Instead of bacon, chops, steak, or frankfurters may be roasted, as well as corn in season, but bacon is the least messy to eat.
"Entertaining Made Easy"
Emily Rose Burt
Almost any place would do; at another great restaurant I saw two chairs faced together, and a baby sleeping on them as quietly amid the coming and going of lagers and frankfurters as if in its cradle at home.
"Short Stories and Essays From "Literature and Life""
William Dean Howells
Oh, the man who made love to me over a plate of frankfurters?
"Writing for Vaudeville"
Brett Page