Sprinkle half of the crumbled sausage over the polenta.

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Wrap a sausage patty around each jalapeno half.

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When Abe finds out his species -- the half-human, half-lizard Mudokons -- is next for the sausage grinder, he sets out to free them.

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Then, with both hands, he broke the hot-dog in half and, with one section in each hand, used the sausage as a plunger to force down the bun as he chewed.

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Why and how the half-smoke suddenly became the DC food is as much a mystery as the sausage itself.

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