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Random Fri Sep 14 2007
The melting pot dog
There are worse ways to wake up than to a radio story about the origin of the Chicago hot dog. WBEZ's Adriene Hill had a piece on this morning explaining the ethnic origins of our city's signature food. This is how she and food historian Bruce Craig claim it breaks down:
Meat: German by way of Ashkenazi Jews
Yellow mustard: German
Celery salt: German
Onion: Polish
Relish: German -- or maybe Italian
Pickles: East European
Hot peppers: Mediterranean
Tomatoes: Mediterranean
Ketchup: Neverland
Listen to the whole piece on wbez.org.
