Where do hot dogs come from?

“Where do hot dogs come from?” may not be a question you find yourself asking often (or ever, tbh), but it's one asked by millions—yes, millions—of Google users during summer grilling season. read more

According to a myth, the use of the complete phrase hot dog in reference to sausage was coined by the newspaper cartoonist Thomas Aloysius "Tad" Dorgan around 1900 in a cartoon recording the sale of hot dogs during a New York Giants baseball game at the Polo Grounds. read more

Dachshunds, Dog Wagons and Other Important Elements of Hot Dog History Sausage is one of the oldest forms of processed food, having been mentioned in Homer's Odyssey as far back as the 9th Century B.C. read more