Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Hot Dog Hot Facts
As July is National Hot Dog Month (no, I can't make this stuff up) and today is the annual hot dog eating contest on Coney Island, I thought that a few choice bits on this snack:
- For more than you ever wanted to know about hot dog consumption, preferences, history, and trivia, see this page from the National Hot Dog and Sausage Counsel.
- There's more on hot dogs (including information on the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile) at MadeHow.com.
- The FDA has its say about the way to cook one today.
- The Off the Broiler blog did a massive hot dog tasting.
- wikiHow has instructions on calculating the value of pi by throwing frozen hot dogs.
- HowStuffWorks on how hot dogs are made.
- Some history of that hot dog landmark, Nathan's, from Amusement-Parks.com.
- In 1981, the USDA tried to classify ketchup and pickle relish as vegetables, as FoodReference.com reminds us.
- GlobalGourmet.com brings a history of ketchup.
- For those who prefer mustard, here's a history of that condiment from GlobalGourmet.
Labels: FDA, hot dogs, kosher, Oscar Mayer, pi
