BAMAPHIN 22
04-02-2009, 07:14 PM
The Viennese claim it theirs, hence the now snicker-worthy nickname “wieners” -- taken from Vienna’s name in German, Wien. Frankfurt’s not buying it, and instead traces the hot dog back to its own frankfurter wurst, supposedly invented in the 1480s.
Wherever it came from, the dog eventually crossed the Atlantic and in the mid-to-late 1800s began popping up in cities like Chicago and New York. In 1867, a German butcher named Charles Feltman set up a hot dog stand in Coney Island, Brooklyn, later inspiring his employee, Nathan Handwerker, to found his own doggerie, Nathan’s Famous (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.). Nathan’s has since become the best known dog shop in the country, and still intrigues and disgusts us every year with its July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest.
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Wherever it came from, the dog eventually crossed the Atlantic and in the mid-to-late 1800s began popping up in cities like Chicago and New York. In 1867, a German butcher named Charles Feltman set up a hot dog stand in Coney Island, Brooklyn, later inspiring his employee, Nathan Handwerker, to found his own doggerie, Nathan’s Famous (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.). Nathan’s has since become the best known dog shop in the country, and still intrigues and disgusts us every year with its July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest.
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