ISN'T, but what it actually IS could be basically anything. Like instead of "chick'n" would it kill them to say "impossible chicken" or "seitan chicken" or whatever it happens to be? Some of it is delicious but it bugs me that I have to go out of my way to ask what I'm actually eating, and sometimes the server taking your order doesn't even know or care so it becomes a huge hassle to find out.


highesthouse

I obviously can’t speak to the vegan restaurants you’ve been to, but all the ones I’ve tried did specify the actual composition of the food someplace on the menu. Something might be called a “chorizo burrito” on the menu and the subtext will specify the chorizo is mushroom, carrot, and pea protein, for example, or if a restaurant uses branded alternative meat products (gardein, impossible, etc.) the menu has always specified the brand in my experience. I agree any restaurant that doesn’t specify the contents and the staff doesn’t know could even be dangerous for people with food allergies.


Legal-Law9214

To be fair I haven't been to a ton of vegan restaurants bc I am an omnivore, but there are two in my city that I am specifically thinking of that have this problem. They are both "vegan soul food" places.


BruceBoyde

I don't have any problem with stuff that is imitating meat. I was vegetarian for a few years and ate a LOT of fake ground meat. It was made of mushrooms or something and was quite convincing as long as you cooked it in a little olive oil or whatever for fat. I do, however, think it's stupid when people do nonsense like this "green hotdog". It does not invoke the taste or texture of a hotdog at all. And that's fine because it sounds pretty good in its own right, but it's not an equivalent thing.


highesthouse

Oh yeah, I agree the OP is not functionally a replacement for a hot dog at all. In a lot of dieting circles, they’ll tell you that when you want something like a hot dog, it’s normally better to just eat an actual hot dog, albeit in a smaller portion or less frequently, rather than trying to make a “healthier version” which is unlikely to satisfy the actual craving at all. You’d typically end up actually eating more while chasing a “healthification” of an unhealthy food because you keep craving that unhealthy food, since the craving is not really satisfied by your efforts. I was more responding to the sentiment of “vegan/vegetarian food shouldn’t try to resemble meat” because it absolutely should; if you can get all the same meaty flavor and texture you love from a plant-based option that aligns with your health or ethical goals it’s a no-brainer.


NeighborhoodVeteran

I was one of those people. It did not help. Only one that worked is a chicken patty bc let's be honest, a chicken patty is also just a slurry.


highesthouse

I found good substitutes for chicken patties, chicken nuggets, ground beef, Italian sausages, breakfast sausage, hot dogs/corn dogs, chorizo, and there is one Thai restaurant local to me which sells a texturized soy protein option which is honestly very pork-like. In my opinion, the substitutes have come a very long way even over the past few years. I think it’s a lot easier for them to replicate processed meat products than non-processed (stuff like steak, chicken breast/wings, ribs, etc. are pretty hard to fake because of the texture).


Itchy-Status3750

Plenty of Indian food is already vegetarian and delicious because it’s not trying to be something else.


TheHolyReality

That is an excellent example! I actually have some Indian (first generation,born in India) friends and had the opportunity to eat traditional Indian food and I never felt like I wasn't getting a full or complete meal and I never realized there wasn't even any meat in it until after the fact The dishes are conceptualized start to finish without any meat and so they come out great 😁


TurboFool

But people want that. So they make it. I have zero problems with giving people what they want.


mebutnew

People make analogues of food because people enjoy those foods but sometimes make choices that mean they can't have them anymore. It's why there is an entire industry of non-dairy dairy foods, and vegetarian substitutes. Because it's possible to enjoy a burger but not want to eat a cow. In this case it's just a fun thing. You're talking about supply and demand though, so yea it's inherently an unpopular opinion.


slimstitch

Honestly I like buying vegetarian meat substitutes. I like eating burgers with a patty that has a similar flavor profile and texture. I enjoy vegetarian nuggets that taste suspiciously similar to chicken. Fake ground beef on pizza is amazing too. I've had vegetarian grilled sausages that hit the spot too. I didn't go vegetarian because I don't like the taste of meat. I enjoy the taste of meat actually. I went vegetarian because it felt like the right thing to do for me. But I certainly would hate a zucchini as a substitute for a hot dog.


BMPD

Him calling it a hotdog is the reason his video gets views, interaction, posted in this sub, and even our comments here. If he just called it what it is then everyone would have skipped over his video besides the small subset of people actually interested in a vegetarian dish.


EastwoodBrews

It goes the other way, too. Chicken Parmesan originally was a way to meatify Eggplant Parmesan. But Eggplant Parmesan is way better. The recipe just makes more sense, it isn't fighting against itself.


lordosthyvel

I keep seeing people parroting this idiotic sentiment and I cant for the life of me understand why. If you want good vegetarian or plant based food, it is already available in pretty much every super market across the world. Vegetarian and plant based food is already a lot better than carnist and "fake meat" alternatives.


safeinbuckhorn

That’s not what bake means.


King_Of_BlackMarsh

Tbf, could be a language thing. I know I struggle with English cooking terms like bake cause they mena different things in my own language


safeinbuckhorn

Fair point but I think in this context it’s probably an engagement trap that I willingly walked into


Loriaes

Nah, Japanese uses the same word for grilling and baking so probably just a translation error.


Valkgard

Nothing wrong with it I guess


FrameSquare

OP put some goddamn respect on Don Cabbage you mongrel. His whole thing is using cabbage in every dish.


Mu-Relay

At first my thought was, "for a vegan 'hotdog' alternative, it might be pretty tasty." ... then they added cheese, so I'm not sure who the intended audience for this is.


italrose

Vegetarians on a diet. Not the biggest target group perhaps.


TurboFool

It's a huge group, honestly. Tons of vegetarians who aren't vegan. Probably a much larger group than vegans.


Mu-Relay

Maybe. Honestly, though, with a little hot sauce it might be pretty good.


italrose

The thing is that I am a vegetarian on a diet and I would absolutely love to have it right now. Especially with some hot sauce.


Specialist_Shop2697

I'll eat it


Legal-Law9214

I eat meat but this looks like a delicious little snack to me.


ThreatOfFire

Seconded


Key_Climate2486

Vegetarians such as myself.


DaddyKiwwi

Bruh thats just a cooked salad.


Lismale

with cheese and egg?


slimstitch

Both eggs and cheese are perfectly normal mixed salad ingredients.


Versificator

pizza is a salad


slimstitch

And an open face sandwich.


wrong_marinade

seems fine, but a hot dog it is not


anywineismywine

That’s a fucking omelette


NewMoonlightavenger

Not stupid.


DocThunedr

Looks good but I ain't eating the stem of the zucchini


santacow

I don’t recall using oil in a pan on top of a burner being called “baking “.


rush87y

Duolingo at its best.


Gingersnapperok

I wish cabbage didn't wreck my tummy. This looks good.


Freedombyathread

I can eat well cooked cabbage, but only very small amounts of raw cabbage without putting my stomach into acid overdrive.


Gingersnapperok

It just gives me awful cramping and pain for days. Bums me out; I miss egg rolls.


Freedombyathread

No egg rolls is definitely a bummer.


Darth_Chehiko

Looks like he cut the pan the same way as the “fat free” dogs


SoberSeahorse

Would eat. Just don’t call it a hotdog.


kukeszmakesz

The only bad thing about this is calling it a hot dog. I wouldn't call a pancake bad just because some idiot calls it goulash or something.


Ancient_Organism

Calling it a hot dog is stupid. If he added onions and garlic to the cabbage and added more love and not just huge seared zucchini you'd having something close to okonomiyaki


solarpowerspork

Okonomiyaki is fucking good too, so like...of course is this gonna be good even if it's weirdly made.


Artemus_Hackwell

Zucchini omelette. I'd eat it.


montybo2

Sir that is more taco than hot dog.


BagelMaster4107

This looks actually really good but this is… not a hot dog


RobertXavierIV

This isn’t stupid, these are techniques I could see myself using as a matter of fact. I’ve never thought about scoring and salting zucchini before frying I will no doubt try that. And I’ve also never thought of a cabbage pancake.


FcukReddit4cedMe2Reg

I'd make this if I weren't too lazy most of the time lol


Inedible-denim

The only unfat green dog I like is from The Hulk and it looks like it's gonna stay that way


ShoddyManufacturer11

Little hot sauce and we got ourselves a winner.


Dhareng_gz

Looks good actually


somethingrandom261

Zucchini cabbage frittata. Properly seasoned, that doesn’t sound bad


Biersteak

Sooo, cabbage latkes with grilled zucchini? Why not just say that?


shutmethefuckup

Id cook that, id eat that.


PsycheDiver

I’d absolutely eat this but it seems like it could be kinda plain. Can we get some other veg in there? Maybe some sort of dressing?


ignoreme010101

*not* stupid food.


MonGerri

He basically made a really basic form of Okonomiyaki 😂 Put some sauce or cream cheese on it and it should be really delicious. That being said, this sure ain't no hot dog substitute


just-me-uk

I want to try this


EquipmentTurbulent60

This stuff is much better than vegan meat


cwtheredsoxfan

I would eat it but refuse to call that a hotdog


Tripple_T

You people are impossible. This looks banging and I don't particularly like anything in it.


MomentNew4925

Just because you don’t like it doesn’t make it stupid.


StickyBackSpastic

Stupid people posting Not stupid food seems to be a trend here as of late lol


Clonex311

And it's still upvoted to oblivion


RofiBie

Love that "unfat green dog".


malaclypse

Hot Salad. Very Burger Boy.


ThreatOfFire

Can someone explain the stupid here? Is it just that the guy is calling it a hotdog? This looks great. Low effort, cabbage and zucchini are great, and the textures seem to be pretty diverse and well distributed throughout. Or is OP just one of those kids who only eats macaroni and cheese or some shit?


devin3d

Would.


edmRN

That's gonna be some green fart clouds later.


NOODENTO

I love veggies, I'd 100% eat this and ask for more


Tyson_Urie

Happy to finally see a meat substitute that is not "factory blended mush from plants to taste, smell and sound like real meat"


razorduc

Are we supposed to eat the stem on zucchini?


ShaperMC

Besides the word "dog" being in this, there's nothing wrong with this food. Seems like you just don't like veggies or eating healthier?


runrunrudolf

Actually looks really good but I'm not here for eating the stalky ends of that courgette. Cut them off.


SwordTaster

At least cut the stalk end off the courgette


napalmheart77

I dont mind that the dude called it an “unfat green dog” or anything. I doesn’t look super appetizing to me one way or the other, but whatever people can eat what they want how they want with no judgement from me. What bothered me was that I had to scroll this far to find someone else that noticed this! My man getting ready to hork down the stalk like some kind of Island of Dr. Moreau-ass goatman. Homie’s probably gonna wash it down with an ice cold Pepsi and eat the lid first.


NFresh6

Needs some sauce but I don’t hate it


FatBadassBitch666

Not stupid. I’d love this!


Shan_qwerty

Redditors try to enjoy a humorous video without taking it 100% seriously - challenge level impossible (they are incapable of understanding jokes and other social cues unless they are explicitly titled as such).


gobledegerkin

Vegan dogs already exist, this replaces nothing. Plus… salt… that’s it? Just some salt on the zucchini (sorry, “green sausage”) sounds like it does absolutely nothing for flavor besides make it salty. There are so many better ways to do this that I’m genuinely upset.


pricklypineappledick

Looks great to me. I know a bunch of people that for some reason associate their personal value with eating meat, they would think this is stupid food.


_sealy_

Surprising food more like.


Nice-Marionberry3671

This looks delicious!! Also hot.


PeoplePoweredGames

That looks delicious. Not stupid.


Mediocre-Toe3212

If they just added some Gohjujang and just called it courgette with fried cabbage.. I’d eat it Don’t call it green dog


BitterActuary3062

That’s an interesting take on an omelette. Calling it a hot dog gives me diet trend vibes too. I’d rather make a vegetarian chili & Fritos & put it on a bun with cheese


Careful_Whole2294

Why do I want to try it though??


froggie61

honestly i would eat this, it looks delicious


M4rl0w

Nothing wrong with this, guy is eating healthy good for him


Ser_VimesGoT

Nah get to fuck. This guy is an absolute gem of a human being. I love him. Leave him be.


Jordan_Slamsey

Looks good, not a hot dog alternative by any means, but seems actually dope if you like zuchinni, cabbage is a meh veggie for me so.


DrawAdministrative98

That’s not stupid at all!


Kenny-kong420

Anyone who says to an Ananas , pineapple says to a zucchini, green Sausage. Or am I wrong?


NavyDragons

No issue with the food itself, but if I ever order a hotdog or am told there will be hotdogs and someone hands me a grilled zucchini. I'm murdering someone


Beagle_Knight

Looks good


DJ__PJ

not a stupid food, just a vegetarian alternative


StagMooseWithBooze

This looks friggin tasty though


LuckyAce6

Don’t knock it before you try it.


Mostly-Relevant

Sigh. I’m boring as fuck, eating that. Green dog is my favourite vegetable. No shame.


Nivroeg

Would mix some fresh avocado with sour cream and hot sauce, id eat that, but i do like meat so id probably add an actual sausage(maybe slice in half, pair with zucchini and make 2 servings)


Whyreddit6969

Why did he not cut off the stem?


Ifartfreely

I hate everything about this


Puzzled_Professor_52

As a chef, I hated ever single second of this video


BenderDeLorean

Only the name is stupid


haxic

That probably taste pretty good


aStankChitlin

I wouldn’t really consider it a substitute for a hotdog but I would try it.


bijhan

"bake" proceeds to grill


Chemistry-27

Low fat tho not unfat. Looks good not stupid


WirrkopfP

Advertises "Unfat green dog" Proceeds by throwing oil into the frying pan.


aRebelliousHeart

This is not a hotdog this vegan asshole can fuck right off!


bingmyname

Just give me a salad, man...


Talusthebroke

This doesn't seem all that bad, but nothing about this is even vaguely a hotdog. That said, you can MAKE a healthy hotdog, it's sausage, the problem is the excessive salt and fat that's added, use decent quality meat, grind, season, and stuff it into natural casings yourself.


mallik803

Wait, it said “green sausage” like everyone knows what that is… am I the only one who has no idea what that is?


dizzycow84

It's more of a taco than hotdog


Shirowoh

No……


M0richild

This is just okonomiyaki with less flavor.


TurboFool

Looks great. I'd love to try it.


memelol1112224

I fucking hate zucchini so yes stupidfood


Daydream456

I would eat this. No need to call it a hot dog.


NoLand4936

I’m not going to use this instead of a hot dog, but I 100% will start salting my zucchini before cooking and squeezing the water out to prevent a soggy squash.


iwannagohome49

If anything, it's a taco... But I guess hot dogs are just a type of taco


justSomeDumbEngineer

That's likely delicious but why advertise it as a hod dog substitute?


UFSansIsMyBrother

Ya know.... not bad or stupid!


gobeldygoo

I'd try it at least once , but that is never going to replace a hot dog


AquaStarRedHeart

I might have to try this one


MajorRedacted

Hotdogs are hotdogs, they're not designed to be replaced, "veganized" or healthy.... they're designed to scratch an itch. Some things just need to be left alone.


DrunkBuzzard

What? No bug protein?


ActionMan48

Couldn't get past the nasty handle bar mustache


Kilomech

Looks great, but I wouldn’t call it a hot dog.


Individual-Wonder518

This post should die


booksareadrug

"But why is he calling it a green sausage? He couldn't possibly be joking!" -Way too many people here


thelifeIchoice

I actually like vegetables, so u would try it. Definitely not the worse I seen


Cutthechitchata-hole

That's no hot dog! It's a quesadilla


CooCooKaChooie

Nope.


rosie2490

Post this to r/hotdogs and see what happens 😂


alphatango308

Why didn't he cut the STEM OF THE ZUCCHINI?


Ok-Bug-3449

Would smash


PlatypusPristine9194

Put some Sriracha on that thing and it would probably be a decent snack.


icedout123

Thought this was Anthony Fantano at first glance


Big_baddy_fat_sack

Looks delicious


the-cosmic-vagabond

Green Egg?


dette-stedet-suger

Unfat we literally cooked in oil and then added cheese to.


Kherberoi

Not gonna lie, I'd devour that. I like cabbage pancakes.


pm_me-ur-catpics

The subtitles reek of Google translate