Hot Dog Days of Summer

Certain foods are synonymous with the summertime . Those that are served at barbecues and picnics have an especial association with outdoor events that (in many places) are only possible in the warm summer weather. As one 1926 newspaper muses: This used to be the season of the year when one would get the agreeable odor of new mown hay when he went on a trip to the country. But since the auto has…