Hail the heroic hot dog

July is National Hot Dog Month, a time to honor one of America’s most beloved, misunderstood and delicious foods. On July 4 alone, Americans consumed an estimated 150 million hot dogs, according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council — and that was just in my backyard! The origin of the hot dog goes way back. Sausages were mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey. The Germans perfected them, brin...

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