Sampler Platter: Hot dogs, burgers & chili fries

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Tuesday food news you can use...

• Want to know what Texas death row inmates requested for their final meal? Of course you do. Web Archive
• Pleasure Palate says Mustard’s, a Chicago-Style hot dog joint in Long Beach, mostly cuts the mustard.
• Eating L.A. digs into Umami’s new scallop burger.
• LAist says they’ve found the most awesome chili fries ever — they’re at the Hat in Pasadena.
• A Hamburger Today tastes history at Bob’s Big Boy.
• Crooks & Liars tries to dispel some of the misinformation floating around the blogosphere about H.R. 875, the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009, introduced by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.).

— Elina Shatkin