How are baseball and hot dogs linked?
Can somebody link me to a site, or possibly suggest a book that explains how hot dogs coincide with baseball?
Around the turn of the century (1900-1910) the hot dog came on the scene in the USA. They were reportedly sold at the 1904 Worlds Fair in St. Louis, MO. Once they figured out that these little sausages could be placed in a bun the hotdog became portable. It also helped that the hotdogs could be cooked easily (steamed, grilled, boiled, etc.). I am not certain which Ballpark first started selling hotdogs to stand, but I am guessing it was on the East Coast, maybe New York. They were a big hit! Easy, portable, inexpensive to produce. What a deal.
Around the turn of the century (1900-1910) the hot dog came on the scene in the USA. They were reportedly sold at the 1904 Worlds Fair in St. Louis, MO. Once they figured out that these little sausages could be placed in a bun the hotdog became portable. It also helped that the hotdogs could be cooked easily (steamed, grilled, boiled, etc.). I am not certain which Ballpark first started selling hotdogs to stand, but I am guessing it was on the East Coast, maybe New York. They were a big hit! Easy, portable, inexpensive to produce. What a deal.
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Much of this I gathered from a recent show on the food network.
They just are.
It is like Ham and mustard, salt and pepper etc
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