It's because the meat in hot-dogs are known as wieners. Just ignore the
"schnitzel".
According to Wikipedia:
Wiener is German for Viennese, but may also refer to:
A "Polish sausage" or "wenar"
A German sausage named after Vienna (called Frankfurter in Austria)
A hot dog
... and they're called a Wiener in Frankfurt. Go figure.
The guy who founded the chain died in April this year:
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/16/local/la-me-john-galardi-20130416
On 7/29/2013 6:18 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 08:02:06AM +1000, Derby Chang wrote:
Excellent New Topographics shot.
Thanks.
What did it use to be?
There is an American fast-food chain called Der Wienerschnitzel.
They were primarily drive throughs, with some outside seating,
but no dining room. They all had these marvelously tacky A-frame
buildings.
The chain has been on decline for quite some time, and the Santa Cruz
location was shut down a few years back.
Their food was primarily hot dogs. I have no idea why they chain
is called Wienershnitzel, since as we've discussed, wienershnitzel
has nothing to do with hot dogs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_dog
The word frankfurter comes from Frankfurt, Germany, where pork sausages similar to hot dogs
originated.[6] These sausages, Frankfurter Würstchen, were known since the 13th century and given
to the people on the event of imperial coronations, starting with the coronation of Maximilian II,
Holy Roman Emperor as King. Wiener refers to Vienna, Austria, whose German name is
"Wien", home to a sausage made of a mixture of pork and beef[7] (cf. Hamburger, whose
name also derives from a German-speaking city). Johann Georg Lahner, a 18th/19th century butcher
from the Franconian city of Coburg, is said to have brought the Frankfurter Würstchen to Vienna,
where he added beef to the mixture and simply called it Frankfurter.[8] Nowadays, in German
speaking countries, except Austria, hot dog sausages are called Wiener or Wiener Würstchen
(Würstchen means "little sausage"), in differentiation to the original pork only mixture
from Frankfurt. In Swiss German, it is called Wienerli, while in Austri
a the terms Frankfurter or Frankfurter Würstel are used.
On 28/07/2013 9:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9381352525/in/set-72157634828608896/
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