This Fourth of July weekend, how do you contemplate the names of those foods you’re about to take a bite of? Prepare yourself for the short and controversial history of this American barbecue favorite hot dog. Hot dog.
Why are we calling hot dogs”hot dogs”? Hot dogs?
There are several different theories about the origins of this popular food.
There is a possibility that people believed that the sausages were made of dog meat. This particularly horrific symbol began on American campuses around the end of the 1800s, according to historian of hot dogs Bruce Kraig.
According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, the term, in part, may have slightly less innocent origins. The mid-1800s saw German immigrant butchers from the United States began selling variations of sausages. Some of them were long and thin as the breed of dog known as dachshund. They called these sausages dachshunds. In time, the term might be modified in the form of a hot dog.
Frankfurter vs. wiener
Two other words that refer to hot dogs — Frankfurters as well as wieners–raise an unanswered debate over where the food came from. The first is named after Frankfurt, Germany; the latter refers to Vienna, Austria ( wiener is the German word that translates to “of Vienna”). The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council believes that the argument is difficult to determine.
Of course, hot dogs don’t contain dogs, either. They are stuffed with pork, and the kosher hot dogs don’t have pork and may include chicken, beef, or turkey. (Fido’s safe!)
The history behind the hamburger
When you’re at the grill, you might like to offer additional food-related words!
The term hamburger is also linked to the city of Hamburg, a German town, in this instance, Hamburg. Food historians think that around the time sausage makers were improving their meat products, cooking in Hamburg prepared a cooked recipe of tartare made from steak. Tartare. For a time, the dish was referred to as hamburger steak in English by the name of hamburger steak.
If you’re a vegetarian, be assured. We have a suggestion to grill for you, too. Grill a burger of tofu on the grill, and keep in mind this comes from Chinese through Japanese, which translates to “rotten bean.” Chew on it for a few minutes.
