I know that we do not live in a perfect world. My new Ipod won’t recognize my Bose docking station. The cell phone reception at my house hovers at one bar. Peanut butter eggs are available for only one month out of the year. Life’s inconveniences are certainly to be expected, but our country suffers from a miscommunication that we should no longer tolerate.
There are ten hot dogs in a package but only eight hot dog buns per bag. In order to get the bun and dog quantities to match, a person would need to buy five packages of hot dog buns and four packages of wieners. That’s forty hot dogs. I set out to understand why, and googled the problem. The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council states that originally hot dogs were sold loose in the butcher’s case and today they are still sold in increments that are “to the pound” . Most packages are ten dogs to the pound. The NHDSC also claims that bakeries like using a pan that bakes four buns connected together. When they put two of these units together, it makes an eight count package. Other internet sources shared additional theories on the origins of these configurations, but I couldn’t find any good reason why the bakers and hot dog makers have not gotten together and picked one number for their product count.
It’s time for the bun industry and frankfurter industry to get on the same page. Please join my cause. I’ve formed a Facebook group to gather some support on this issue. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=120067331341702&ref=search&sid=100001049643429.4176318249..1 If this link doesn't work, search for the group "end dog and bun disparity".
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