Hot dogs are renowned for their relative ease of preparation and ease of consumption. A hot dog is a fast food culinary dish that is served hot and consists of white bread (usually a long crispy loaf) and a small, long sausage embedded in it. There are many varieties of this dish.
This dish is the epitome of simplicity. That is probably why it has become so popular all over the world.
Hot dog history
For the first time, sausages are mentioned in the Odyssey, which was created by Homer before our era (IX century). They received particular fame in Austria and Germany, where sausages and sausages were the basis of the national cuisine. Sausages from Vienna and Frankfurt am Main were famous, which is why they are sold in many countries of the world under the name "wieners" and "frankfurters".
Frankfurt celebrated 100 years since the hot dog was invented in 1987. Proofs that the making of the first-ever "hot dog" took place in 1487 came from patriots of German sausages. At the beginning of the 19th century, thanks to German immigrants, the technology of making sausages came to the United States.
The story goes that a Frankfurt butcher invented long and thin sausages that became the prototype of modern sausages. The manufacturer named his creation "dachshund", which means "dachshund" in German. A little later, an enterprising German emigrant who left for America began selling these sausages, putting them like a sandwich between two slices of bread, which were later replaced by a loaf.
This happened in the 19th century, when even the high society was not yet familiar with napkins, so bread played an important hygienic role - it allowed them not to get their hands dirty with grease and not burn them with hot sausages.
And at the beginning of the 20th century, the American artist Dargan decided to make an illustration for a popular dish, so beloved in the New World. He knew the translation of the word, but did not know its exact spelling in German, therefore, without hesitation, he signed the illustration in his native language, conveying the general meaning of the name. So, a sausage in a bun was named "hot dog" - a hot dog.
Another version
According to another version, cunning students called the sausage in the bun a hot dog at the end of the 19th century. Buying these sandwiches in mobile wagons, they noticed that flocks of dogs constantly gather around them, attracted by the smell. Therefore, at first, the vans themselves in student folklore were called dogs, and then the word passed to sausages.
However, culinary historian Barry Popik argues that the term "hot dog" originated in the late 19th century and came from student folklore. Yale University students named the vans that sold sausages, "dog vans." Because around them there were constantly flocks of dogs who were attracted by seductive smells. Popik managed to find one student magazine, which was published in 1895, in which students called sausages "hot dogs".
Interesting facts about hot dogs
- Hot dog sausages can be grilled, boiled, and even steamed.
- There is no universal hot dog filling. Only a bun and a sausage (or sausage) are required ingredients. In addition, they can put fresh or stewed cabbage, onions, tomatoes, pickled cucumbers and even sage. Fantasy is limitless.
- In the US, mustard is the “right” sauce, while ketchup is only used in hot dogs for children.
- In Chile, avocados are even added to hot dogs and hamburgers.
- In 2015, the US sausage market was estimated at $ 1.7 billion.
- The average American eats about 60 hot dogs a year.
- Every year on July 4th, the Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest is held on Coney Island in New York.
Hot dogs around the world
USA
Hot dogs are most popular in the United States. Different cities and states add different fillings to buns. Sometimes even made without sausages. California makes many varieties of hot dogs. In Los Angeles, you can find hot dogs, in which, instead of buns, in the Mexican manner, thin cakes, like pita bread, are used. They often contain two sausages.
Mexico
Mexican hot dogs are called 'hotdoguero'. Developed in the northern Mexican state of Sonora, the tortilla is stuffed with taco sauce, lettuce, sweet chili mayonnaise and grilled cabanos (hunting sausages). In Mexico, hot dogs are usually made stuffed with Pinto beans, grated cheese, tomato and onion chunks, mustard, mayonnaise, and Guacamole sauce.
Czech Republic
A Czech hot dog is a sausage completely wrapped in a bun with sauce. In Prague, it is more often prepared with mustard.
Danish hot dog
A hot dog born in faraway Denmark, where they know a lot about good food. The main ingredients of Danish hot dogs are bun and sausage, boiled, fried, baked, well, maybe cucumber salad.
Somewhere in the 30s of the last century, during the global crisis, meat producers decided to get rid of excess goods by throwing them out into the sea, but then either conscience manifested itself in such citizens, or greed prevailed, but the produced goods, surplus, more precisely (pork sausages) were sold to retailers for next to nothing.
Since the expiration date was coming to an end, the merchants, by agreement, decided to boil the sausages, which would extend their shelf life, and to give the sausages a more attractive, salable look, the sausages were dipped in food red dye (beet juice) and then sold at low prices, but all the same, such a trading operation brought substantial profits. The sausages were to their liking, the news quickly spread and people began to look for similar red sausages from the merchants. These red sausages soon became a familiar, attractive meat variety.
Then they added buns, mustard, pickles to the sausages and got the same famous Danish Rød Pølse that is sold out so quickly from mobile kiosks - a Danish hot dog.
Danish Hot Dog: Cooking Secrets
The process of cooking a Danish hot dog is not much different from the classic version, but there are some nuances.
Ingredients:
- French sandwich buns
- Sausages "Knuckers" or "Medister"
- Mustard
- Ketchup
- Pickled or pickled cucumbers
- 1 -2 onion
- Breadcrumbs, milk, flour, salt to taste
- Frying oil
Danish Hot Dog Onion
Add flour, salt, pepper, other spices to any container, pour in a little milk and mix. Peel the onions and cut into half rings.
Breaded the onion in the prepared mixture. Heat the oil in deep fat or a frying pan, fry the onion until golden brown.
Sausages
Pre-unpack the sausages and fry in hot oil, brown until crisp. Remove the sausages and cool on a napkin, drain off excess fat.
Danish Hot Dog Bun with Sesame Seeds
Cut the bun lengthwise, not completely. Put a cucumber, previously cut into long rings, and one toasted sausage into the hole of the half-cut bun. Add mustard and sketchup to taste. Ingredient that gives the Danish hot dog a delicious taste of crispy, aromatic onions.
The largest hot dog in the world
On March 25, 2014, a new record was set - Brett Enright cooked the largest hot dog ever. The dish with a total weight of 56 kilograms consisted of a 22 kilogram sausage and 34 kilograms, which were divided between buns and spices. Cooking took place on a fairly large and weighty portable grill.
Representatives of the Guinness Book of Records attending the event recorded a record. After weighed, the hot dog was cut into portions that sold for $ 1. All proceeds were donated to the Miami Rescue Mission charity.
