Does anyone know why we call a frank a hot dog?

Question

I know there has to be a reason, and I may have read it once, but I certainly don't remember. Please, no sarcasm. It is just for fun, not for harrassment.

Someone else was asking why a frank was called a frank.

I asked why was it called a hot dog!

Thank you for the answers. Some were sincere, though inaccurate. I forgive!

Answer 1

Two versions of the history of the hot dog in a bun exist. One version says that at the 1904 St. Luis World's Fair a German concessionaire named Antoine Feuchtwanger lent his sausage customers gloves to wear while eating his steaming hot sausages. Many of the gloves were not returned, so Antoine got his brother-in-law, a baker, to make long rolls to encase the sausages.
The other story is that in April 1900 concessionaire Harry Stevens at the Polo Grounds in New York was having no success selling ice cream and soft drinks because it was a cold day. It occurred to Harry that the New York Giants fans would more likely buy something hot, so he sent out for some long German sausages and sold them in warm buns. He advertised them as "red hot dachshund sausages." Baseball fan and cartoonist T.A. Dorgan happened to be one of Harry's customers that day. Dorgan sketched a picture of dachshund dog in a roll, inaugurating the famed all-American "hot-dog."

Answer 2

Hot dogs are also called frankfurters, or franks for short (named after the city of Frankfurt, Germany), or wieners or weenies (named after the city of Vienna, Austria, whose German name is "Wien"). In Australia the term frankfurt is used rather than frankfurter and a tiny version called a cocktail frank or cocktail weenie is sometimes served at parties and eaten on the end of a toothpick.

Answer 3

Frankfurt,Germany. Frankfurter. Frank.

Answer 4

17th Century

1690s - Another legend is that the popular sausage (known as "dachshund" or "little-dog" sausage) was created in the late 1600s by Johann Georghehner, a butcher living in Coburg, Germany. It is said that he later traveled to Frankfurt to promote his new product.


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15th Century

1484 - It is said that the frankfurter was developed in Frankfurt, Germany (five years before Christopher Columbus set sail for the new world). In 1987, the city of Frankfurt celebrated the 500th birthday of the hot dog. In the 1850s, the Germans made thick, soft, and fatty sausages from which we get the fame "franks."

Answer 5

Frank Furter hot dogs, some old guy started it way back

Answer 6

i think it is even weirder to call a hot dog Frank
why not rex or rover
is much more a name for a hot dog than Frank.

Answer 7

frankfurter

german word a particular all beef dog was made their

Answer 8

Sorry but i have know idea why dont you go to askjeeves.com

Answer 9

its short for frankfurter.