1 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to food Stuff. I'm Any and I'm 2 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: Lauren bulk Bomb and uh, we're talking about hot dogs. 3 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,639 Speaker 1: You guys. We made twelve pages of an outline about 4 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: hot dogs. Yeah, it's It was unexpected and delightful. Lauren 5 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: and I were like, hmmm, what's a what's a shorter 6 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: topic we could tackle for the fourth of July here 7 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: in the US of A. And well, it turns out 8 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: hot dogs. It was not a short topic at all, 9 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: and we should have known better. Every time we say 10 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 1: that it's yeah, yeah, we have not successfully picked a 11 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:46,480 Speaker 1: short topic yet. Um. But yes, the fourth of July, 12 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: as we record this is approaching in the US. This 13 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: is our Independence Day, which for me means running a race. 14 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: That's right, Yeah, the Peach Tree Peach Tree Road a marathon? 15 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: Is it a full marathon? You know it's not, but 16 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: I thought it was for years And that's why I 17 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: didn't participate for many years because it's summer. It's really hot. 18 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: It's like, I don't want to be running a marathon. 19 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: Um in what ninety plus degree humid weather. It's just 20 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 1: a it's a ten k, the world's largest k. Yes, 21 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: but hot dogs are a big part of most people's 22 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: Fourth of July celebrations. Yes, yes, um, and shout out 23 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 1: to local hot dog vendor, Doggie Dog, who let us 24 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: film with them once our long lost food stuff promo video. 25 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: Some one of these days we really will get a 26 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: copy of that out where you guys can see it. Yeah, 27 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: because otherwise people are going to believe, they're not gonna 28 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: believe we ever made one. I mean, you know, I 29 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: think that some things are okay, relegated to the halls 30 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: of myth, food stuff myth. Yeah. Also, a hot dog 31 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: has been in the news. It has a single hot dog, 32 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: and just one, just the one. You probably have seen 33 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: some some stories because it caused quite a kerfuffle a 34 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago at a baseball game. A hot 35 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: dog fired from a hot dog cannon. We have those 36 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 1: in the States, operated by the Philly Fanatic. And yes, 37 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: that is that big green monster. I mean maybe monster 38 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:27,239 Speaker 1: or shrewd, I don't know what it is. Um. This 39 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: hot dog hit a woman in the face, gave her 40 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: a black eye, and the headlines were like hot dog injury. 41 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: Are Philly's fan injured by fanatics flying hot dog? It 42 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 1: did happen. It did happen. I think it was wrapped 43 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,839 Speaker 1: in like duct tape. It was. I guess that's how 44 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,359 Speaker 1: you fire hot dogs from hot dog cannons. But then 45 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: do you eat them? I'm not sure it's there are 46 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: many questions. She, the woman who got hit, was fine, um, 47 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: and she was pretty um. She's not suing or anything. 48 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: She was very nice nice, I mean she she kind 49 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: of laughed at the whole incident. Also, before we move 50 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: on into our or what is its portion, never forget 51 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: hot dogs in aspect. Oh, hot dogs in aspect. We're 52 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: like loosely planning making one of these and trying it. 53 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 1: But well, we'll let you know how that goes. Absolutely, yes, 54 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: there will be photographic evidence of one kind dur another. Absolutely. 55 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: But in the meanwhile, hot dogs, what are they? That 56 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: is a great question, and I'll answer it for you. 57 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: A hot dog is a tube of fine ground meat, 58 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: usually be four beef and pork, seasoned with stuff like coriander, mustard, seed, pepper, nutmeg, clove, paprika, garlic, sugar, 59 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: and salt, usually cured, sometimes smoked, pre cooked before sale 60 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: or use. The meat and seasonings may be contained by 61 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: a natural or artificial sausage. Casing, but modern hot dogs 62 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: are frequently made skinless or formed without a containing membrane. 63 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: When it gets to you, that sounds like something out 64 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: of a horror movie. A containing membrane, A containing membrane. 65 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: The whole thing is savory, salty, spiced, a little bit sweet. 66 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: They're usually served hot, either on a long bun as 67 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: a type of sausage sandwich, or sliced as an ingredient 68 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: in a savory dish. It's it's a type of pre 69 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: cooked sausage, simply, yes, if if you just want to 70 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: say things simply, Lauren looks like that would be the 71 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: most foolish and ridiculous thing to want to do, and 72 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:40,559 Speaker 1: she says. They can also be called a frankfurter, a frank, 73 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 1: a weener, or a weenie m m. And the difference 74 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: between sausage and hot dog is essentially that sausage is 75 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: a more generalized term for a casing of ground meat, 76 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: herbs and spices. A hot dog, on the other hand, 77 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: is a type of sausage that is smoked or cured 78 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: or otherwise cooked. If you confused about the difference, there 79 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 1: um and there are so many different types, and people 80 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: like to argue about the best types or what constitutes 81 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,239 Speaker 1: even a hot dog. You've got Chicago style, New York style, 82 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: the coney dog, the works, red hots, red snappers, half smoke, 83 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: Polish boy, Italian dog. There's a lot of different meats 84 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: that can go into hot dogs. All beef is common, 85 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 1: as I said, but so is that mix of beef 86 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 1: and pork. All pork isn't unheard of. Other meats might 87 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 1: get mixed in as fillers, like chicken. There's also turkey dogs, 88 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: tofu dogs, caribou dogs. You could toss veal or bacon 89 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: in there. Honestly, anything goes. And the casing a natural 90 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: casing a k A collagionius layer of intestine from pigs, cattle, goats, 91 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: or sheep um could be used, and artificial collagen casing 92 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: might be used. No casing at all, skinless thing. Um 93 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: having a colligionius casing a natural or artificial. We'll give 94 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: the hot dog a kind of snap, a little bit 95 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: of chew when you bite into it, which some people 96 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: dig and some people do not. Um. The artificial casings 97 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: are more uniform than natural ones, leading to a less lumpy, 98 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: more standard sized hot dog, less lumpy hot dog. And 99 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: then and then there's how you choose to cook them, 100 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: According to a survey of over two thousand American adults 101 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 1: by Harris Pole for the National hot Dog and Sausage Council, 102 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 1: which is a thing of Americans grill their hot dogs 103 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: at home, although regional varieties, especially those sold by a 104 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: street or bullpark vendors, maybe simmered, steamed, pan fried, deep fried, etcetera. 105 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: Deep fried. Oh yeah, Oh yeah, it's a thing. Okay, 106 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously, I guess if you can fried, it 107 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: will be fried. I feel like that's a rule somewhere, 108 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: certainly here in America. The bun is usually soft white bread, 109 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:55,839 Speaker 1: but can be steamed, toasted, grilled, or served fresh with 110 00:06:55,960 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: or without poppy or sesame seeds and the toppings. Lordie, uh, 111 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 1: you've got condiments yellow mustard, brown mustard, grain mustard, ketchup, mayo, pickle, relish, 112 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: sour kraut, cole, sla, salsa, barbecue sauce, hot sauce, celery, salt. 113 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: You've got garden you can put on their onions, steamed 114 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: or fresh or grilled, fresh tomato, pickle spears, pickled hot peppers, 115 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: fresh peppers, grilled peppers, fried potatoes. Extra protein if you 116 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 1: want it, chili, baked beans, pinto beans, fish cake, bacon, 117 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: dairy of some kind, shredded cheese, melted cheese, cream cheese. 118 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: Who oh yeah, that's the thing. I think in Seattle. 119 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 1: That's a lot of that's a lot of topics. Um, 120 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: you usually wouldn't put all of those on there at once, 121 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: but you know, oh goodness, you know someone has beyond 122 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: a shadow of a doubt. I know that to be 123 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:56,239 Speaker 1: true absolutely. If if you're not from the United States, 124 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: you might not be aware of how intense people can 125 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: be about their hot dog preferences, or even if you are. 126 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: Because I like a dummy thought that you put ketchup 127 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: on there, Lauren and Joe, I'm glad I escaped with 128 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: my life and unscathed. If lasers could have come out 129 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: of their eyes, they would have the Many Americans have 130 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: one thing that they consider to be a proper hot dog, 131 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: and they think that everyone else is wrong. Um. In 132 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: that same survey that I mentioned above, actually se of 133 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: Americans said that they use mustard as their preferred condiment 134 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: of choice. UM said that ketchup is unacceptable, unacceptable, not 135 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: even like unwanted, no unacceptable. This sounds very American. I 136 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: think this is a good portrait of how we are 137 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: kind of very opinionated, and we'll fight you about that. Yeah. 138 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,199 Speaker 1: According to me, a hot dog is only a hot 139 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: dog if it's on a toasted bun and it has 140 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: to have brown mustard and sura kraut. Oh okay, I 141 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: haven't had it that way. Oh man, it's the only 142 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,319 Speaker 1: way that It's the only way I haven't had a 143 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: hot dog, is what you're telling me. That's what I'm saying. 144 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 1: My family used to do this thing where my mom 145 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: had like a platter and they were just a bunch 146 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: of compartments in the platter, and she would put in 147 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 1: like all the kinds of condiments that you mentioned. And 148 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 1: as a kid, I used to always think it was 149 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: funny how everyone had a different No one left with 150 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: the same hot dog. Like some people would put almost 151 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: everything on there. Some people would put nothing on there. 152 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: Some people would put like two things. It was just 153 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: really interesting because people have their preferences and they know 154 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 1: what they are. There's definitely someone in my family, Um, 155 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: he liked to make a quote pie and he would 156 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,839 Speaker 1: put everything on there. It's like, hot dog isn't even 157 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: there anymore. You know, it's just a plate of I 158 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: don't know if he still eats them that way. Actually 159 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: he's vegetarian, so no, he doesn't. You can have a 160 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: veggie dog and veggie chili. This is true. This is true. 161 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 1: I should investigate more. Oh and as to the question 162 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: of is it a sandwich, it depends on your definition 163 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 1: of a sandwich. It does. Even Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that, 164 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: So next question, moving on. Before we move on, though, um, 165 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: I do have official word from the aforementioned National hot 166 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: Dog and Sausage Council about their official policy on the 167 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: hot dog as a sandwich controversy as a sandwich controversy. Okay, 168 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: what's the official word? May I quote? Absolutely? Limiting the 169 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: hot dog significance by saying it's just a sandwich is 170 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,719 Speaker 1: like calling the dolli llama just a guy. Perhaps at 171 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: one time it's importance could be limited by forcing it 172 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:03,319 Speaker 1: into the larger sandwich category, no disrespect to Rubens and others, 173 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: but that time has passed. We therefore choose to take 174 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,439 Speaker 1: a cue from a great performer and declare our namesake 175 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: be hot dog formerly known as a sandwich. Wow. They 176 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: brought in the Dalai Lama to a hot dog fight 177 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: and Prince I'm it's you know, when you're the National 178 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 1: hot Dog and Sausage Council, you've got to have a 179 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:33,719 Speaker 1: sense of humor about a thing that's true. That is true. 180 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 1: They well, the official word is there. I suppose controversy 181 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: over Yeah. More about that name though, yes, oh um okay. 182 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: So the name hot dog has a long stumped historians. 183 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: One story goes that while at Manhattan's Polo Grounds in 184 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: nineteen o one, New York Evening Journal cartoonist Tad Dorgan 185 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: was enjoying some red hots and or Frankfurter's and got 186 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: the idea for a cartoon involving a docks in in 187 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: a role. But he had trouble spelling docks and so 188 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:11,559 Speaker 1: he went with hot dog instead. Most likely not true. 189 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: Another story has to do with a New Jersey vendor 190 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: named Thomas Francis Xavier Morris. He was a Caribbean black 191 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,839 Speaker 1: man who went by the name hot Dog Morris. There's 192 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 1: a sprinkling of early mentions of hot dog coming out 193 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: of New Jersey, so it's possible the term was coined 194 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 1: in Jersey. In Rhode Island, hot dogs are apparently called 195 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 1: hot wieners. People in Plattsborg, New York, might call them Michigan's. 196 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: Is this true? I'm asking listeners, is this true? I 197 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:46,079 Speaker 1: find it very if you if you call hot dogs Michigan's, 198 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: let us know, yes, please Michigan. Let us know how 199 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: you feel about this too, Yeah, because you you need 200 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: to have to say, I am right. Well, let's let's 201 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 1: talk about out how hot dogs are made. Yeah, um, okay, 202 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: Well they can be made a lot of waste because 203 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:13,319 Speaker 1: what's in them can vary pretty widely. That the term 204 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 1: hot dog is a little bit all encompassing, as as 205 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: we have been discussing. So depending on the manufacturer and 206 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 1: how in expensive or expensive the final product is going 207 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 1: to be. You've got a lot of options for ingredients 208 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 1: and process but the basic procedure goes like this. You 209 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: grind meat, mix it with your seasonings, a little bit 210 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: of binding stuff. Uh. If you're doing them at home, 211 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: you might use something like ground oatmeal or flour or 212 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: egg white, plus a little bit of water or ice 213 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 1: for texture. Um, pipe that mixture into a natural artificial casing, 214 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: maybe cure smoke them, pre cook them, and then package 215 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: them for storage. That's a simple version on a factory floor. 216 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: You're probably looking at a number of of cost saving measures. Yeah, 217 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 1: the meat that you use is going to be trimmings, 218 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 1: stuff left over after desirable cuts of meat have been 219 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: butchered out of cattle, pigs, and maybe chicken. Um. Sometimes 220 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,079 Speaker 1: variety meats like hearts and other organs are going to 221 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: be in the mix. All those meats are ground, mixed 222 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 1: together in particular proportions, and then mixed in with your seasonings, 223 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:20,239 Speaker 1: probably binding agents like modified starch, dried milk, soy proteins 224 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: or sodium phosphate, and preservatives like night trates or sodium diastate. 225 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: The sweetener is probably gonna be corn syrup. Night Trates 226 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: will provide a pinkish color to the meat, as they 227 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: do in spam and corned beef, but other coloring may 228 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: be added as well. The whole caboodle is then pureed 229 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: and emulsified with water or ice to create a completely 230 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: smooth consistency. That mixture is then pumped into a casing 231 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: via machine that can twist the casing off every few 232 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: inches however long. Each hot dog is supposed to be 233 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: you know, um, and yes, even skinless hot dogs are 234 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: generally produced this way, they'll just have their their casing 235 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: made of inedible cell you loose, removed before they are packaged. 236 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: So this forms these these long linked chains of hot 237 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: dogs that could be hung on racks and they might 238 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: be smoked over smoldering wood or sprayed down with liquid smoke. 239 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: They're then cooked in an oven water cooled back down 240 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 1: to packaging temperature. Uh. Skinless dogs are peeled dogs and 241 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: casings are cut into individual links, and then they're packaged. 242 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 1: The show How It's Made with a Science Channel visited 243 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: a John Moral factory. Moral, I'm not sure where their 244 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: production line can tube up about two hundred meters that's 245 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: about six hundred and sixty feet of hot dogs every 246 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: thirty five seconds. They can peel the tubing off of 247 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 1: about seven hundred hot dogs per minute, and they produce 248 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: three hundred thousand an hour for a total of about 249 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 1: two point five million hot dogs per shift. So that's 250 00:15:54,960 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 1: how the sausage gets me. Yeah. Legally, in the United States, 251 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: the finished product must be no more than fat and 252 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 1: added water. There you go. What about nutrition? Processed meat 253 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: that contains added fat and preservatives like nitrates, it's generally 254 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 1: not the best for you. Yeah, um. Your typical hot 255 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: dog has about of its calories from fats. They are 256 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 1: a good source of protein and contain a smattering of 257 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: minerals and vitamins. UM researchers are still looking into the 258 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: effects of nitrates, though on the human body. Preliminary results 259 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: indicate that we should limit our exposure, which the average 260 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: American is apparently not doing. No, let's talk about some 261 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: hot dog numbers. Each year that average American consumes about 262 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: sixty hot dogs six zero sixty. Find that stunning. I 263 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: probably have maybe two a year. Maybe, Yeah, that's about 264 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 1: right for me. But we are outliers. It seems most 265 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 1: hot dog consumption happens during the summer, between Memorial Day 266 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: and Labor Day, a lot of them. As an outside 267 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 1: growling food, hot dog season is the thing. July is 268 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: National hot Dog Month. They get a whole month. They 269 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: get a whole month. I don't know why I was 270 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 1: so outraged by how dare these hot dogs did an 271 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:30,680 Speaker 1: entire month? Um And speaking of eating a lot of 272 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: hot dogs, I got to talk about hot dog eating 273 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 1: contest very briefly. Sure, one of the first things I 274 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 1: think of when it comes to hot dogs is hot 275 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:42,360 Speaker 1: dog eating contest um, hot dogs are the food I'm 276 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 1: most associated with competitive eating. An Athan's hot Dog Eating 277 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: Contest is in its one hundred and second year, ten 278 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 1: minutes as many hot dogs as contestants can down, broadcast 279 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: live on E S p N ESPN with up to 280 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 1: two million viewers and forty live spectators. The reigning champ 281 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: holds the record at seventy three hot dogs. That's twelve 282 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: tho calories in ten minutes. If you're wondering, maybe this 283 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 1: is what's skewing those hot dog numbers. But for the 284 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:21,680 Speaker 1: I mean for the average American maybe because there are 285 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 1: a lot of hot dog eating contest it's always worth 286 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 1: looking into your hot dog numbers and knowing where they're 287 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:33,879 Speaker 1: coming from. Well, well we'll come back to that, will 288 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: but first we're going to talk some hot dog history. 289 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: But first, first we're gonna take a quick break for 290 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: a word from our sponsor, and we're back. Thank you, sponsor, Yes, 291 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: thank you. I Like most amer Can foods, the hot 292 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 1: dog's history goes way back and is a mash up 293 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:10,119 Speaker 1: of foods and traditions from all over. The sausage a 294 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 1: key component for most hot dogs. If we're talking hot 295 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: dog history and development goes all the way back to 296 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 1: ninth century BC Greece. It's one of the first recorded 297 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:24,439 Speaker 1: examples of processed food. Take this quote from Homer's the 298 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 1: Odyssey as when a man besides a great fire has 299 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,439 Speaker 1: filled a sausage with fat and blood, and turns it 300 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:32,880 Speaker 1: this way and that, and is very eager to get 301 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 1: it quickly roasted. That sounds like my camping experience. Yeah m. However, 302 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:44,199 Speaker 1: the person most often credited with the invention of the 303 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: sausage came about a bit later and first century CE, 304 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: one Guias, the chef of Roman emperor Nero Claudius Caesar. 305 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: At the time, it was common practice to starve a 306 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: pig a week before eating it um, sort of to 307 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 1: like clear it out. Okay, alright, cleansing um. One such 308 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 1: pig came out, but two guys is keena. He suspected 309 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: the pig had not been properly prepared. He kept up 310 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: the pig's stomach to take a look, and out popped 311 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 1: a perfectly hollow intestines. Allegedly, he said, I have discovered 312 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: something of great importance, and he filled a mixture of 313 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 1: ground of innison and beef, wheat and spices inside the 314 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: intestines and then tied off the ends to make potentially 315 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 1: the first wiener. Jumping ahead to seventh century, we get 316 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,400 Speaker 1: perhaps the first mention of a necklace made of sausages. 317 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: Are more accurately a string of sausages, And I have 318 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: seen these in the wild. That's why I chuckle at 319 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: beer festivals. Yeah, people wearing oh yeah, and you eat 320 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: it like slowly as you drink more beer. I usually 321 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: do the pretzel version as a string, and you have 322 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 1: pretzels on them, and then you just see there. I've 323 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 1: definitely seen that. Oh, I've seen a sausage one. It 324 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:02,159 Speaker 1: is much rarer, much rare, but it does exist. It 325 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:07,119 Speaker 1: does exist. Um. The mention comes from the book The 326 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 1: Life and Miracles of Simeon the Fool quote for sometimes, 327 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 1: when Sunday came, he took a string of sausages and 328 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,160 Speaker 1: wore them as a deacon stole. In his left hand 329 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 1: he held a pot of mustard, and he dipped the 330 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: sausages in the mustard and ate them from morning on. 331 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 1: And he smeared mustard on the mouths of some of 332 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:30,159 Speaker 1: those who came to joke with him. Wherefore, also a 333 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 1: certain rustic who had lucoma in his two eyes, came 334 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: to make fun of him. Simeon anointed his eyes with mustard. 335 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: The man was nearly burned to death, and Simeon said 336 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,399 Speaker 1: to him, go wash idiot with vinegar and garlic, and 337 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:47,440 Speaker 1: you will be healed immediately. As it seemed a better 338 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,120 Speaker 1: thing to do, your hand immediately to the doctor instead, 339 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: and was completely blinded. Finally, in a mad rage, he 340 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 1: swore in Syriac, by the God of Heaven, even if 341 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 1: my two eyes should suddenly leap from their sockets, I 342 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,439 Speaker 1: will do whatever the fool told me, And he washed 343 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 1: himself as Simion told him. Immediately his eyes were healed 344 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: clear as when he was born, so that he honored God. 345 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 1: Then the fool came upon him and said to him, 346 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: behold your healed idiot. Never again steal your neighbor's goats. 347 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:21,120 Speaker 1: That was the moral of the story. Perfect sense, it does, 348 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 1: I mean, right, sausage, necklace, mustard in the eyes, don't 349 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 1: steal goats. Just don't still goats, guys. That's can't be 350 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 1: clearer than that. That's our food stuff. Less enough the episode, right, yeah, 351 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:41,439 Speaker 1: don't still goats. Another jump skip pop ahead to fight four. 352 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:45,639 Speaker 1: To Frankfurt, Germany when allegedly the red hot came to 353 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: be No kidding, it was the Frankfurter. That makes more sense, 354 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: it does, doesn't it. That's the story Frankfort is going with. Anyway. 355 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 1: They celebrated the hot dogs at five hundredth birthday Inn. 356 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: It wasn't until eighteen fifty two, though, that the Frank 357 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: the fatty thick sausages were being churned out in Germany, 358 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: when the Frankfurt's Butcher's Guild came out with a thinly cased, 359 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 1: spiced smoked sausage they called Frankfurter. The curved shape allegedly 360 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 1: was one of the butcher's ode to his popular docks 361 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:24,120 Speaker 1: in okay Um or maybe not. Of course, a lot 362 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 1: of legends surrounds the hot dog. Another version of the 363 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 1: story is that the Frank sometimes known as the little 364 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,439 Speaker 1: dog our docks and sausage, was the invention of a 365 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: butcher out of Coburg, Germany, who made the journey to 366 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:41,439 Speaker 1: Frankfurt to sell his creation. And yet another take is 367 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 1: that sometime around eighteen o five and expert sausage maker 368 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 1: out of Frankfurt travel to Vienna, Austria, which was called 369 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: veen um and started to make sausages that he called 370 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: the veener Frankfurter, or more colloquially as the vienna verst 371 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 1: versus the German word for sausage. Now, we're still not 372 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: quite talking about a hot dog yet, not until one 373 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,880 Speaker 1: of these sausages, however they came to be, was ensconced 374 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 1: in a bun. Probably I would guess this happened pretty 375 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: soon after the sausage became available, but some historians think 376 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,239 Speaker 1: maybe it didn't occur until the eighteen sixties in New 377 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 1: York City's Bowery area, when German immigrants sold hot dogs, sauerkraut, 378 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 1: and milk rolls. And then if we look at St. Louis, 379 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: a German immigrant named Fruits Wonger sold hot dogs from 380 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 1: his cart that were so hot when purchased they came 381 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: with white gloves so customers wouldn't burn their hands. However, 382 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 1: this wasn't great for his profit margins, so his wife 383 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: came up with the idea to do away with the 384 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 1: gloves and instead placed the hot dog in a split bun. 385 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: Feut Wonger I had a brother who just so happened 386 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: to be a baker, and he custom made a longer 387 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 1: bun that would fit the sausages. Hence the hot dog 388 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 1: bun with this most holiest hot dog bun matrimonial ceremony. 389 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: I don't know. The hot dog was born and they 390 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 1: were called red hots. In eighty six, author H. L. 391 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,680 Speaker 1: Menkin wrote, I devoured hot dogs in Baltimore way back 392 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: in eighteen sixty six, and they were then very far 393 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: from newfangled. They contained precisely the same rubber, indigestible pseudo 394 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 1: sausages that millions of Americans now eat, and they leaked 395 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: the same flabby, puerile mustard, flabby mustard. They're single point 396 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: of different slay. And the fact that their covers were 397 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 1: honest German vec made out of wheat flour baked to crispiness, 398 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:42,120 Speaker 1: and not the saggy rolls prevailing today of ground acorns, 399 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 1: plaster of Paris, flecks of bass sponge and atmospheric air, 400 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: all compact. Oh, that whole processed bread anger movement. Yeah, 401 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 1: it's coming back to us, it does. Um, that's some 402 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:03,679 Speaker 1: that's some harsh, harsh criticism right there. Sausages were a 403 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 1: popular item at the Chicago World's Fair a k a. 404 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:11,360 Speaker 1: The Colombian Exposition Buffalo, New York's nineteen o one Pan 405 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:16,640 Speaker 1: Exposition had Frankfurter's available for purchase. However, these bad boys 406 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: would run you nine dollars in today's money. What and 407 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: this might have been sands bunch just for the sausage. 408 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: I suppose around these parts hot dog you can find 409 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: a pretty expensive hot dog. I yes, I have not 410 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 1: paid that much for one, but I'm sure that someone has. 411 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: Oh absolutely. You could have also been the year that 412 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 1: the connection between hot dogs and baseball games got its 413 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 1: start with Chris Vonda, ah, owner of a local St. 414 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,359 Speaker 1: Louis bar, and the St. Louis Major League Baseball team, 415 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 1: the Browns. He wanted something to pair with his beer. 416 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 1: Why not sausages? Why not? He sounds like an interesting dude. 417 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 1: He bought the baseball team to promote his bar. Interesting 418 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 1: marketing strategy. Okay, um, if that gives you any idea. 419 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: But again, there's no evidence that these sausages were served 420 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 1: in buns. So if that's not the first baseball game 421 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: with the hot dog, what his? Well here's yet another, 422 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 1: and yet another that has to do with the Polo 423 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 1: Grounds in New York City. It was a cold day 424 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 1: at a Giant's baseball game and a fellow working at 425 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 1: the concession stand, Harry Mosley Stevens, realized he was losing 426 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 1: money from cold sodas and ice cream. Nobody wanted something cold, 427 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,679 Speaker 1: so he went on the hunt for a hot food substitute, 428 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 1: and he sent one of his co workers on a 429 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,879 Speaker 1: mission to buy up all the docks and sausages he 430 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 1: could get, quote his hands on and rolls to stuff 431 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 1: them in. Less than an hour later, vendors were walking 432 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: around and shouting their red hot get your ducks and 433 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: sausages while they're red hut. However, Stevens himself has disputed 434 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,679 Speaker 1: this claim, but I'm not sure I buy his story. 435 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,919 Speaker 1: He said, they have been given credit for introducing the 436 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 1: hot dog to America. Well, I don't deserve it. In fact, 437 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,680 Speaker 1: at first I couldn't see the idea. It was my 438 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,399 Speaker 1: son Frank, who first got the idea and wanted to 439 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 1: try it on one of the early six day bicycle 440 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,879 Speaker 1: crowds at Mass and Square Garden. I told Frank that 441 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:17,239 Speaker 1: the bike fans preferred ham and cheese. He insisted that 442 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 1: we try it out for a few days, and at 443 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 1: last I consented. His insistence has all Americans eating hot dogs. 444 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:29,159 Speaker 1: Huh yeah, we all know the bicycle crowds prefer and 445 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:32,120 Speaker 1: cheese sandwich. That's just well known. Well until you gave 446 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 1: them a hot dog, and then they were like, well, 447 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,960 Speaker 1: I guess this will do. This is better. I don't 448 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 1: know why the bicycle crowds are so hotty in my mind, 449 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 1: the bicycle crowds. M Um. If that's not the story, 450 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: then well here's another one, um, and it's also out 451 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: of St. Louis, Missouri, but from out of Gering had 452 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 1: run out of his standard concessions during games, so he 453 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 1: went to find some bread, but the local baker only 454 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,959 Speaker 1: had long dinner rolls left. Garret brought them up and 455 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 1: bought up some sausages, cooked him up, and walked around 456 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 1: the stadium selling meat sandwiches. Allegedly, one man shouted, give 457 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 1: me one of those damn hot dogs. It sounds like 458 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,720 Speaker 1: something you hear at a game today. It does. There 459 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 1: are some records that indicate hot dog carts, also called 460 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 1: dog wagons, would camp outside of college dorms on the 461 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 1: Northeast coast. In very smart opinion, the nickname dog wagon 462 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 1: was bad news. However, it was a slight on the 463 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,760 Speaker 1: quality of meat and the rumor that there might be 464 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 1: dog meat in the mix. Um Yale's college paper published 465 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: this poem in to his dogs delight to bark and bite. 466 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,440 Speaker 1: This does the added run, but I delight to bite 467 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:59,680 Speaker 1: the dog when placed inside a bun. Very nice food poetry. 468 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: Here's a big moment in hot talk history. In eighteen 469 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 1: sixty seven, German baker or maybe butcher, Charles Robert Feltman 470 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:12,720 Speaker 1: opened up Coney Island's first hot dog stand. His grandson 471 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:14,840 Speaker 1: claims it was a way to sell more of his 472 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 1: baked goods by offering the sausage, and that in the 473 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 1: first year his grandfather sold over three thousand, six hundred 474 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,960 Speaker 1: hot dogs in its first year. Another take on this 475 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 1: story is that Feltman had a pie wagon. Oh my gosh, 476 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 1: I want a pie wagon so badly. I don't know 477 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,719 Speaker 1: why we don't have one. We could be the first, 478 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 1: We could be the first. I'm sure there's a pie 479 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,960 Speaker 1: wagon out there. There's gotta be. If I believe in anything, 480 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 1: there's got to be a pie wagon. Um and Feltman 481 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 1: went around delivering pies, two inns, and saloons, but he 482 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 1: kept getting requests for hot sandwiches since his cart was small. 483 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,120 Speaker 1: He had to come up with a creative, space saving 484 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 1: easy solution, and that solution was sausage served in a 485 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: warm butun Whatever Feltman did, it worked. By the early 486 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 1: nineteen hundreds, he sort of had his own monopoly block 487 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: on Coney Islands Surf Avenue, setting up nine restaurants in 488 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,720 Speaker 1: ten blocks on top of an inn and a beer garden, 489 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 1: a bathhouse, rides, among a lot of other things. By 490 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 1: the time Feltman's death in nineteen ten, he left behind 491 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,640 Speaker 1: a business at one time valued over a million dollars, 492 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:28,000 Speaker 1: and by nineteen twenty his Ocean pavilion had served over 493 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 1: five million customers. All of this gott it start with 494 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 1: hot dogs, allegedly. Then came the Great Depression in the 495 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: nineteen thirties, and Feltman's business took a real hit. It 496 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:43,960 Speaker 1: went under in nineteen fifty four, but was later bought 497 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 1: up and resurrected as Feltman's Astro Park. It opened in 498 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:55,000 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty two as Astro Land Park. That's not the 499 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:58,960 Speaker 1: Coney Island story you're expecting, though, wasn't. Nope, Let's talk 500 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:03,200 Speaker 1: about Nathan. One of Feltman's workers was a Jewish Polish 501 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: immigrant named Nathan hand Worker. He started out in nineteen 502 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,840 Speaker 1: fifteen slicing the hot dog ones for the grillers to 503 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 1: fill with sausage. Some sources say that in his youth, 504 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,000 Speaker 1: hand Worker slept on the kitchen floor and eight only 505 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 1: free hot dogs, saving up his eleven dollars a week 506 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 1: salary until after a year's worth of work, he had 507 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:25,560 Speaker 1: squirreled away three hundred dollars. I bet you can guess 508 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:27,560 Speaker 1: what he did with the money, but we're going to 509 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:31,800 Speaker 1: tell you anyway, he opened a competing hot dog stand. 510 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 1: His hot dogs were half the price, five cents as 511 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 1: compared to Feltman's ten. A year later, in nineteen sixteen, 512 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 1: Nathan and his wife Ida came together to give the 513 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 1: world it's so called largest hot dog purveyor Nathan's famous 514 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:54,080 Speaker 1: inc it starts. Nathan was quite paranoid. Are worried maybe 515 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 1: maybe worried it's a better word, um about people stealing 516 00:32:56,560 --> 00:33:00,200 Speaker 1: his recipe, so he used two separate spice providers. In 517 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:03,640 Speaker 1: order to combat health concerns, he gave local nurses and 518 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:06,880 Speaker 1: doctors free hot dogs and one set of his hot 519 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:10,320 Speaker 1: dog diet. Oh gladly rastle anyone who's been living on 520 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 1: Caviard Champagne for thirty nine years. Um. And there are 521 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: so many alternate claims claims to this story. UM. So 522 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 1: here's another one. Angry that Feldman raised his price of 523 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 1: his Frank's local singing waiter and his piano accompany accompaniment 524 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:33,080 Speaker 1: gave Nathan alone of three d and twenty dollars to 525 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: open a competing restaurant. That's what it says in his obituary. 526 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:42,040 Speaker 1: The County Dog topped with chili and or a ground 527 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 1: beef didn't appear in directories from in directories from New 528 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 1: York City until nineteen though many claimed to have invented 529 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:52,280 Speaker 1: it before then. It was probably an addition from a 530 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 1: Greek immigrant um and one of the early waitresses at Nathan's, 531 00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:02,720 Speaker 1: Clara Botonelli, was discovered while working there and if you 532 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,520 Speaker 1: don't recognize the name, she changed it to Claire bow And. Um. 533 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: She was one of the stars of the silent film 534 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 1: era of the nineteen twenties. M legend and the Nathan's 535 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 1: website has it that on July four, the nineteen fourteen, 536 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:20,960 Speaker 1: four immigrant friends met at the original Nathan's Hot Dog 537 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:25,560 Speaker 1: stand in Coney Island. I've eaten there and decided that 538 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,160 Speaker 1: the best way to settle a competition of who was 539 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:31,880 Speaker 1: the most patriotic was to see who could eat the 540 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:37,440 Speaker 1: most hot dogs, whatever the case. The first recorded contest 541 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,839 Speaker 1: was in nineteen seventy two. Nathan's now has more than 542 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:47,320 Speaker 1: three hundred restaurants and it's an international company. In nineteen 543 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:51,480 Speaker 1: thirties six, the Oscar Meyer Weener Mobile took to the 544 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,480 Speaker 1: streets for the first time. The first patent for hot 545 00:34:54,560 --> 00:35:00,120 Speaker 1: dog mobiles appeared a decade earlier, in nineteen We you 546 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,040 Speaker 1: here at the how stuff works, get very excited when 547 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:06,319 Speaker 1: we see the the Wienermobile. It's happened twice that I 548 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,800 Speaker 1: can remember. Absolutely, Yeah. It's it's like a it's not 549 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:10,840 Speaker 1: quite like a running, screaming through the office thing, but 550 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:14,359 Speaker 1: it's definitely like a oh, everyone come point and stare. Yeah, 551 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,400 Speaker 1: it's kind of It kind of reminds me of um 552 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:18,840 Speaker 1: in those Christmas movies when all the kids are like 553 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:20,960 Speaker 1: looking at the new toy through the glass, because we're 554 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,360 Speaker 1: usually like all up at on the glass just looking 555 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,960 Speaker 1: at it. And for those who don't know, it's just 556 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,080 Speaker 1: a big it's a car that looks like a hot dog. 557 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:33,560 Speaker 1: It's a big hot dog. Driving around. If if you've 558 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,799 Speaker 1: never witnessed this, look up pictures. It's pretty brilliant. It is. 559 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:42,880 Speaker 1: In nine President Franklin Delano Roosevelt UM, wanting to treat 560 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:47,040 Speaker 1: visiting King George the sixth to an American meal, provided 561 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,400 Speaker 1: Nathan's hot dogs at a picnic at their home in 562 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,440 Speaker 1: Hyde Park in New York. The choice made the front 563 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,520 Speaker 1: page of the New York Times. It caused such a 564 00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:59,399 Speaker 1: fuss that even before the event, Eleanor Roosevelt wrote, Oh dear, 565 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:02,000 Speaker 1: Oh dear, So many people are worried that the dignity 566 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,799 Speaker 1: of our country will be imperiled by inviting royalty to 567 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 1: a picnic, particularly a hot dog picnic. My mother in 568 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:11,040 Speaker 1: law sent me a letter which begs that she controlled 569 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,520 Speaker 1: me in some way. In order to spare my feelings, 570 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,040 Speaker 1: she has written on the back a little message, only 571 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:19,320 Speaker 1: one of many such. She did not know, poor darling, 572 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:22,759 Speaker 1: that I have many such right here in Washington. Let 573 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,360 Speaker 1: me assure you, dear readers, that if it is hot, 574 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,840 Speaker 1: there will be no hot dogs, and even if it 575 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,920 Speaker 1: is cool, there will be plenty of other food, and 576 00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:32,440 Speaker 1: the elder members of the family and the more important 577 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:36,760 Speaker 1: guest will be served with due form formality, and because 578 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:40,280 Speaker 1: I'm an antagonist, I'm going to include this fact. Um. 579 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,760 Speaker 1: The King dug them so much he asked for seconds 580 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:47,400 Speaker 1: of this delightful hot dog sandwich. UM, and the Queen asked. 581 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:52,400 Speaker 1: The queen asked, how do you eat this? Fair question? 582 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:56,520 Speaker 1: It is corn dogs started appearing at fairs sometime in 583 00:36:56,520 --> 00:37:01,040 Speaker 1: the nineteen forties and may have in the first appearance 584 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:05,080 Speaker 1: of veggie dogs, then branded meatless wieners and sold in 585 00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:08,840 Speaker 1: a can under the brand Worthington Foods, which got into 586 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:12,359 Speaker 1: the meat analog or meatless meat business in the late 587 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:16,440 Speaker 1: nineteen thirties after having been inspired by a meat alternative 588 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,680 Speaker 1: product called pro tost out of the Battle Creek Forward 589 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:25,560 Speaker 1: Company created by John Harvey Kellogg. If I could curse 590 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:27,719 Speaker 1: on this show, I would let lose. The string of 591 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:31,600 Speaker 1: expletives hang like a cloud over the studio for years 592 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:37,000 Speaker 1: to come. Anyway, these first veggie dogs were we're made 593 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:40,400 Speaker 1: with with mixtures of soy and wheat gluten um and 594 00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:44,320 Speaker 1: flavored the way that meat hot dogs would be. UM. 595 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:48,920 Speaker 1: They were rebranded as vegelinks in nineteen fifty four mm HM. 596 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:52,320 Speaker 1: In the early two thousands or twenty teens, researchers started 597 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:54,880 Speaker 1: looking into making hot dogs with olive oil instead of 598 00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,600 Speaker 1: with a fat from pork beef for chicken, olive oil 599 00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:01,080 Speaker 1: being an unsaturated fat and therefore somewhat health year last 600 00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:03,239 Speaker 1: I could find they were working on the texture of 601 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:09,200 Speaker 1: these olive oil based hot dogs and in hot dogs 602 00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:13,040 Speaker 1: made another headline when a vendor at the Vancouver Car 603 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:18,360 Speaker 1: Free Day Festival was selling hot dog water, a fancy 604 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:21,319 Speaker 1: glass bottle filled with water with a real hot dog 605 00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:27,600 Speaker 1: in it, for twenty eight dollars US per bottle. Signs 606 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,040 Speaker 1: of the booth indicated that the benefits of this hot 607 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:33,920 Speaker 1: dog water was that it's keyto compatible lose weight, increased 608 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:38,120 Speaker 1: brain function, look younger, increased vitality. It was actually a 609 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,440 Speaker 1: joke to to promote do skepticism in nutrition claims that 610 00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:44,160 Speaker 1: the fine print on on the signs read hot dog 611 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:47,360 Speaker 1: water in its absurdity hopes to encourage critical thinking related 612 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,400 Speaker 1: to product marketing and the significant role it can play 613 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:54,359 Speaker 1: in our purchasing choices. But they sold at least sixty 614 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:58,839 Speaker 1: leader bottles. Whether those people got the joke and we're 615 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,200 Speaker 1: like helping pay the creator back for his like thousand 616 00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:03,839 Speaker 1: dollars worth of costs or whether they literally bought it 617 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:08,480 Speaker 1: who can say? Who can say? I would wager at 618 00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:11,719 Speaker 1: least one person bought it to take the picture and like, 619 00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:17,959 Speaker 1: oh sure, just yeah Instagram, Instagram morble food. I'm gad, 620 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:22,319 Speaker 1: that's very well done, because when I was first reading that, 621 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:24,959 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, this sounds like something some health 622 00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:28,359 Speaker 1: claim out of the eighteen hundreds or something. So very 623 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:34,839 Speaker 1: well done. I just oh, the image of someone trying 624 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:41,040 Speaker 1: to drink that is quite comical, because yeah, unless maybe 625 00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,040 Speaker 1: there's like a filter that at the top of the 626 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:44,960 Speaker 1: bottle that keeps the hot dog in its place, I'm 627 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:50,239 Speaker 1: not sure. Yeah, I mean a lot of questions. I 628 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:55,279 Speaker 1: have many questions, but alas alack, very few answers when 629 00:39:55,280 --> 00:40:01,080 Speaker 1: it comes to hot dog water. That's the tragedy of it. 630 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,839 Speaker 1: It's really the human condition, it really is. I think 631 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:08,319 Speaker 1: it's a metaphor for something else. Um, but that that 632 00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:13,920 Speaker 1: is our our hot dog round up. Um. There's so 633 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:19,360 Speaker 1: much like competing history to go through. I'm sure probably 634 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:23,000 Speaker 1: you listeners, especially in big hot dog cities. I bet 635 00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:28,920 Speaker 1: there are like local legends tales. Oh sure, yeah, um yeah. 636 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:33,000 Speaker 1: This this is a brief overview which I laugh in 637 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:35,799 Speaker 1: the middle of the phrase because it's hilarious to me. 638 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:39,600 Speaker 1: But yeah, if you if you have any amazing hot 639 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:43,520 Speaker 1: dog legends, then right in and tell them, tell them 640 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:46,440 Speaker 1: to us. Um, speaking of writing in, We're going to 641 00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:48,560 Speaker 1: have some listener mail in just a moment. But first 642 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:50,160 Speaker 1: we're going to have one more quick break for a 643 00:40:50,160 --> 00:41:03,680 Speaker 1: word from our sponsor and we're back. Thank you sponsor, Yes, 644 00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:12,160 Speaker 1: thank you. So it's time now for listener Maile. I 645 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:13,880 Speaker 1: tried to do it like a firework. That was my 646 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,279 Speaker 1: firework motion. It was no one can see it, but 647 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:23,480 Speaker 1: believe me, there was an explosion of arms. There was Okay. 648 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:26,600 Speaker 1: So both of these messages were sharing today. Came to 649 00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:29,240 Speaker 1: us via Facebook. You can always send us a message 650 00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:34,160 Speaker 1: on Facebook. Um. The first one is from Leah. She said, Hello, 651 00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:37,840 Speaker 1: still loving your show, Hi, Leiyah. Food is something so magical. 652 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,920 Speaker 1: It nourishes us, comforts us, and brings us together. I 653 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,640 Speaker 1: used to be a pastry chef, but back injury caused 654 00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:46,239 Speaker 1: a career change for me. The positive side is I 655 00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:48,879 Speaker 1: now have more balance and get to do a lot 656 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:52,359 Speaker 1: of volunteer work. I'm a giant nerd and love superheroes 657 00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,640 Speaker 1: and Disney, so I use that job to bring joy 658 00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:59,120 Speaker 1: I dressed as Supergirl or Bell and visit children's hospitals 659 00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:02,479 Speaker 1: at risky youth. In children's homes. There's a sweet little 660 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:04,839 Speaker 1: goal that I started visiting about a year ago. After 661 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:07,799 Speaker 1: her first brain surgery at age three. She had an 662 00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:10,399 Speaker 1: additional three brain surgeries within a few months to remove 663 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:13,600 Speaker 1: a particularly stubborn tumor. The tumor is now gone, but 664 00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:16,640 Speaker 1: so is her eyesight. I visit her fairly often, always 665 00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:19,080 Speaker 1: in costume because she's very bright and can tell if 666 00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:22,520 Speaker 1: I don't have a cape or my wig on. I 667 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,680 Speaker 1: always bring activities and focus on what she can do. 668 00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:28,640 Speaker 1: One time, I found scented Plato and we made a 669 00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:32,720 Speaker 1: whole Plato dessert table with it. My all time favorite visit. 670 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,480 Speaker 1: I came with everything we needed to make chocolate chip cookies. 671 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,360 Speaker 1: I had her feel, smell, and taste all the different 672 00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:41,560 Speaker 1: ingredients and stages of mixing. She even cracked an egg 673 00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:43,840 Speaker 1: in the bowl with no shells, which is pretty impressive 674 00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:47,319 Speaker 1: considering she can't see. Also pretty impressive because I can 675 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,360 Speaker 1: hardly do that. Um. I let her choose which candies 676 00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:52,200 Speaker 1: to put in the cookies so that she could make 677 00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:56,600 Speaker 1: them her own official recipe. She named them teamwork cookies 678 00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:58,800 Speaker 1: since we did them as a group, and they included 679 00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:03,239 Speaker 1: many chocolate chips, recent pieces, white chocolate chips, and rainbow spritkulls. 680 00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:05,279 Speaker 1: She had so much fun and started helping her mom 681 00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:08,280 Speaker 1: bake any chance she gets, including Father's Day muffins recently. 682 00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:10,160 Speaker 1: I know this is a rather long story, but I 683 00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:12,600 Speaker 1: wanted to share with you about how sharing a recipe 684 00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:15,160 Speaker 1: helped this wonderful little girl on a day that started 685 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:17,760 Speaker 1: off with her being rather upset that she could not see. 686 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:22,000 Speaker 1: Although I went to culinary school, did multiple competitions, and 687 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:26,200 Speaker 1: cooked in many fine dining establishments, sometimes for celebrities, those 688 00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:28,960 Speaker 1: little cookies are the absolute favorite thing I've got to 689 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,840 Speaker 1: make with someone. I love your show and hope that 690 00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:34,480 Speaker 1: it ignites more interested in food and cooking in a 691 00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:37,799 Speaker 1: generation that is more interested in ready mate items. I 692 00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,320 Speaker 1: believe it also goes to show that anyone can cook, 693 00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:42,680 Speaker 1: even a little girl who no longer has the gift 694 00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:45,560 Speaker 1: of site. Can take that from the things she can't 695 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:49,560 Speaker 1: do two things she can do. Oh yeah, And she 696 00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:52,720 Speaker 1: shared pictures and they were very adorable. It's very cute, 697 00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:58,760 Speaker 1: and the cookies sound amazing. They do teamwork cookies. Yeah, um, 698 00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:02,719 Speaker 1: Rebecca wrote, I recently listened to the episode on crawfish 699 00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:06,080 Speaker 1: slash Crayfish being born in Sweden. I thought i'd write 700 00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:08,719 Speaker 1: and tell you about the annual crayfish parties we host 701 00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:11,319 Speaker 1: in August in Sweden. August is the time of year 702 00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:13,839 Speaker 1: when it's most ideal to fish for crayfish in Scandinavia, 703 00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:16,200 Speaker 1: and it also marks the end of summer in a way. 704 00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:19,040 Speaker 1: My family have the tradition of putting out the crayfish 705 00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:21,800 Speaker 1: traps early afternoon and then stay up to go harvest 706 00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:24,920 Speaker 1: about every three hours until dawn. Two days later. We 707 00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:27,400 Speaker 1: cook the crayfish with lots of dill and organize a 708 00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:30,000 Speaker 1: big party for friends and family. We dress warm to 709 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:32,400 Speaker 1: sit outside, put on hats and bibs, and pair our 710 00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:36,719 Speaker 1: crayfish with snobs Swedish shots. We also sing songs and 711 00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:39,440 Speaker 1: decorate our gardens with lanterns and candles. This is the 712 00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:41,920 Speaker 1: celebration that marks the end of summer, as the Midsummer 713 00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:44,920 Speaker 1: celebration marks the beginning of summer in Sweden. If you're 714 00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:46,839 Speaker 1: not too keen on catching your own crayfish, you can 715 00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:50,080 Speaker 1: always buy them frozen in the supermarket and pretend either way, 716 00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:53,719 Speaker 1: the party is one of my favorite celebrations. Oh that 717 00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:57,640 Speaker 1: sounds great. Yeah. She also sent pictures and they were 718 00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:00,560 Speaker 1: also it looked really fun and deliciou us. And we 719 00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:03,120 Speaker 1: heard from a couple of listeners from Sweden who who 720 00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:07,000 Speaker 1: are like, August is the time you do crayfish, crawfish, 721 00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:11,240 Speaker 1: not this other time you're talking about, So slight difference 722 00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:16,919 Speaker 1: there and crawfish reason absolutely enjoyable either way. 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