О добром "хот-доге" замолвили слово.
Ссылка временная - через неделю там будет другой текст.
http://www.nascar.com/news/features/...ngs/index.html
Поэтому тут дано без перевода - слова все лёгкие.
In honor of the "Famous Martinsville Speedway Hot Dog," 13 bun facts about the wiener, frankly speaking:
The speedway will serve up more than 50,000 hot dogs on a typical race weekend.
In 1957, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce officially designated July as National Hot Dog Month. Close to 150 million hot dogs are consumed on July 4, according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council.
Franklin D. Roosevelt served hot dogs and beer to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England at a picnic during a White House visit in 1939.
New York is No. 1 when it comes to hot dog consumption. In 2004, New Yorkers consumed $112.7 million worth of hot dogs, according to Information Resources Inc. No. 2 was Los Angeles, followed by Washington, D.C.
However, the biggest hot dog seller in the country is Chicago's O'Hare Airport. Travelers passing through purchase more than 2 million hot dogs a year.
On July 15, 2011, the world's largest hot dog was constructed and eaten to celebrate the 2011 Expo in Paraguay. It measured 222 yards long and weighed nearly 600 pounds.
Every second of every day, 450 hot dogs are eaten in the United States. That's about 70 hot dogs per person, per year.
The most popular hot dog topping among adults is mustard (87.6 percent). Among children, it is ketchup. Among race fans at Martinsville, it is chili.
Before Jayne Mansfield hit it big on the silver screen, she won acclaim by winning the Miss Hot Dog Month beauty contest in 1950.
A regular meat hot dog with mustard, ketchup, onions and relish checks in at 191 calories -- and 835 milligrams of sodium.
The Texas Rangers will sell a one-pound, two-foot long hot dog at Arlington Stadium this season. The Champion Dog, topped with onions, cheese, jalapenos and chili, will cost $26.
My favorite "South of the Border" billboard: "You never sausage a place!"
The additive that gives Jesse Jones hot dogs their distinctive shocking pink color is called Red 40, which has petroleum as its original base. However, most synthetic chemicals are so highly refined that you won't find any residual petroleum in the product.