Smoked Meats & Delicatessen
Frankfurter Special: What Sets It Apart?
What the word special means, the meat content, casing and diameter, spices, length, uses, price and reading labels.
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Frankfurter: The Properties of a Classic Hot Dog Sausage
The history, the chemistry of the emulsion, the casing, spices, length standards, cooking, nutrition and storage.
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Smoked Frankfurter: What Smoke Does to a Sausage
How smoking works in a sausage, the effect of the casing, cold against hot smoke, wood, cooking, uses and storage.
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How to Cook Frankfurters: Simmering Versus Grilling
The product is already cooked, the heating threshold, what boiling does to the emulsion, simmering, grilling, scoring and other methods.
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The History of the Frankfurter
The origin of the name, the guilds, the Vienna-Frankfurt dispute, migration to America, the spread of emulsion technique, and today's product.
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What Is a Frankfurter? And Is a Hot Dog Sausage Different?
How frankfurters are produced, how the emulsion is built, natural versus artificial casing, skinless production, cooking methods and label reading.
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