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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