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Best Hot dog in Toronto
“A sausage in a bun, grilled or steamed, topped with mustard, chili, or sauerkraut—German roots, American street food.”
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A hot dog is a grilled, steamed, or boiled sausage served in the slit of a partially sliced bun. The term hot dog can also refer to the sausage itself. The sausage used is a wiener (Vienna sausage) or a frankfurter (Frankfurter Würstchen, also just called frank). The names of these sausages commonly refer to their assembled dish. Hot dog preparation and condiments vary worldwide. Common condiments include mustard, ketchup, relish, onions in tomato sauce, and cheese sauce. Other toppings include sauerkraut, jalapeños, chili, grated cheese, coleslaw, bacon and olives. Hot dog variants include the corn dog and pigs in a blanket. The hot dog's cultural traditions include the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest and the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. These types of sausages were culturally imported from Germany and became popular in the United States. It became a working-class street food in the U.S., sold at stands and carts. The hot dog has become closely associated with baseball and American cultu
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A hot dog is a sausage—wiener or frankfurter—split into a partially sliced bun and cooked by grilling, steaming, or boiling. What arrives in your hands is a canvas: mustard and ketchup are the defaults, but onions in tomato sauce, sauerkraut, jalapeños, chili, cheese sauce, bacon, and olives all have their adherents. Born from German sausage traditions, it became the working-class street food of America, sold from carts and stands, and eventually wove itself so deeply into the culture—especially baseball—that its preparation splintered into distinct regional styles, from New York's simplicity to Chicago's architectural ambitions.
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- culturally ubiquitous in US
- versatile topping combinations
- strong regional identity
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