So the other day, I was munching on something, can’t remember what, but it got me thinking about weird food combos. And then, bam! Bagel dogs popped into my head. You know, those hot dogs wrapped in bagel dough? Genius, really. But then I thought, wait a minute, who came up with that? And when?
Naturally, I had to figure this out. It kinda became a mini-mission. I grabbed my laptop, opened up a search engine. My first search was super basic, something like “when were bagel dogs invented”. Yeah, I even misspelled bagel at first, typed “bagle”, had to fix that.
Got a bunch of results back, obviously. Some pages mentioned a guy, or maybe two guys? It wasn’t super clear right off the bat. I clicked on a few things. Some articles were kinda vague, just saying “sometime in the late 20th century”. Not helpful!
Digging a Little Deeper
Okay, so I refined my search. Tried stuff like “history of bagel dog” and “who invented bagel dog”. That started giving me more specific names. Two names kept coming up: Milan R. Burger and Stanley G. Weitzman. Apparently, they got a patent for a similar idea.
Finding the exact year was still a bit fuzzy. Here’s what I gathered:
- Lots of sources point to the late 1970s or early 1980s.
- That patent I mentioned? Seems it was filed around 1979 and granted in the early 80s, like ’80 or ’81. It was for a “Method for Encasing a Food Product,” which sounds about right for wrapping a hot dog in dough.
- Some folks say similar things might have existed before, maybe locally, which often happens with food inventions, right? Someone does it in their kitchen, then someone else makes it big.
It’s funny how you start looking for one simple thing, like a date, and end up reading about patent filings. Honestly, I don’t really care that much, but it was interesting to see how it unfolded. It wasn’t like one clear “Eureka!” moment according to the internet, more like an idea that solidified around that time, especially with that patent.
So, yeah. If someone asks me now, I’ll probably say “around the late 70s or early 80s”. Seems like the best bet based on what I could dig up. Now I kinda want a bagel dog, though. The curse of research!
