National Hot Dog & Sausage Council Releases Poll Data for July’s National Hot Dog Month Hot Dogs and Baseball Still Reign as Two of America’s Most Treasured Icons

WASHINGTON, DC, June 27, 2008 – In anticipation of July’s National Hot Dog Month, the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (NHDSC) released new national poll data confirming the strong “link” between hot dogs and sports, most notably, baseball.

According to the poll, hot dogs once again dominated fans’ favorite stadium fare. Approximately 63 percent of fans listed hot dogs as the one ballpark food they could not live without. Peanuts ranked a distant second with 18 percent, followed by pizza, cotton candy and,finally, cracker jacks

An astounding 88 percent of those polled…