Why is a rib eye not called a beef chop?Are spare ribs just extra ones the pig didn't need?Why does pork butt come from the front of a pig?Why are Breast of Chicken, Brisket of Cow and Belly of pip all the same pieces?Yet a tenderloin is the same in all three?Why is the back side of a cow called a roast, a pig it is a ham, and a chicken it is thigh? 4951
Frankfurters came from Germany and if you have ever had a true German frankfurter, they are not the same as a hot dog.Much better in my opinion, but that is just me. My wife and daughter don't like them.The earliest known usage of "hot dog" in clear reference to sausage, found by Fred R. Shapiro, appeared in the December 31, 1892 issue of the Paterson (NJ) Daily Press. The story concerned a local traveling vendor, Thomas Francis Xavier Morris, also known as "Hot Dog Morris".Somehow or other a frankfurter and a roll seem to go right to the spot where the void is felt the most. The small boy has got on such familiar terms with this sort of lunch that he now refers to it as "hot dog." "Hey, Mister, give me a hot dog quick," was the startling order that a rosy-cheeked gamin hurled at the man as a Press reporter stood close by last night. The "hot dog" was quickly inserted in a gash in a roll, a dash of mustard also splashed on to the "dog" with a piece of flat whittled stick, and the order was fulfilled.—Paterson Daily Press, Dec. 31, 1892, pg. 5 4951