# Free hot dog to celebrate 4 July **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 4, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969 "2005-07-04T02:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/1 "2005-07-04T02:03:15Z")
I was just outside and some group is handing out free bits and pieces of Americana to celebrate the fourth of July. It’s some sort of promotional tie-in I suppose. I grabbed a hot dog. Also some oreo biscuits, since I’ve heard people on the SDMB mention them. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/2 "2005-07-04T03:03:56Z")
How did you like the Oreos? I am severely addicted to the chocolate-cream Oreos, so I can not buy them very often. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/3 "2005-07-04T03:16:25Z")
Cookies Oreo cookies not biscuits! 🙂 If you call them Oreo Biscuits people will think you are a furiner. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/4 "2005-07-04T03:35:37Z")
> [@Kat](#): > > How did you like the Oreos? I am severely addicted to the chocolate-cream Oreos, so I can not buy them very often. 😉 They were OK I suppose. Nothing special. Just another version of a chocolate cream bikkie. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/5 "2005-07-04T04:53:50Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > They were OK I suppose. Nothing special. Just another version of a chocolate cream bikkie. Infidel! Heretic! Stone him, _stone him_! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/6 "2005-07-04T04:58:53Z")
Eh, Oreos are ordinary. Tried 'em, wasn’t impressed. I’d certainly accept the American hot dog, though. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/7 "2005-07-04T05:10:39Z")
And this is why I could never live overseas for an extended period of time. I don’t think I could stand to live with people that have no appreciation for Oreos and a good hot dog (mmm, all-beef kosher hot dog…) That, and no Reese’s cups. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/8 "2005-07-04T05:46:06Z")
> [@Ice Wolf](#): > > Eh, Oreos are ordinary. Tried 'em, wasn’t impressed. I’d certainly accept the American hot dog, though. How are hot dogs where other people live? I don’t care for oreos myself. I’m more of a Chips Ahoy Chunky Chip girl. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/9 "2005-07-04T05:50:54Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > How are hot dogs where other people live? The “American” one I was given tasted exactly the same as the “Australian” versions I have had: a bread roll, a frankfurt, some onions and some tomato sauce. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/10 "2005-07-04T06:11:29Z")
[sub] Of course they don’t like Oreo’s they eat Vegamite! ruined taste buds[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![cabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabdude)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/11 "2005-07-04T09:12:59Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > [sub] Of course they don’t like Oreo’s they eat Vegamite! ruined taste buds[/sub] Some would say ‘refined palate.’ ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/12 "2005-07-04T09:20:43Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > The “American” one I was given tasted exactly the same as the “Australian” versions I have had: a bread roll, a frankfurt, some onions and some tomato sauce. If you mean ketchup, Dirty Harry would shoot you for putting that on a hotdog. Or one of Clint’s personas would. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/13 "2005-07-04T09:44:00Z")
The terminology may have changed, but a “hot dog” in NZ is a “corn dog” – sausage onna stick, battered and deep fried. I do like American hotdogs. They’re stlll enough of a novelty to enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/14 "2005-07-04T10:15:18Z")
I wasn’t all that wowed by Oreos either - they were a bit too sweet and synthetic tasting for my liking. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/15 "2005-07-04T10:24:59Z")
Must add my voice to the Oreo verdict. We have local biscuits here that are pretty much the same. Not bad, but not memorable either. I don’t think they live up to the hype. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/16 "2005-07-04T15:00:37Z")
The new Peanut Butter Double Stuf Oreos are amazing… but they tend to fall apart (the PB separates from the cookie) when dunked in milk. ☹ I gots to get me some hot dogs. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/17 "2005-07-04T15:15:47Z")
I loved Oreos until I found out that its filling is essentially Crisco, with all the trans fat that comes with it. Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![TwoOnSunday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TwoOnSunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoOnSunday)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/18 "2005-07-05T00:33:58Z")
It’s all about the chips ahoy cookies! A chicago-style hot dog = Vienna hot dog, bun, mustard, relish, pickle, tomato, onion and celery powder. DO NOT ASK FOR CATSUP (ketchup) or you will be removed from the establishment. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/19 "2005-07-05T00:43:13Z")
Anti-Oreo Partisans: do they have Hydrox where you live? (Oreo vs. Hydrox is almost as controversial as Coke vs. Pepsi.) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969/20 "2005-07-05T00:45:47Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I wasn’t all that wowed by Oreos either - they were a bit too sweet and synthetic tasting for my liking. Heck, I’m American and I don’t quite get Oreos, either. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-hot-dog-to-celebrate-4-july/310969.md?page=2)