Taste.com.au – September 2019

ConeyIslandbakerCharlesFeltmancameupwiththe

smartideaofputtinga Germanfrankfurter,knownas

a ‘dachshund’,in a softmilkrollin 1871.Heclaimedto

havesold 3684 fromhisstreetcartatthecitybeachin

hisfirstyear.Andbythe1920sbusinesswaspeaking

withhisstreet-cornercomplexofrestaurants,

barsandtakeawaycountersin ConeyIsland

servingupto5.25millionpeoplea year!

Needlesstosay,aroundtheworldwe

havetakeninspirationfromFeltman’s

brainwaveofencasinga snagin

somethingbready,whetherit’sthe

redpolserofCopenhagen,the

choripanservedbytheoldriverbank

in downtownBuenosAiresorthe

snagsatyourlocalsausagesizzle.

HereareMichelle’sandmyfavourite

hotdogs from around the world.

Charles Feltman, the inventorof the hot dog,

has inspireda bun-full of variationsacross

the globe.From his humblepie wagonhe built

his empire around encasing sausages in bread.

WORDS

MATT

PRESTON

RECIPES

MATT

PRESTON,

MICHELLE

SOUTHAN

PHOTOGRAPHY

VANESSA

LEVIS,

NIGEL LOUGH

STYLING

MICHELLE NOERINATO, KRISTEN WILSON

F O OD P R E PA R AT ION

TESSA IMMENS, KERRIE RAY

cook it now!

September 2019taste magazine 63