Hot dog~~~~~

Hot dog is a way to eat sausage. A whole bread sandwich filled with a hot dog can also just be called a hot dog. Hot dogs can be served with many kinds of toppings, such as ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, pickled cabbage, pickled radish, onion shavings, lettuce shavings, tomatoes (sliced, chopped or diced) and peppers, etc.

There are other variations of hot dogs. Those with cheese are called "cheese hot dogs", or simply called "cheese dogs". The ones with chili sauce are called "chili dogs." The one that combines the first two is called "spicy cheese dog."

Fried hot dogs wrapped in corn syrup and with a small bamboo stick stuck in them are called corn dogs (sometimes just called hot dogs in Taiwan). Corn dogs can be eaten plain or dipped in mustard or ketchup.

Influenced by different eating habits in different places, hot dogs use different ingredients. Generally speaking, pork or beef are the main ingredients, but there are also mixed fillings of beef and pork, or even turkey. It is made from different ingredients such as chicken or vegetables, and then seasoned and flavored, sometimes smoked, and then cooked. The coating covering the hot dogs is usually removed before shipment. The average size hot dog is 6 inches (15 cm) long. In some places, hot dogs up to 12 inches (30 centimeters) in length are more popular.

There are different theories about the origin of the name "hot dog", and none of them seem very reasonable. The first statement below comes from the English ***.

The name "hot dog" originally came from an old joke about "a panting dog." The following statement appeared in many newspapers since at least 1870: "What's the difference between a cold man and a warm dog? One wears a coat, the other panting." University of Michigan, October 18, 1894 "The Wrinkle", a humor magazine of A popular phrase, "hot dog" was applied to the dog.

Another theory about the origin of the hot dog is as follows: The hot dog is generally believed to have been held in Louisville in 1904. It first appeared in the shopping fair. However, similar sausages were already available in Europe at that time, and the earliest hot dog buns were in Brooklyn, New York in the 1860s. appears in ,