First invented back in the late 1980s, the Seattle style hot dog uses a creamy, unconventional topping that may surprise you.

Loaded Brazilian hot dogs start with simmering the dogs in a seasoned tomato sauce, and you top those with fried potato ...

but after perfecting his mother’s cornbread recipe and the method of frying it around a frank, he changed the red barn-like stand’s name to Hot Dog on a Stick. According to company lore ...