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Hot Dog!! Today is national Hot Dog Day! If for\u00a0 some unfortunate reason, you do not know what a hot dog is (let\u2019s hope not), allow me to provide you with a brief history of this ball park delicacy, and perhaps even some fun facts! How does that sound?<\/p>\n
Sausages go way back into history, and are even mentioned in Homer\u2019s Odyssey<\/em> as far back as the 9th<\/sup> century B.C.! Though there is some controversy concerning the origin of the hot dog, it is one of the oldest forms of processed food that is still enjoyed today.\u00a0 And no one disagrees with that!<\/p>\n The North American hot dog that we enjoy today comes from a widespread common European sausage brought here by butchers of several nationalities.<\/p>\n Flash forward to the year 1893.\u00a0 In that year sausages seemed to be the standard fare at baseball parks.\u00a0 In 1901 the phrase \u201chot dog\u201d was coined by a concessionaire at the New York Polo grounds.\u00a0 It was a cold day in April, and one of the vendor\u2019s cold foods were not selling well, so he decided to sell \u201cdachshund sausages\u201d that were piping hot.\u00a0 A nearby sport\u2019s cartoonist was not sure how to spell \u201cdachshund\u201d so he simply wrote \u201chot dog\u201d! The cartoon was a hit and the name \u201chot dog\u201d was born!<\/p>\n Hot Dog Facts!<\/p>\n Hot Dog!! Today is national Hot Dog Day! If for\u00a0 some unfortunate reason, you do not know what a hot dog is (let\u2019s hope not), allow me to provide you with a brief history of this ball park delicacy, and perhaps even some fun facts! How does that sound? Sausages go way back into history, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[119,149],"yoast_head":"\n\n