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US 6,187,361 B1Granted
Method for making a shaped hot dog
OwnerGregory F. Fleethaminventor
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Abstract
A shaped hot dog, and a method of forming a shaped hot dog from an elongated generally cylindrical wiener. The wiener is provided with cuts extending longitudinally from each end a distance selected to maintain a cylindrical middle portion intact. The cuts form distal portions which extend away from each side of the middle portion. The distal portions curl outwardly on cooking, and the resulting shaped hot dog has an appealing shape which, in a preferred embodiment, resembles a spider.
Claims8
A method of forming a shaped hot dog from a generally cylindrical wiener having a longitudinal axis, comprising the steps of:
- a) making cuts extending longitudinally from each end of the wiener a selected distance along the longitudinal axis, the distance being selected to maintain a cylindrical middle portion of the wiener intact, thereby forming a maximum of four distal portions extending away from each side of the middle portion;
- b) piercing the middle portion of the wiener with a holding instrument;
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- c) holding the wiener over a heat source until the distal portions curl outwardly relative to the longitudinal axis and back towards the middle portion such that the wiener assumes a spider-like shape.
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