Tuesday, July 19, 2022
July 20th Is National Hot Dog Day!
Here's a twist for you National Hot Dog Day news stories. Rather than repeating the same old stories reported every year, why not answer the question "Why are Hamburgers the Fast Food King Instead of Hot Dogs?" Contact hamburger history expert Chris Carosa to discover some choice tidbits that will make your story all the more delicious to your audience. For example...
- How much of a head start did hot dogs have over hamburgers?
- Why are hamburgers and hot dogs always clumped together?
- Despite similar beginnings, at what point did hamburgers really begin to diverge from hot dogs?
- What are the popular hamburger and hot dog fast food franchises?
Get a taste of some of these answers by reading the article in the link below.
Hamburgers are a favorite grilling food and reporters love to include a fact or two about this popular American sandwich. Don't get caught repeating one of the fabled myths about the origin of the hamburger. Carosa's book, Hamburger Dreams: How Classic Crime Solving Techniques Helped Crack the Case of America's Greatest Culinary Mystery, has over 300 thoroughly researched footnotes that explain the history of the mystery behind who really sold the first hamburger!