Trivia # 5 : Hotdog

 

• The world’s biggest hot dog was 1,996 feet long, created by Sara Lee Corp. in honor of the 1996 Olympics. A 1,983 foot hot dog was made in May 1983 by Bill-Mar Foods of Zeeland, Wis. A 2,377-foot chicken dog was made in 1985 by Maple Lodge Farms in Norval, Canada. In 1978, David Berg of Chicago made a six-foot, 681-pound beef hot dog in a 100-pound poppy seed bun covered with two gallons of mustard.
• The most popular hot dog topping among adults is mustard (87.6%). Among children, it is ketchup.  
• Babe Ruth once ate 12 hot dogs & 8 bottles of soda between games of a double header. He was reportedly rushed to the hospital after the game with a severe case of indigestion. 
• The average hot dog is consumed in 6.1 bites. (average sized mouth tested)
• President Franklin Roosevelt served King George VI of England hot dogs & beer during a White House visit in 1939. Mrs. Jimmy Carter served hot dogs at a White House picnic in 1977. Queen Elizabeth II served hot dogs at a royal banquet held for the American Bar Association.
• NASA has approved hot dogs as a regular item on Apollo moon flights, Skylab missions & space shuttle flights. 
• Hot dogs or frankfurters, are usually said to have originated in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany around 1484.  Some claim it originated in Coburg, Germany and was created by butcher Johann Georghehner in the 1600, and Vienna also claims to be the origin.
• The hot dog on a bun Americans are most familiar with, also has more than one story as to where it was first served. The most common story is that they were originally sold from pushcarts on the streets of New York City during the 1860s.
• President Franklin D. Roosevelt served hot dogs to King George VI of England during his 1939 visit to the United States.