Peter O'toole: Why I Crave The Hot Dog
May, 1979
I came to the United States for the first time in the early Fifties. In Europe, we had rationing and little food from 1939 until 1955. Even after the war, food was still rationed. Then when rationing ended, we were on restriction in terms of buying clothes and food. When I left Europe, meat was incredibly expensive and the government meat program allowed a man 40 years old five ounces of meat a day--maximum.When I first arrived in New York, I couldn't believe it. They were selling meat--huge fuc...
