Fun at the Beach

America’s Fanciest Dog – Of The Hot Variety

An estimated 20 billion bun clad dogs are eaten every year by Americans. Interestingly enough, our country eats more quantity, and more different variations of the hot dog then any other country.

That doesn’t mean these dogs ain’t been around too long, because they have. As early as 800BC, the Greek poet, Homer, mentioned blood sausages in his epic piece The Odyssey.

Hot dogs have typically hailed as the favorite food at the ball park, the beach or boardwalk and at a barbebue.

Now days anything that can be encased in something like a bun can be called a hot dog, or quite properly the “haute dog”.

Hot dogs just aren’t made of meat anymore. Everything from french fries to lobster can find its way into a bun, and we haven’t even talked about toppings. But I think I’ll save that discussion for another time.

But wait…cream cheese on a dog. Go figure.