Hot Dog!
So.
Tomorrow is the Fourth of July, and as everyone knows that is a very big Hot Dog Eating Opportunity. Despite the name, which I find a little disturbing, I could eat a hot dog if someone put one in front of me. Especially on the Fourth of July. It just seems rather un-American to not eat hot dogs on that one day.
I think we need a Hot Dog Cart at our home. You can get one at Home Depot just like this one for about $500. I bet that Mr. Pat would really like to have one of these on his deck, but I must report that sadly we won't be buying him one as a present anytime soon. We could bring the hot dogs however. Or the buns.
Which brings me to my next point. Why is it that in America, we buy hot dogs in packages of TEN, but buns in packages of EIGHT? Don't you think the hot dog and the bun people should coordinate this a little better
You know that I love to discover stuff and my Mouse Person has gotten pretty good at finding out interesting things that might be worth checking out. Today we flew over to a very crazy blogging place called The Dan This appears to be someone who is very curious about a lot of things too, because the blogging topics are all over the place, but I discovered that he had done some really good research about hot dog toppings and has compiled a list of 100 things to put on a hot dog besides mustard and catsup.
Here are the first twenty and you can ask your mouse person to fly you over to see The Dan if you want the complete list.
1) Avocado
2) Sauerkraut
3) Coleslaw
4) Mayonnaise
5) Lettuce
6) Ranch Dressing
7) Relish
8) Blue Cheese Dressing
9) Re-fried beans
10) Chili beans
11) Sweet Chili Sauce
12) Celery Salt
13) Peperoni
14) Baked beans
15) Onions (raw or cooked)
16) Jalapeno Peppers (raw or cooked)
17) Pickled Peppers
18) Dill Pickles
19) Cucumbers
20) Tomatoes
And another thing that I think is important to this discussion of Hot Dogs. Catsup (which is how my Mom says it is spelled) is also spelled Ketchup. This is very interesting. Actually it is a rather interesting receipe too ----- since my friends at Wikipedia have this to say about the invention of catsup.
I think the spelling thing is really interesting and we actually discovered another spelling for catsup when we flew over to check out A Prairie Home Companion This is a radio show that we love to listen to on NPR every week-end if we are driving around and so Mom and I remembered that one of the sponsors of the show was The Catchup Advisory Board.
Mr. Garrison Keillor who thinks up the silliness that is on the show decided that since there were various ways to spell catsup he would compromise between the two common spellings for the condiment: "catsup" and "ketchup"
According to The Catchup Advisory Board, catsup has "natural mellowing agents".
And listen to this ---- if you have are on Facebook you can actually find The Catchup Advisory Board and like them or whatever it is that Facebook People do. Unfortunately the person who posted that on Facebook spelled it
In closing, I think it is important that you know that there are approximately 242 calories in a plain old hotdog (I'm assuming that is without the bun and none of the goodies).
Tomorrow on the Fourth of July will be Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
Last year the winner who is named, Mr. Joey Chestnut, gobbled up 54 hot dogs. This means that in the hot dog alone he ate 13,068 calories. Yipes. No wonder Pepto-Bismol is one of the sponsors. HA.
This year, the contest has a whole new division for women-only. Sonya Thomas and nine other women will compete tomorrow before the men's stomach-churning feast.
Tomorrow is the Fourth of July, and as everyone knows that is a very big Hot Dog Eating Opportunity. Despite the name, which I find a little disturbing, I could eat a hot dog if someone put one in front of me. Especially on the Fourth of July. It just seems rather un-American to not eat hot dogs on that one day.
I think we need a Hot Dog Cart at our home. You can get one at Home Depot just like this one for about $500. I bet that Mr. Pat would really like to have one of these on his deck, but I must report that sadly we won't be buying him one as a present anytime soon. We could bring the hot dogs however. Or the buns.Which brings me to my next point. Why is it that in America, we buy hot dogs in packages of TEN, but buns in packages of EIGHT? Don't you think the hot dog and the bun people should coordinate this a little better
You know that I love to discover stuff and my Mouse Person has gotten pretty good at finding out interesting things that might be worth checking out. Today we flew over to a very crazy blogging place called The Dan This appears to be someone who is very curious about a lot of things too, because the blogging topics are all over the place, but I discovered that he had done some really good research about hot dog toppings and has compiled a list of 100 things to put on a hot dog besides mustard and catsup.
Here are the first twenty and you can ask your mouse person to fly you over to see The Dan if you want the complete list.
1) Avocado
2) Sauerkraut
3) Coleslaw
4) Mayonnaise
5) Lettuce
6) Ranch Dressing
7) Relish
8) Blue Cheese Dressing
9) Re-fried beans
10) Chili beans
11) Sweet Chili Sauce
12) Celery Salt
13) Peperoni
14) Baked beans
15) Onions (raw or cooked)
16) Jalapeno Peppers (raw or cooked)
17) Pickled Peppers
18) Dill Pickles
19) Cucumbers
20) Tomatoes
And another thing that I think is important to this discussion of Hot Dogs. Catsup (which is how my Mom says it is spelled) is also spelled Ketchup. This is very interesting. Actually it is a rather interesting receipe too ----- since my friends at Wikipedia have this to say about the invention of catsup.
In the 1690s the Chinese mixed together a concoction of pickled fish and spices and called it kôe-chiap or kê-chiap (鮭汁) meaning the brine of pickled fish (鮭, carp; 汁, juice) or shellfish.[2]
Yuck. I'm glad that someone had the good sense to work on that one a bit and so today we have something a bit more familiar in our refrigerator. Although I must say, that Mom says that it is disgusting to put catsup on a hot dog. Only mustard (and onions) (and pickle relish) (and mayonaise) (and sauerkraut). Whatever. I think some crumbled up Wagatha's Wonderful Dog Biscuits would be tasty myself.I think the spelling thing is really interesting and we actually discovered another spelling for catsup when we flew over to check out A Prairie Home Companion This is a radio show that we love to listen to on NPR every week-end if we are driving around and so Mom and I remembered that one of the sponsors of the show was The Catchup Advisory Board.
Mr. Garrison Keillor who thinks up the silliness that is on the show decided that since there were various ways to spell catsup he would compromise between the two common spellings for the condiment: "catsup" and "ketchup"
According to The Catchup Advisory Board, catsup has "natural mellowing agents".
And listen to this ---- if you have are on Facebook you can actually find The Catchup Advisory Board and like them or whatever it is that Facebook People do. Unfortunately the person who posted that on Facebook spelled it
Ketchup and since Mr. Garrison Keillor doesn't spell it like that, then I wonder just how much good it will do to attach yourself, but go for it if you think it is worth the effort.
In closing, I think it is important that you know that there are approximately 242 calories in a plain old hotdog (I'm assuming that is without the bun and none of the goodies).
Tomorrow on the Fourth of July will be Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
Last year the winner who is named, Mr. Joey Chestnut, gobbled up 54 hot dogs. This means that in the hot dog alone he ate 13,068 calories. Yipes. No wonder Pepto-Bismol is one of the sponsors. HA.This year, the contest has a whole new division for women-only. Sonya Thomas and nine other women will compete tomorrow before the men's stomach-churning feast.
Posted by Daisy and Bob's Blog at 7/3/2011 9:36 AM 
Categories: The Holidays
Tags: Hot Dog Facts Fourth of July Catsup Ketchup Nathans Famous blogging pitbull
Categories: The Holidays
Tags: Hot Dog Facts Fourth of July Catsup Ketchup Nathans Famous blogging pitbull
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