Enjoy a Hotdog

With summer time is here and the kitchens will be heating up. One way to solve this is to cook on the grill outside where a breeze may blow by. Many will enjoy grilled hotdogs. Not only are they easy to prepare but delicious as well. However, have you ever thought about where the idea of eating hotdogs came about.

 It was more than 3,000 years ago that a hotdog like food was ate. The Babylonians would stuff animal intestines with spiced meats. While they may have been the first many other civilizations would follow their lead. In addition the Greeks and Romans would enjoy the stuffed sausage like dish as well.

The Roman Empire would see a downfall of the hotdog like dish. While the pagans often included sausages in their festivals the Catholic church would begin to outlaw the consumption of sausage. The stuffed sausage would not disappear entirely and during the middle ages a slender sausage known as "Vienna sausage" or "Weiner wurst" Moreover the Germans would begin to make a much desired slender stuffed sausage known as a frank

The Germans would leave their own mark on the hotdog. The slight curve would come about at this time. This was where the frankfurter was born in 1850. The term hotdog would be offered in America. The history of the hotdog in America must include the famous Coney Island Dog. Nathans hotdogs

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