illiland Hot Dog

aron Von Lodge was the head of a small country known as Lilliland near Switzerland. The time was the early 1900s.

Ronald, a visiting cousin from America, liked that the Baron had introduced the sport of baseball to Lilliland several years ago. It was now a common sight to see the young people in the parks all over Lilliland playing baseball. They even had teams of players of the same age playing in a baseball league.

Baseball uniforms were beginning to appear and Cousin Ronald seemed to think that everything was almost like at home in America. But he said to the Baron that there was one important thing missing at the baseball games. It was the hot dog.

The American hot dog was a sausage served on a bun with a choice of onion, ketchup, mustard, relish and much more. But rather than try to explain the hot dog to the Baron, Ronald decided to have some made.

Cousin Ronald asked the Baron for permission to have the Lilliland butcher and baker attempt to make and serve some hot dogs. The Baron agreed.

The Baron asked his fiancée Lady Angela of Alpine Castle if she had ever tasted a hot dog to which she replied that she had not. But she had heard of them and that they were very tasty.

After several attempts and with Ronald’s help, the butcher and sausage maker were able to come up with something that resembled a hot dog. The butcher told Ronald that they were similar to the Bavarian sausages.

Next the baker attempted to make the hot dog bun. He used the size of the hot dog to prepare and bake the roll and served it with a slice in the top in which to place the hot dog.

Everything was ready to serve the Baron and Lady Angela. The hot dog was served with a choice of toppings—mustard, ketchup, onion, and relish to start.

Both the Baron and Lady Angela liked the taste of the hot dog. They could easily see that it was convenient to eat a hot dog while watching the baseball game.

The Baron asked Ronald what was usually served to drink with the hot dog. Ronald said either lemonade or soda were the typical drinks.

Cousin Ronald was quick to add that the hot dog and soda or lemonade was also very popular at picnics as well as at baseball games. The Baron liked the hot dog so much that he asked the Lilliland Castle kitchen to put them on the menu for the summer.