National Hot Dog Month

I know, I know… it’s amazing that they don’t have cards, songs, and most important to any holiday, a JCPenney sale, to mark this momentous occasion.

Some hot dog trivia from the National Hog Dog and Sausage Council:

1. Americans eat more hot dogs on the 4^th of July than any other day.  Around 155 million of them!
2. Los Angeles is the #1 hot dog eating city!
3. Sausage is one of the oldest forms of processed foods.  It was mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey in the 9^th century!
4. The name ‘hot dog’ probably came from a dachshund dog that the German’s brought with them along with the idea of serving sausage on a bun.

Here are a few ways to celebrate this month the Porktastic way:

1.  Take a bite out of this monstrosity- a foot long hot dog, loaded with cheese, chili, and bacon.  Nothing like a little pork on pork!

2.  Attend Brat Fest and eat a few for philanthropy’s sake.

3.  Enjoy a listening to these songs:

1. Hot Dog by Elvis Presley
2. Hot Dog by Buck Owens
3. Who Let the Dogs Out by the Baha Men
4. Jack and Diane by John Cougar Mellencamp

Let us know how you are going to celebrate this month!

What is your hot dog of choice?

-B

The Most Important Day of the Year

Today is the most important day of the year. It is a day to stay home from work. It is a day of celebrating with family and friends. It is bigger than Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Year’s and the Fourth of July combined. It is a day to honor the reason there can be delicious bacon and pork chops and swine inspired doo-dads and even a nation of Porktastic. My fellow Porktasticans prepare yourselves because today is National Pig Day.

My friends, we will be grilling, baking and slow roasting all of our favorite forms of pork throughout the day, not to mention watching our favorite famous pigs like Babe, Porky, Gordy and Miss Piggy. So come party with us! We’ll be easy to spot since we’ll be the ones decked out head-to-toe in true pig style – nose, ears and of course curly-q tail.

But, if for some crazy reason your boss won’t let you off to celebrate this holiday of holidays, we have a few ideas to help you take the party to work with you:

1. Choose your favorite pig tie or jewelry to commemorate the day.
2. Hang a string of pig lights around your office or cubicle.
3. Grill up some pork loin chops and bring enough to share with your coworkers, remembering they want to be home celebrating just as much as you.
4. Get a pig piñata filled with bacon candy.
5. Wear your favorite pig inspired tee underneath a button-up dress shirt. When everyone complains about missing Pig Day rip your top shirt off like Clark Kent and set up a completely awesome celebration of pigs and pork.

Have a Porktastic day holiday and be sure to tell us how you celebrated National Pig Day by emailing stories or pics of your celebration to Mr.Oinkers@gmail.com.