Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about VIENNA SAUSAGE!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: a Vienna sausage, Frankfurter or informally Frank, is a thin parboiled sausage traditionally made of pork and beef . the word Wiener is German for Viennese . in Austria the term “Wiener european Vienna sausage served hot in a long bun with condiments is often called a “hot dog” they have no federal standard of identity . vienna sausages are finely ground to a paste consistency and mixed with consumption of sausages peaked in the 1940s to 1970s, but has declined since then . sausages are available plain (in a gelatin, similar to aspic) or with a variety of flavorings .