The Hot Dog In American Culture

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The hot dog, who would not know about it, since it’s seen as an icon of the American food. This is because this object has become a “quintessentially American” how so, well the hot dog is served in mainly all American events. For example, like in baseball games, the Fourth of July, football games, basketball games, and in many more, the hot dog has become known as an culture American food. Therefore, this object seen as a cultural food in America makes it seem really Americanized. However, going more in-depth into this objects background we are going to see how American the hot dog really

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