Why Hot Dogs America?
Best Place to get a Hot Dog?
Hawkes Stadium - Located adjacent to the Western Idaho Fair grounds in Garden City. Grab the family and a dog and enjoy the Hawkes play all summer long. For schedule information visit: www.boisehawkes.com
Idaho's Best Corn Dogs Located at 25th and Fairview. Family friendly, good food and fun times. For more information on menu and hours, visit their Facebook page: Idaho's Best Corn Dogs
firework shows. In case you are not, the fairgrounds is a good place to see them.
Photo to the right: Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Champion, Sonya Thomas, a.k.a. the "Black Widow"
Photo credit - National Hot Dog and Sausage Council
Photo credit: Chronicle
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merican baseball
and hot dogs go hand in hand. It is simply what you do when you attend one. Whether it is your childs little league game or a professional baseball game, chances are, hot dogs are involved.
What is a hot dog anyway? According to wikipedia, the true definition of a hot dog, "In the US, "hot dog" may refer to just the sausage or to the combination of a sausage in a bun.
sausage or to the combination of a sausage in a bun. Many nicknames for hot dogs have popped up over the years. A hot dog can often be seen under the names of frankfurter, frank, red hot, wiener, weenie, durger, coney, or just 'dog'". (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_dog) They further explain that a hot dog contains: Meat trimmings and fat, Flavorings, such as salt, garlic, and paprika, and Preservatives (cure) - typically sodium erythorbate and sodium nitrite. Traditional meats are pork and beef. Yum! Maybe. But who started all of this? The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (NHDSC) states that there is a big debate on how the hot dog got started. What you have to know is that the "bun" didn't knot come about And the location and when this craze started is also a debate. "in doubt is who first served the dachshund sausage with a roll. One report says a German immigrant sold them, along with milk rolls and sauerkraut, from a push cart in New York City's Bowery during the 1860's. In 1871, Charles Feltman, a German butcher opened up the first Coney Island hot dog stand selling 3,684 dachshund sausages in a milk roll during his first year in business." (NHDSC, 2014)
We don't know who to believe, but one thing is clear, you can't have summer without baseball and hot dogs! ~~ Jenny, contributing author and owner of The Paisley Peppercorn by Jenny