2006-11-23 00:10:55 · 31 answers · asked by bestofintent 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I don't get why people waste points on dumb questions like this. I mean, come on! I'd like to see you wrap a bun around a poodle and eat it!
2006-11-23 00:12:49 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
"Hot dog" first came into use in an old joke involving a dog's "pants" (the verb "pant" substituted for the noun). The following was widely reprinted in newspapers, from at least 1870: "What’s the difference between a chilly man and a hot dog? One wears a great coat, and the other pants." The October 18, 1894 University of Michigan humor magazine The Wrinkle contained this on the cover page: "Two Greeks a 'hot dog' freshman sought. The Clothes they found, their favors bought." "Hot dog" meant a stylish dresser, someone who was sharply attired. A popular phrase was "puttin' on the dog."
2006-11-23 08:15:19 · answer #2 · answered by Yvanfm 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you expect with something that comes from America?
There is no ham in hamburgers.
Americans go to the bathroom instead of the lavatory.
I believe that in the early part of the 20th century, a New York journalist, being unable to spell frankfurter, depicted the sausage in a roll as a dachshund and christened it hot dog.
2006-11-23 08:19:47 · answer #3 · answered by Clive 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How did the hot dog get its name?
The term "hot dog" is credited to sports cartoonist Tad Dorgan. At a 1901 baseball game at the Polo Grounds in New York, vendors began selling hot dachsund sausages in rolls.
Remember: the condiment of choice is mustard. (Source/Nat'l Hot Dog Council)
From the press box, Dorgan could hear the vendors yelling, "Get your dachshund sausages while they're red hot!" He sketched a cartoon depicting the scene but wasn't sure how to spell "dachshund" so he called them simply, "hot dogs." And the rest is history.
2006-11-23 08:14:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called a hot dog because it is like its tail. It is also wiggly-jiggly like a dog's tail. Hot dogs are made of beef/pork.
2006-11-23 08:13:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hot dogs are named after the long sausage dogs.
obviousley me are not going to eat a dog so they use meat instead!!
2006-11-23 08:13:43 · answer #6 · answered by rachie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There might be in other countries it is considered a delicacy in some country's. And probably because we have humanized dogs and cats. We see them as pets not edible food-ever notice we don't really eat our pets here but we do eat farm animals??
2006-11-23 08:16:00 · answer #7 · answered by mommyblues78 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are obviously eating the wrong ones, mine always have a dog in it!
2006-11-23 08:12:56 · answer #8 · answered by koolkatt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shouldn't they change the name if there's no actual dog in them?
2006-11-23 08:12:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who knows WHAT'S in a hot dog??
Probably best NOT to know :-))
2006-11-23 08:12:22 · answer #10 · answered by zen 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
go to china, vietnam or korea... u might find the solution to ur quest... u can order dog a la carte and make sure they serve it hot!
2006-11-23 08:14:23 · answer #11 · answered by flipsolong 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋