Early (1873) link between Hot Dog and Sausage

[Jonathan Lighter]

Missing Link Sausage Co.
Pleasure Island
Downtown Disney



http://allearsnet.com/menu/menu_ml.htm   (May, 2005)



JL


Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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Subject: Re: Early (1873) link between Hot Dog and Sausage
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At 2:07 AM -0500 9/21/05, Mullins, Bill wrote:
>I don't claim this to be an antedating of "hot dog" as we understand
>the term. But it is relevant to the story, I believe.
> ...
Nobody commented on the very nice subject line for the above message
(which Bill sent out on Wednesday). I wonder if anyone has tried
"The Missing Link" for a hot dog/sausage joint.

larry

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