What is the difference between a hotdog and a sausage?

sausages can eat directly even without cooking, unlike hotdogs, we really have to cook ... hehehehe or would u like to eat raw hotdogs? LOOOOOOOOOOOL

Well hotdogs are just a type of sausage. In some countries, such as UK and Australia, it is a term applied to the combination of the sausage and the bun. In Germany they are called frankfurters (after Frankfurt) or Wieners (in Austria)etc. The concept of a sausage in a bun was invented in Germany. Sausages are a mixture of minced meat, breadcrumbs, spices etc. The meat can be anything, some are only pork, some pork and beef, some also mix in chicken. Each region has their own flavour and recipes. The ingredients are mixed together and piped into animal intestine and can be made short of long depending on the shape the butcher wants.

hotdog is not meaty but the sausage you can see the real meat and more tasty because it has more fat

they are made different part of a pig, hotdogs you really dont want to know you will never eat them again

The difference is partly in the meat that's used. Hotdogs typically are a mixture of beef, pork and chicken. Or, sometimes they are all beef. Sausage is typically pork, although there's turkey sausage now too, that tastes pretty good. The filling for hotdogs is ground much more than sausage is. You don't see bits and pieces of fat. That's probably a good thing with what I've heard is in hotdogs . The spices are different for each too.

Hmmm....I think hotdog is a member of the sausage family. I don't know I just thought that over at dinner last night because our viand happened to be chicken hotdog with cheese bits here and there. What's the difference between a sausage and home-made longganisa? Or are they the same? So if longganisa is a sausage why is it called longganisa HAMonada?

Hotdogs dont have spices - sausauges tend to.

The very taste from what's inside and how they are made. Sausages are greasier than hotdogs while hotdogs are more compact with its ground meat. I like hotdogs better than sausages and I think sausages are more fattening too.

I think it has to do with composition and texture. A sausage is a seasoned minced meat packed in a casing. A hot dog is a fully cooked or cured sausage. So....I suppose the difference is that one is cooked and one is raw. I would still bet the main difference is texture no matter what the definitions say.

nice question.. yes, we may sometimes wonder what is the difference of a hotdog and sausage. but i think but not sure that hotdog came from american language while sausage came from europe language. but the question now is...whcih one do you prefer..well, i love prefer hotdog..hehee

I think that this depends on the type of hot dog or sausage. Mostly, I think that one difference is the meat that is used. I also think that the casing they use is different. Sausage tends to have a thicker casing than a hot dog. Also, the texture of the two are differnt. So, as I said above, I think that main difference is the type of meat that is used. I also know that they make both hot dogs and sausage from different types of meat.

yes the difference of the hotdog and sausage is the taste.the taste of the sausage is sometimes a bit spicy while hotdog taste sweet like tender juicy.its hard to explain the taste but i can say that they became different because of the taste.

well hotdogs are not canned while sausages are. their taste also differs so with their shape. hotdogs are bigger and stiffer. sausages are a little bit softer. this is maybe they are packed inside a can with liquid in it. So hotdogs are hotdogs and sausage are sausage!

its the taste., the taste... and the texture??? and c'mon also the length., okey?! lol

sausage is usually made from one type of meat and spices are added. hotdogs are a mixture of meats and parts with out spices.

I think it is one and the same. But sausage I normally refer to pork sausage and wouldn't call pork sausage hotdog.