Quick Food Facts

  • The average American eats about 60 hot dogs per year.

  • Hot dogs were originally called Dachshund sausages, but when a cartoonist drew a picture of one, he couldn't spell dachshund, so he called them hot dogs.

  • Americans eat 26 million hot dogs at major league baseball games each season.

  • Pepperoni is America's favorite pizza topping; anchovies is least favorite.

  • Americans eat about 100 acres of pizza each day or 350 slices per second.

  • Pizza makers have tried every type of food on pizzas, including peanut butter and jelly, bacon and eggs and mashed potatoes.