How did the "hot dog" get its name?

National Hot Dog And Sausage Council | www.hot-dog.org

According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (sponsored by the American Meat Institute), the answer is as controversial as the existence of UFOs. The hot dog itself seems to originate from German immigrants to the US in the late 1800s. Read the Council's site for what they consider to be the most plausible origins of how these little weiners became known as "hot dogs".

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