Generality
The hot dog is an elongated sandwich (or sandwich), containing a frankfurter; the latter, heated on the grill or steamed, can be pork, chicken, beef or turkey, while the bread is made with milk. Another important aspect is the cutting of the hot dog bread, which must be incomplete;
Some popular variations of the hot dog include the corn dog fried, the pigs in blankets wrapped in pasta, and the Beanie Weenies chopped and served with beans.
Originally imported into the USA from Germany, the frankfurter constitutes the characteristic ingredient of this preparation which, for over a century, has been the typical dish of the American working class. which vegetable protein frankfurters and dairy-free bread are used.
The hot dog is such an important food for the American diet that at least two festivals are celebrated every year in its honor: Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest And Wienermobile. Nevertheless, together with the "hamburger and french fries", the hot-dog is considered the progenitor of fast-food and "junk food".
Background
It is not yet clear who should be given the credit (if it can be defined as such) for the invention of the hot dog. It is a preparation probably enriched and modified over time; therefore, the great differences between the first sandwiches and the contemporary ones hinder the identification of a single discoverer.
On the other hand, there is no doubt about the origin of the frankfurter, which we know to be of European origin, more precisely German; only in 1870, Charles Feltman (German immigrant in the USA) started selling sausages on the street and 10 years later bread was associated with it. It seems that originally, the accompaniment of the sandwich had the function of not making the hands or gloves of consumers burn and dirty.
The association of the term hot dog (hot dog) to the sandwich can have several reasons; it is not clear which is the most likely and in this regard it is assumed that the term hot dog: has an English etymological root in reference to an object, it was invented by a street vendor as a marketing strategy, it was coined by a sports cartoonist or it was born by chance due to the similarity of the sausage with the animal (imagine a dachshund enclosed between two slices of bread ...).
Nutritional Aspects
As anticipated, the "hot dog" is one of the typical foods belonging to the fast food d "overseas. Due to its scarcity in microelements and vitamins, and for the caloric abundance as well as unhealthy molecules, the hot dog is notoriously considered a junk-food or junk food.
The richness in calories, saturated fatty acids and cholesterol of the hot dog is the most important negative characteristic of the food. These aspects make it absolutely unsuitable for the diet of overweight and / or hypercholesterolemic subjects.
Frankfurters are also rich in preservatives; among these: sodium chloride, sodium nitrite (E250) and vit. C (E315). While the latter is totally harmless to the body, nitrites are not without side effects on the gastric and intestinal mucosa. Furthermore, the abundance of sodium (provided by salt and some additives) is a harmful factor for the onset and worsening of arterial hypertension.
Many wonder how it is possible that the hot dog is abundant in mineral salts such as iron and calcium; in reality, this characteristic is anything but an indicator of good food quality. This happens with regard to the typical sausage production system, that is the mechanical separation of the edible part. The automated process is not very precise and different parts otherwise poorly edible (ossicles, cartilages, tendons ...) contribute to the composition of the food. Everything is then standardized by a process similar to homogenization, followed by cooking
Then remember that the "hot dog" is a substantially "processed" food without raw ingredients. This leads to a scarcity of water, dietary fiber and antioxidants, even the vitamin composition is not excellent.
Often, one is highlighted as well poor food safety for hot dogs distributed in fast-food restaurants or street vendors' kiosks. In addition to the high concentration of fecal bacteria, hot dog frankfurters are sometimes responsible for contamination from Listeria monocytogenes, namely Listeriosis. If it is true that for a healthy organism it is a minor toxinfection, the same cannot be said in the case of an immunosuppressed woman or a pregnant woman: while the former can become seriously ill until death, the latter risks serious impairment to burden of the unborn child.
Then, according to what is cited by the AICR (American Institute for Cancer Research), consuming a hot dog a day for several years (due to the high content of saturated fat, sodium and preservatives) increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 1.2%.
ATTENTION! In the US, 17% of food suffocation cases in children under the age of 10 are caused by hot dogs.
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