July is National Hot Dog Month and you can celebrate real easy.....EAT a Hot Dog! Or you can visit the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council homepage and find out the events and activities going on.

But first...........
You have probably heard some pretty yucky stories about what is IN a hot dog.....left over parts of various meat like pork, beef or chicken - but you can get the truth here.

For the complete history and a fun quiz to test your hot dog knowledge click on the highlighted words.

Or why not take a Virtual Tour of how hot dogs are made....pretty neat stuff!

Americans consumed more than 20 billion hot dogs in 2001!

Americans consume more than 7 billion hot dogs between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

During the Fourth of July Weekend, Americans enjoy 150 million hot dogs!

These and more Hot Dog Vital Statistics can be found at the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council homepage.

World Champ!!

Defending champ Hirofumi Nakajima held on to his world title as the fastest hot dog eater in the world. Nakajima, known as "The Tokyo Terror", ate 19 hot dogs with buns in 12 minutes at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island on Saturday, the Fourth of July, 1998.

More Cool .......Hot Dog Sites.......

Wiener Games!
Oscar Mayer website features lots of hotdog games!.

World's Longest Hotdog!
Check out this big wiener at the Columbus, Ohio, Hot Dog Festival.

Hot Dog Festival
Join the fun at this annual festival in Frankfort, Indiana - the last Saturday in July - complete schedule online.

History and Legends of the Hot Dog
Timeline and interesting facts about the Hot Dog.

Check out Octodog

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