Every third Wednesday of July, the United States celebrates National Hot Dog Day (National Hot Dog Day) is a holiday dedicated to a traditional American dish. Although in a number of states the date of the holiday is fixed – July 23.
Sausage, embedded in an elongated bun cut from one end, sprinkled with ketchup or mustard, is today considered a classic of American cuisine. But no one knows for certain where the concept of “hot dog” came from in the United States, although it is known that 1893 was declared the big year of “sausage in a roll.”
As a national holiday, Hot Dog Day was officially established by the US Chamber of Commerce in 1957. And in 1994, The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council was created to study product quality, tasting and advertise a hot dog.
Traditionally, members of the Hot Dog and Sausage Lovers Council hold a hot dog cooking competition, enunciating 4 basic rules:
Persons under the age of 18 are not allowed to sprinkle ketchup on the hot dog;
A hot dog in a bun cannot be eaten from a plate, but only with your hands;
The seasoning remaining on the hands cannot be washed off, you need to lick your fingers;
You cannot eat a hot dog in more than five bites;
In no case should you put a hot dog on an elegant porcelain dish, it is simply incompatible with the concept of “hot dog -“.
Statistics show that hot dog consumption has increased recently, with the average American eating about 60 hot dogs a year. The Americans consume roughly 150 million hot dogs. If you stretch this hot dog chain, you can cover the distance between Washington and Los Angeles five times.
By the way, every American state has come up with its own recipe for this popular dish. For example, in the southern US, corn hot dogs are made; in Kansas, grated cheese and sauerkraut are added to them; in Chicago, they make apple and crab hot dogs; a Texas hot dog served with cheese, hot jalapeno and chili; you get a New York sausage with light mustard and onions, stewed in a creamy sauce; in Atlanta vegetables are added to the hot dog …
Even the usual ketchup and mustard, hot dog manufacturers, responding to consumer requests, have replaced mayonnaise based on wasabi and avocado, and some suggest trying a hot dog with peanut butter and foie gras. And these are just some examples …
I must also say that this traditional American dish is popular today not only at home, but also in many countries of the world, including Russia, where it has many admirers, despite the arguments of doctors and nutritionists about the dangers of such food …