Hot Dog Buns

When I was an apprentice in Sweden, the sausage, or hot dog, was king of what was the equivalent of today’s takeout or fast-food outlets. (The burger had not yet arrived.) Every village in Scandinavia and the German-speaking countries of the continent—especially Germany itself, which is unsurpassed when it comes to making delicious wurst or frankfurters—had a hot dog stand, a mini-street kitchen serving various sausages and other quickly made specialties. The hot dog stand in the small vill