Hot dogs are a popular fast food in the United States, and are as famous as sandwiches and hamburgers. "Hot dogs" not only appear in restaurants, sports venues, shopping malls or on the streets, but also penetrate into American families. Most Americans have the habit of eating "hot dogs" and can cook them.
The preparation of "hot dog" is very simple, that is, a sausage is sandwiched between bread and some seasonings are attached to it, which is in the shape of a cylinder. The sausage in "hot dog" is a kind of meat sausage, and its meat is not dog meat, but beef, chicken or pork that Westerners like. Since it is not made of dog meat and has nothing to do with dogs, why do people insist on calling it hot dog? There are two theories about its origin.
The first theory is based on the book "Unknown American Celebrities". In 1904, American Fulker Wenger sold Frankfurt-style bacon sausages for the first time in St. Louis. Due to his lack of financial resources, he could not afford to buy silver tableware to serve the sausages to entertain customers, and the dining customers could not hold them with their hands. eat. This problem of thorny hands arose in the operation, and Wenger was very worried. At first, he adopted the method of providing each customer with a pair of gloves to prevent hot hands and oil stains. However, diners often take away their gloves after eating; the recycled gloves are also laborious and expensive to clean. what to do? He finally figured it out. He sliced ??the loaf lengthwise and sandwiched the frankfurters between them. It is not hot when held in the customer's hand, but is still hot inside. It has a unique flavor when eaten with bread. Since then, this food has gained popularity. Later it got a nice name "hot dog". The reason why dogs are used as names is probably related to the fashion of Americans loving dogs.
The second theory is related to the painting of a famous painter. It is said that one day in 1901, the famous American painter Tiger Gorgan went to a baseball stadium in New York to paint. There were many vendors selling sausages in the venue. They were holding what appeared to be a red dog sausage that was popular at the time, and shouted, "Dachshund sausages, delicious and hot!" The artist spent a long time painting that day, but he still couldn't come up with a satisfactory picture. He was very irritable about drawing, but after hearing the shouting, he was inspired and drew a cartoon: a barking dog sausage, lying in the steaming bread. After the artist finished the painting, he was going to name it, but he didn't know how to write the local word "dachshund sausage", so he casually wrote "hot dog". Because of the excellent skill of this painting and the famous painter, it was loved by people, and the word "hot dog" became popular.