The Flavor of Freedom: The Frankfurter
What makes a great 4th of July?
Boston butts and ribs on the charcoal black smoker, star spangled banners flying, patriotic music blasting, and an ice cold beer from an American brewery?
All those things just have an American essence to them, but the ultimate flavor for me is the frankfurter. When is it not in American culture?
The 4th of July, you can eat hot dogs. Memorial Day: hot dogs. What do you eat at America's pastime while watching guys swing a stick and try to hit a ball in a precise spot? Hot dogs.
Just to show how patriotic the hot dog is, we have even made an eating contest that takes place on America's birthday: The Nathan's Hot dog Eating Contest.
This staple in the "competitive eaters" world brings out the cream, or in this case the
sauerkraut, of the crop. Recently, the event has gone international, and been dominated in the process. The Japanese bottomless pit Takeru Kobayashi has come across the ocean in recent years, and dominated any and all eating competitions, and blown away the competition in the process.
This past 4th though, the dominance was defeated by Joey Chestnut of California. After the 10 minute timer ended, Chestnut and Kobayashi each had a total of 59 hot dogs "digested." For the tie break, the judges went back to the tape to see who ate their first 55 the fastest. Chestnut came out the victor, and brought the Mustard Belt back home, at least for this year.
How fitting an American wins a hot dog eating contest of the 4th of July, and beating out a man from the Far East. Could this one contest be an omen for how the American Olympic team will do in Bejing next month? One can only hope.
For now, I intend on watching the rest of the Olympic trials, catching up on some of America's past time, and getting ready some prep football work done for the fall special edition at the newspaper.
And I'll be having a hot dog while all this is going on.
Boston butts and ribs on the charcoal black smoker, star spangled banners flying, patriotic music blasting, and an ice cold beer from an American brewery?
All those things just have an American essence to them, but the ultimate flavor for me is the frankfurter. When is it not in American culture?
The 4th of July, you can eat hot dogs. Memorial Day: hot dogs. What do you eat at America's pastime while watching guys swing a stick and try to hit a ball in a precise spot? Hot dogs.
Just to show how patriotic the hot dog is, we have even made an eating contest that takes place on America's birthday: The Nathan's Hot dog Eating Contest.
This staple in the "competitive eaters" world brings out the cream, or in this case the
sauerkraut, of the crop. Recently, the event has gone international, and been dominated in the process. The Japanese bottomless pit Takeru Kobayashi has come across the ocean in recent years, and dominated any and all eating competitions, and blown away the competition in the process. This past 4th though, the dominance was defeated by Joey Chestnut of California. After the 10 minute timer ended, Chestnut and Kobayashi each had a total of 59 hot dogs "digested." For the tie break, the judges went back to the tape to see who ate their first 55 the fastest. Chestnut came out the victor, and brought the Mustard Belt back home, at least for this year.
How fitting an American wins a hot dog eating contest of the 4th of July, and beating out a man from the Far East. Could this one contest be an omen for how the American Olympic team will do in Bejing next month? One can only hope.
For now, I intend on watching the rest of the Olympic trials, catching up on some of America's past time, and getting ready some prep football work done for the fall special edition at the newspaper.
And I'll be having a hot dog while all this is going on.
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