Classic Hot Dog
$5 play money
A sausage in a bun with mustard. A classic for a reason. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $5 in play money, which puts it in the Snack tier ($1 to $14). It is one of the small, cheap things that make an order feel real.
No payment, no address, no delivery. This is a game.
Key facts
- Cuisine
- American
- Menu section
- Fried & Fast Food
- Price tier
- Snack ($1 to $14)
- Play-money price
- $5
- Main ingredients
- sausage, bun, mustard
- How it is served
- A hot dog in a soft bun with a line of yellow mustard
History, tradition and origin
Sausage making is an old way of using every part of an animal, preserving it with salt, smoke and spice. Germany alone has hundreds of regional kinds. German immigrants brought the frankfurter to the United States, where it went into a bun and became ballpark and street food. The corn dog, dipped in cornmeal batter, followed at state fairs.
Food economy and industry
Sausages turn trimmings into a valuable product, which matters to the economics of butchery and meat packing. Natural casings are a global trade in their own right. Hot dogs are sold in the billions each year in the United States, with sales peaking between late May and early September.
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