Kids and parents alike will have fun making dinner together at the same time, making the hotdog a safer food-item for the smaller children of the family. Pediatricians and the CDC recommend slicking hotdogs linearly because hotdogs are a leading cause of choking in children. Octodog is a fun, simplified method to slice hotdogs lengthwise and provide great mealtime entertainment. Kids love to watch an ordinary hotdog turn into an octodog before their very eyes as it cooks. Curly octopus tentacles appear during cooking. Just boil, fry, microwave, or hold them over the campfire.