Monday, June 23, 2008

'stache #25 - hot dog moustache




One of the most enduring and popular of the twentieth century food moustaches, the hot dog moustache proliferated in the U.S. after thousands of soldiers returning from World War I came home wearing the frankfurter moustache common among German men.
Briefly rechristened the “Liberty meat tube moustache” as anti-German fervor rose in the 1940s, the compromise moniker “hot dog moustache” was decided upon at a 1948 committee meeting of stylish young American nativists and the primarily German-born frankfurter moustache vendors of the day. Today’s hot dog moustaches almost never contain real dog.

The hot dog moustache remains a winning, if slightly staid, food moustache. Wear it in the summer. Disclaimer: the hot dog 'stache is worn bunned by women only.

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