This is a listing of regional variations on the hot dog. Different areas of the world have local variations on the type of meat used, condiments and means of preparation:

By The Laughing Chef / When one thinks of shrimp cocktail, thoughts tend to jump quickly to the end product – seafood dredged through cocktail sauce and eaten. Very few think of the process by which the shrimp is turned from gray and slimy lumps into something not just edible but delicious.

They probably weren’t served on a bed of crushed ice with lemon wedges and cocktail sauce, but both the New York Times and NPR are reporting the discovery of mankind’s first raw bar. The sign over the entrance to the cave in South Africa could have said: Serving the freshest shellfish since 164,000 BC