Hot dog historian and professor emeritus at Roosevelt UniversityBruce Kraig believes the term "hot dog" was invented in the late 19th century by American observers of German immigrants, who ate sausages on buns. The Americans joked that the sausages looked suspiciously like the Germans' dachshunds.[2]
According to an obituary of Austrian immigrant baker Ignatz Frischmann published in 1904, the "Vienna roll" supplied to Coney Island hot dog vendors was invented by Frischmann and made him a rich man sometime before his death.[4]
At the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, in St. Louis, Missouri, a German concessionaire, Antoine Feuchtwanger, served hot sausages called "frankfurters", after his birthplace, Frankfurt, in Hesse.[5][6] At first he loaned gloves for his customers to hold his sausages. When many were not returned, he asked his brother, who was a baker, to invent a solution. Thus, the hot dog bun was born.[7]
Regional variations
Split-top hot dog buns are popular in New England for lobster rolls and clam sandwiches.
In Austria, Poland, and throughout Central Europe a "hot dog" is a baguette which is hollowed out by cutting off the end and impaling it on a spike so a sausage can be inserted. In Denmark this variation is known as a "French Hot Dog" because of the use of baguette, and a "French Hot Dog Dressing" which contains Dijon mustard. Specially prepared baguettes are made for this popular food.
↑ "New England-style bun, from HoJo’s to homemade", July 2, 2013 accessed February 12, 2014.
↑National Hot Dog and Sausage Council. "The "H" Files". Archived from the original on 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2012-01-02. "Straight From The "H" Files: The Hot Dog's True History"], accessed January 29, 2011
↑Josh Chetwynd in "How the Hot Dog Found Its Bun: Accidental Discoveries and Unexpected Inspirations that shape what we Eat and Drink, 2012.
