Fluttershy likes the meat and wants the D, hotdog meat that is.

@J4m35  
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@J4m35
 
Not it!

So…who’s gonna tell her?

Erm… Flutters…

aww this reminds me of that other cute comic.

@BigBadSeed 

 
Quoting the Simpsons, they’re merely just tubes full of chicken asses.

I have heard the claim that this particular type of sausage was invented in Frankfurt or possibly Vienna in the late 19th Century.
 
I know that some brands of “hot dogs” sold in the US are marketed as “frankfurters,” and some as “viennas.” There are also somewhat similar sausages available canned in little tins of chicken stock, “vienna sausages.”
 
The spices that flavor them, at least in the US, tend to be very similar to those in “bologna” type sausage.
 
What they remind me of the most, though, when I think of smallish sausages eaten on a bun with mustard, is Weisswurst. Austria and southern Germany have lots of traditional sausages, some of which enjoy some popularity in North America. Though, perhaps unfortunately, because (at least in the US) chicken is less expensive then pork or beef, “hot dogs” and related items tend to contain more chicken than anything else. Even cold cuts. Even kielbasa/kubasa are made from chicken now.
 
None of which changes the fact that Flutterbutter probably wouldn’t eat that if she knew exactly what it was, but that is, I suppose, the joke.

@PonyPon  
Duh, the bread was known to be around at lest by the 18th century(as the name is at lest that old), hot dogs only came around at the earliest the very last 19th century.

@PonyPon  
Well, there are other claims that the term “hot dog” may come from the 19th century slang for sausage (dog), because they were thought to contain dog flesh; considering that in the early 20th century that it was legal to eat dog meat in Germany, their suspicions were understandably justified

@laofuzi 
So the dog came before the sausage?

They named it because it’s shaped like the body of a dachshund dog

“Gee, Fluttershy, how come your mom lets you eat hot dogs?”

I hate (love) being the bearer of bad news so…
 

Although we can’t tell what Shy has here unless TJ tells, Vegan Hot Dogs are a thing. I wouldn’t consider them a substitute but think of them as their own thing.
 

Hot dogs are made up of so much shit I’d be surprised if there is actually meat in them.

There’s more horse in meat products than you think…
 
At least here in Germany.

20% Beef, 78% Pork, 2% Pone…
 
and 100% reason to remember the name

The best part is that she’ll love it once she’s tasted it. Then she won’t care if it’s meat! 
It is meat, right?

It’s got everything but dogs in it.

Umm… Shy, you are right that’s it’s not dogs but…