A Hot Dog Is Not A Sandwich

[Silver Pines]

A Hot Dog Is Not A Sandwich

By Jonah Goldberg
August 3, 2018


Some disordered and lost souls keep saying hot dogs are sandwiches. They are wrong, and here’s why.

Sausage is one of the oldest forms of processed food,” according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (NHDSC), and anyone who wants to disagree with these heroes will be on the fighting side of me. Frankfurt is generally credited as the birthplace of the hot dog (hence the name “frankfurter”), which locals called a “dachshund” or “little dog” sausage...

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[Silver Pines]

I think Goldberg is right.  A hot dog on two slices of bread is not a hot dog, but a travesty.

[catfish1957]

I think Goldberg is right.  A hot dog on two slices of bread is not a hot dog, but a travesty.

Hot Dogs....   The original "mystery meat"

[Silver Pines]

Hot Dogs....   The original "mystery meat"

@catfish1957

Lol, yep.  I love them, bug filler and all.

[Restored]

A hot dog on two slices of bread is not a hot dog, but a

baloney sandwich.

[Jazzhead]

Some tasks are impossible.   For me, it's going to a ballgame and not having a hot dog.   Speaking of which,  I'll be at Shane Victorino's retirement celebration tonight at the Phillies game.   A friend of mine told me recently that Shane is why she loves baseball,  because he played with so much joy.   

[Frank Cannon]

So then a sausage sandwich isn't a sandwich?

[240B]

[Sanguine]

That's great.  Jonah at his best.

[Millee]

So then a sausage sandwich isn't a sandwich?

Dang that looks good!!!

[Silver Pines]

baloney sandwich.

@Restored

EXACTLY

[Silver Pines]

So then a sausage sandwich isn't a sandwich?

That’s a dressed-up misnamed hot dog.

[dfwgator]

As long as you don't put ketchup on one....

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[240B]

Ketchup on a Hot Dog is illegal in NY and Chicago. You can go to jail for that, unless you are a child under 10.
I agree with Harry. I once tried a Hot Dog with Ketchup years ago. It almost made me sick.

[jpsb]

I think Goldberg is right.  A hot dog on two slices of bread is not a hot dog, but a travesty.

LOL, silly girl, you put a hot dog on one slice of bread! 

[Silver Pines]

Ketchup on a Hot Dog is illegal in NY and Chicago. You can go to jail for that, unless you are a child under 10.
I agree with Harry. I once tried a Hot Dog with Ketchup years ago. It almost made me sick.

@240B

 That’s bad.  We have a local chain called The Weenie Stand...I was in there once and heard someone order a hot dog with mayo only.

[Silver Pines]

LOL, silly girl, you put a hot dog on one slice of bread! 

@jpsb

 

[240B]

If you guys notice that things are a little askew today,...that would be me. It is my fault.
Yesterday I cooked up a pan of eggplant parmesan. Based on this thread, I took out a hoagie bun and toasted it dark. Then I slathered garlic butter all over it. Put a serving of the eggplant parm in the toasted buttered hoagie bun, and subsequently lost my freakin' mind. It was fantastic.

But in doing this, I think I broke the space-time continuum. Things have been a little hinky since I broke causality. I'll have a flank steak with potatoes and brussels sprouts later. I'm hoping this will return everything to normal.

[RoosGirl]

@240B

 That’s bad.  We have a local chain called The Weenie Stand...I was in there once and heard someone order a hot dog with mayo only.

That's the way my grandfather ate them.  Gak!

[Cyber Liberty]

That's the way my grandfather ate them.  Gak!

I almost had to post that recipe for Spaghettio Jello, just to cleanse my mind.

[Sanguine]

I almost had to post that recipe for Spaghettio Jello, just to cleanse my mind.

Yeah, that'll work....

[Polly Ticks]

Agreed, a hot dog is not a sandwich.  However, it WAS the perfect culinary note last night at the ballpark for the Bluegrass World Series.

(Johnny Bench is looking pretty good, by the way, and had a lot of fun with the fans.)

[240B]

LOL, silly girl, you put a hot dog on one slice of bread! 

[Suppressed]

Hot dog buns were only for picnics!

[edpc]

If you’re forced to use bread, it works better diagonally.

[Silver Pines]

Now I'm thinking of Eddie Murphy and the welfare burger his mama made him.

[Wingnut]

Just like  the ones made with the Tang. You have to pinch the corners

[Cyber Liberty]

Just like  the ones made with the Tang. You have to pinch the corners

They thwarted us...

[240B]

[Cyber Liberty]

https://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/pretzel-woven-hot-dogs/f2dc00ad-a2b3-4b5e-8f58-00a557772ce4?crlt.pid=camp.vtbfbuijizj1

[Wingnut]

WTF is that.  A jail Break?

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

[AmericanaPrime]

According to Merriam Webster's dictionary it certainly is:

a : two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between

[Silver Pines]

According to Merriam Webster's dictionary it certainly is:

a : two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between

@AmericanaPrime

Merriam needs to get it together. 

[240B]

@AmericanaPrime

Merriam needs to get it together.

Why is a Philly Cheese Steak considered to be a sandwich but a hot dog is not? They are both meat in a bun.

[Silver Pines]

Why is a Philly Cheese Steak considered to be a sandwich but a hot dog is not? They are both meat in a bun.

@240B

I don't know about Philly cheese steaks, I never had one.  But in this house, and in every reasonable mind, a sandwich is made by putting a piece of bread horizontally on a plate, placing whatever you want for filling, and then topping with another slice of bread.  I never once heard anybody say, "Oh, so you're having hot dogs tonight?"  "That's right, we're having sandwiches."

[240B]

@240B

I don't know about Philly cheese steaks, I never had one.  But in this house, and in every reasonable mind, a sandwich is made by putting a piece of bread horizontally on a plate, placing whatever you want for filling, and then topping with another slice of bread.  I never once heard anybody say, "Oh, so you're having hot dogs tonight?"  "That's right, we're having sandwiches."

@CatherineofArgon

True. I agree. For some inexplicable reason the lowly hot dog has secured a place in our minds as being its 'own thing'. I know what you mean. A hot dog can never be anything but a hot dog. Even though it is really just a type of sandwich.

If you take the wiener out of the bun and replace it with roast beef, then you have a roast beef sandwich. Strange but true. Must be a cultural thing. I don't know.

[Sanguine]

All hotdogs are sandwiches but not all sandwiches are hotdogs.

[Silver Pines]

@CatherineofArgon

True. I agree. For some inexplicable reason the lowly hot dog has secured a place in our minds as being its 'own thing'. I know what you mean. A hot dog can never be anything but a hot dog. Even though it is really just a type of sandwich.

If you take the wiener out of the bun and replace it with roast beef, then you have a roast beef sandwich. Strange but true. Must be a cultural thing. I don't know.

@240B

Does a Philly cheese steak have the same type of split bun?

Maybe it's because a hot dog wouldn't fit between two slices of bread?

[240B]

Does a Philly cheese steak have the same type of split bun?

Yes

Maybe it's because a hot dog wouldn't fit between two slices of bread?

If you cut a hot dog in half horizontally and then cut the halves in half vertically, you can lay the four pieces flat on a sandwich. It is like a baloney sandwich. At that point it is no longer a hotdog. It has become a hotdog sandwich.

[Suppressed]

I don't know about Philly cheese steaks, I never had one.

@CatherineofAragon You really must!

And if you ever head up to Philly, please be sure to go to Geno's, not Pat's.  Just be sure to check with @Jazzhead or me before ordering, so you don't get thrown out of line!

[Frank Cannon]

I don't know about Philly cheese steaks, I never had one. 

What type of Communist are you?

[Wingnut]

@240B

I don't know about Philly cheese steaks, I never had one.

You ain't missing much.  It is a nasty sammitch the lower class embraced years ago.  It probably started as somebody's mom's left-over mystery meat back in the depression.  It tastes so bad they had to put it on a stale roll and smother it with onions and other shit.  When that didn't cut the horrid taste some nut decided to drown it in melted cheese. 

[Silver Pines]

@CatherineofAragon You really must!

And if you ever head up to Philly, please be sure to go to Geno's, not Pat's.  Just be sure to check with @Jazzhead or me before ordering, so you don't get thrown out of line!

@Suppressed

Lol, that's sweet.  But no melted cheese is gonna pass these lips.  *shudder*

[Silver Pines]

What type of Communist are you?

@Frank Cannon

A cheese-free one, praise heaven!

[Silver Pines]

You ain't missing much.  It is a nasty sammitch the lower class embraced years ago.  It probably started as somebody's mom's left-over mystery meat back in the depression.  It tastes so bad they had to put it on a stale roll and smother it with onions and other shit.  When that didn't cut the horrid taste some nut decided to drown it in melted cheese.

@The Ghost

See. that's just gross.  Why not just do the right thing and have a steak.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

@The Ghost

See. that's just gross.  Why not just do the right thing and have a steak.

Chopping up the steak makes for more surface area.









TO COVER WITH CHEESE!

[Jazzhead]

@CatherineofAragon You really must!

And if you ever head up to Philly, please be sure to go to Geno's, not Pat's.  Just be sure to check with @Jazzhead or me before ordering, so you don't get thrown out of line!

Geno's is indeed better than Pat's;  the meat's sliced just a wee bit thicker.   And at either place, the steaks are fresh as a daisy because they churn 'em out, 24/7.  Literally.  It is a ritual of Philly nightlife to end the evening at four in the morning at the corner of 9th and 'Shunk,  where the two esteemed establishments face off like pugilists, neon ablaze.   

These days,  my favorite cheesesteak is the little beauty they serve up at Ready's in Ocean City, New Jersey.   Ready's is an old-style lunch counter;  one of my rituals is to take the Saturday Wall Street Journal,  sit at the counter at Ready's with a steak and the fluffiest crinkle-cut fries I've ever tasted, and pontificate about politics and the Phillies with whatever unfortunate is sitting next to me.   

[Silver Pines]

Chopping up the steak makes for more surface area.









TO COVER WITH CHEESE!

@InHeavenThereIsNoBeer

[Suppressed]

Geno's is indeed better than Pat's;  the meat's sliced just a wee bit thicker.   And at either place, the steaks are fresh as a daisy because they churn 'em out, 24/7.  Literally.  It is a ritual of Philly nightlife to end the evening at four in the morning at the corner of 9th and 'Shunk,  where the two esteemed establishments face off like pugilists, neon ablaze.

I've had some great late-night chats at that mess of an intersection,including with a radio talk-show host I recognized.   

These days,  my favorite cheesesteak is the little beauty they serve up at Ready's in Ocean City, New Jersey.   Ready's is an old-style lunch counter;  one of my rituals is to take the Saturday Wall Street Journal,  sit at the counter at Ready's with a steak and the fluffiest crinkle-cut fries I've ever tasted, and pontificate about politics and the Phillies with whatever unfortunate is sitting next to me.   

That sounds wonderful!