If I’d had a tomato, a slice or two would have been on the sandwich. I had no tomato, so I had to do without.
I would guess that you’ve never had good borscht. Good, authentic borscht is not easy to make. It requires a skill possessed only by Russian or Ukrainian babas and is part of their genetic makeup. It cannot be taught. 
That’s because there is no such thing. For over two decades I lived in a neighborhood filled with ex Soviets. The only grocery store in walking distance was a Russian market. They made their own whitefish salad every day. I know slavic/Russian food.
Borscht is an abomination.
Never had any good borscht. Went to a Jewish wedding in Rio De Janeiro once where they put out a giant bowl of borscht. I was the only one that seemed to know what it was. I tasted it along with others, nobody liked it.
One of these has a definite answer, the other does not.
Ah, but was it home made by a Slavic baba? The fact that Russians made it means nothing – Russians are just as capable of making mass-produced crap as anyone else. One sign that borscht might be authentic is that it has pork rib or beef bones in it with lots of the succulent bone-adjacent meat still attached, with which it was simmered for hours. A proper borscht is a very hearty soup that can be a meal in itself. However, some people just don’t like anything made with beets, and they can be excused, but it’s their loss.
My older brother loves cooking as a hobby and is an accomplished amateur chef. It was always his frustration that he could never reproduce the authentic homemade stuff as produced by an actual baba following only her instincts and with no recipe at all.
Hot dogs themselves are wrong. There, fixed it.
This. My paternal ancestors spent over a century in the Ukraine before emigrating to America in the 1870s. My grandma made an excellent borscht, and other women of her generation did as well. Sadly, the recipe/skillset required is slowly being lost, as the borscht I’ve had at the ethnic dinners recently isn’t nearly as good as Grandma’s.
Yes, those would be the classic babas of which I speak! 
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When we had no Crawdads, we ate sand.
If hot dogs are wrong, and mustard on a hot dog is wrong, then — did you just prove that two wrongs do make a right?
I don’t know the reference, but it’s genius. Bravo!
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I must be an atheist then because two of the three are baloney. I leave it as an exercise which of them is not.
Raising Arizona
Because there are no crawdads in Yorkshire.
If you think borscht is pickled beets in beet juice, you don’t really know what you’re talking about.
I have no issues with these, but I have had some horseradish mustard, and on some things- it’s pretty good.
Things that are wrong: hotdogs, dyed mustard goo, ketchup (except on fried potatoes), pickle relish, and that squishy non-bread they make hot dog buns out of.
Things that are right: polish sausage, dijon mustard, sourdough whole wheat bread, fresh sauerkraut.
You’re welcome.