Americans Eat 150 Million Hot Dogs Every July 4th – But Here’s The Real Effect They Have On The Body

Kraig explained, “The origin is that it’s a joke about what went into the meat itself, and the running joke that once a butcher set up shop, all cats and dogs in the neighborhood disappeared. Somebody – we’re not sure who – coined the term ‘hot dog’ because there were lots of cartoons from this period about dogs going into sausage machines.”