‘HOT DOG’ Major League Baseball comes to Denver for All Star Week.

What a better week to capture a bit about hotdogs than All Star Week. Simple and Classic are often as good as it gets. favorites include Chicago Style (#at Billy’s Gourmet Hot Dog) to reindeer (#at Biker Jim’s gourmet) and the classic at Henry’s Hot Dog… Re-imagining the summertime favorite. DenverPost’s Life & Culture from July 14, 2021 speaks to this standard fare of Baseball. But what is hot dogs origin and when did the association between Hot dogs and Baseball begin? More questions than answers … (why is it a dog?)
Henry’s Hot Dog with jalapeno and Spicy Brown Mustard. Dressed up Dogs
from https://www.hot-dog-history
The popular “dachshund” or “little-dog” sausage was created in the late 1600’s by Johann Georghehner, a butcher, living in Coburg, Germany. Germans always ate sausages with bread – introducing the practice of eating the dachshund sausages in a bun. So – One can see the connection of ‘dachshund’ being a mouth full while trying to ‘hawk’ their sausages while they are hot. A small leap and the term was coined ‘hot dog’.
in 1893, sausages became the standard fare at baseball parks. This is believed to have started by St.Louis bar owner, Chris Von de Ahe who owned the St.Louis Browns Baseball team.
Personal favorite: Hot Dogs off the grill with a bit of char, toast the hot dog buns slightly and add condiments for a Chicago style Hot Dog.
(Don’t forget the celery salt)