2006-11-28 12:24:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
That's because the 'hog dog' wasn't named after the meat it is made out of.
"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."
2006-11-28 12:31:23 · answer #1 · answered by wilkes_in_london 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Oh where oh where has my little dog gone
Oh, where or where can he be?"
That and similar versions of the very old song came about as a result of speculation that hot dogs were made from some of the many roaming dogs in the cities a century ago. The legend was that the dogs were rounded up then ground up. Hot dogs today are not made of dog meat (we hope). But they may, in fact, have been made of dog meat back then.
There are many cultures today that eat dogs.
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2006-11-28 12:40:16 · answer #2 · answered by jackbutler5555 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you know it isn't? I have heard people who work in meat packing places say if you knew how hotdogs were made you wouldn't eat them.
2006-11-28 12:28:23 · answer #3 · answered by Country girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Farmer John Permium Hot Dogs are made from the brisket of the pig, corn syrup, sodium nitrate (or nitrite) and spices.
2006-11-28 12:28:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's named after the dogs that look like hot dogs but I don't know, and that would just be mean!! I'd never eat it!
2006-11-28 12:26:23 · answer #5 · answered by sparkzxx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason Buffalo wings aren't made from buffaloes. Just because.
2006-11-28 12:27:14 · answer #6 · answered by Empy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think eating dog is probably illegal in the US if not it should be. Why arent french fries made of french people?
2006-11-28 12:27:03 · answer #7 · answered by ♥♫♥ Crystal ♥♫♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why is a black board green? Some questions have no answers although in Korea (N&S) they eat dogs.
2006-11-28 12:30:38 · answer #8 · answered by caballero5792 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why would someone make hot dog from dog meat???
2006-11-28 12:27:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is one of the great mysteries where it is not up to us to question why, but rather to eat.
2006-11-28 12:26:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋