History of the Hot Dog

There is a good deal of disagreement regarding the origin of the Hot Dog. People in Frankfurtum-Main, Germany claim they discovered the Hot Dog in 1487. Others argue, the Sausage sometimes called the Dachsund for it’s shape was created in the late 1600′s by Johann Georghehner, a butcher from Coburg who is said to have traveled to Frankfurt to promote his product. Others in Vienna, (Wien) Austria claim originating the Hot Dog as they point to the name Wiener as evidence of the Hot Dog’s true heritage. In any case it is known that Charles Feltman, a German Butcher opened up the first Coney Island Hot Dog stand in 1871. He sold 3,684 Dachsunds in his first year. In 1893 Chris Ahe, the owner of the St. Louis browns started selling Hot Dogs at the Ballpark.

In 1901 the phrase Hot Dog was coined. On a cold April day Concessionaire Harry Stevens was losing money, selling Ice Cream and soda. He ordered his salesmen to buy all the long skinny sausages they could find and sell them from portable Hot Water tanks while shouting get your Red Hot Dachsund sausages while they last. Sports Cartoonist Ted Dorgan could not spell Dachsund so he used the term Hot Dog instead in his strip. Hence the name stuck and is the term we still use today. In 1487 the idea of the Hot Dog bun was born. Anton Feuchtwanger would loan his patrons gloves to handle the Hot little items. When he realized that his customers were little inclined to return the gloves he got together with his Brother in Law, a baker, and hence the concept of the Hot Dog Bun was born. In 1936, Oscar Mayer rolled out the first portable Hot Dog cart, they called it the Wienermobile and the rest as they say is history.

1871 – In 1871, a German butcher named Charles Feltman was the first person in America to place a tubular piece of meat in a bun and call it a “hot dog.” Feltman’s Brooklyn hot-dog stand no longer exists, but Coney Island is still home to the mother ship of all things hot dog …

1904 – Many hot dog aficionados claim that today’s hot dog in a bun was introduced during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. The first American President to serve hot dogs at the White House was Franklin D. Roosevelt while he was entertaining …Many hot dog aficionados claim that today’s hot dog in a bun was introduced during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. The first American President to serve hot dogs at the White House was Franklin D. Roosevelt while he was entertaining King George VI of England. San Francisco/ Oakland ranks in the top ten among the nation’s the top sausage-eating American cities.

RUTT’S HUT

Home of the famous “Ripper”

Ok..now!… you know I will be talking about…what else???..hot dogs!!..my specialty!!. Now, I know of a famous place in Clifton, NJ, that made the famous hot dog called the “Ripper” and that is Rutt’s Hut.   One of the oldest establishment that has been around since 1928 that is known for its style of deep-fried hot dogs.  The process of frying causes the hot dog casings to crack and split, which has led to the nickname “Rippers”. The restaurant is also known for their mustard-based relish made with cabbage, onions and carrots.

The original roadside stand was opened in 1928 by Royal “Abe” Rutt and his wife, Anna. The family sold the restaurant to the current owner, Nicholas Karagiorgis, in late 1974. Today the building is split into three separate sections: a restaurant, a bar, and a take-out counter.

An Article in the “New York Times”, published: June 21, 1998 states:

Rutt’s Hut, the Man And His Hot Dogs

To the Editor:

As a transplanted north Jerseyan (Passaic High School, Class of ’45) I was immensely gratified to see your hot dog issue. I was especially joyful to note the review of Rutt’s Hut; it evoked happy teen-age recollections. The soul of Rutt’s was, of course, Royal (Abe) Rutt. Abe’s curmudgeonly and yet affectionate manner made Rutt’s Hut fun as well as tasty.

A minor clarification: while orange sodas were indeed called ”hodies,” the chocolate soda was called ”mavis,” not ”marvis.”

ARNIE ZUCKER

Vancouver, British Columbia

If anyone lives or comes from Clifton or Passaic, N.J. and remembers eating at Rutt’s Hut come share your love of the “Ripper”.  We would love to hear your stories.  Sodie

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