Now, when it comes to a versatile food, you just cannot beat the good old hot dog.
Think about it for a minute. You have probably seen a hot dog sold or served in more places than any other singular food item than you could think of if you were given an hour.
Shoot, it might be easier for me personally to think of places that I haven’t eaten a hot dog.
Possibly the weirdest place that I have eaten a hot dog would have to be in an airplane flying across country.
Back in the days when flight restrictions weren’t so strict, there was a hot dog stand at an airport that I was flying out of.
About ten minutes before I had to board the plane, I bought three hot dogs and took them on the plane with me.
When it came time for the lackluster in flight meal, I gave mine to the guy in the seat next to me and began putting mustard on the dogs that I had secreted onto the plane.
As with anything, if it exists there is the possibility of a contest surrounding it. When I was in the military we used to have hot dog eating contests.
When I would go to my grandma’s church, they would have hot dog eating contests.
Sometimes when I was a kid, we’d have hot dog eating contests just because it was Tuesday.
The biggest name in hot dog eating contests is the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Competition, which takes place annually every Fourth of July.
For as long as I can remember, the main star of the contest has been Joey Chestnut. He has won the Mustard Yellow Belt more times than I can remember.
However, it seems that he is no longer going to be competing for the belt as the organization that operates the contest has banned him from competition.
The organization has rules regarding contestants having endorsements with any competitor of Nathan’s.
Chestnut signed an agreement recently to endorse Impossible Foods products, which are the fake burgers and hot dogs that you walk past in the grocery store as quickly as humanly possible.
It is definitely going to open up the field for a new winner to take his place, but it is sad that things are going to have to end this way.
