Pulykamell - If ketchup offends, then surely cream cheese will be a grievous error? There’s a vendor in Pioneer Square that slathers it on the bun, and then tops it with Ketchup and Mustard. Have on of those bad boys at 2:30 a.m. Yummmmmmmmmyyyyyyy. 
>>> Ah, perhaps they joke in Europe, but obviously not in Eastern Europe, because here (specifically Hungary, but I’ve noticed the same in Poland) ketchup is so obscenely overused, that it has even startled the occassional American tourist. <<<
Pulykamell:
Really?! Boy, things really have changed since I used to poke around behind the Iron Curtain (when there was an Iron curtain) I thought I knew those countries pretty well.
I know some places in the Middle East/Asia pulled that ketchup stunt, but the Hungarians? I’d never have guessed!
Was it that way in 1978-86? Did I simply not notice? Then again, aside from a little street-corner roast corn, I didn’t go near the fast food, there was so much wonderful Hungarian cuisine… the paprikash and cherries alone spoiled me for any other nation (I have a sudden craving for real goulash and a schnitzel with egri bulikaver and… hey, that’s right, earlier this year, it became legal to import Tokai to the US. maybe I can get egri, too?
I have a sudden urge to call the local wine merchant – but we have to get together and talk, pulykamell!
Where in Hungary are you?
I always ate ketchup on my hot dogs. I read about the tomato thing in the SD, and it intrigued me, but I never tried it. Then I got pregnant with my son, and had a craving for hot dogs, and I really, really wanted them with tomato. So, I looked up the recipe in the SD, went shopping, and prepared them just as the SD said.
I have not eaten a hot dog with ketchup since.
Tomatoes on hot dogs are right. They are the Way.
I love ketchup. But not on my hot dogs, not anymore.
zut, words fail me. You will never be invited to dinner at my house. 
It’s for cases like these that the averse condition techniques described in “A Clockwork Orange” were invented.
By the way, I see that Ukulele Ike and Eve have still not mastered the fine art of hyperlinks. Maybe this is a NYC knowledge deficiency. Behold, you city dwellers, a valid link! See it and marvel.
Why is there no ketchup on a properly made hot dog?
Is having mayonnaise on a hot dog an abomination? I have been known to put mayonnaise and mustard on it. (But mayonnaise is not mixed with relish! only with mustard.)
Chili goes on hotdogs. Chili and lots of onion chips. Fritos on the side.
Tomatoes go on hotdogs if chili is not available. Cristi has this nailed.
Mayonaise on hotdogs is a stench in the nostrils of God.
Okay, okay, I confess.
If I’m stuck with one of those filler-dogs – the kind even the over-tumericked French’s can’t resuscitate – I sometimes slit it open and insert a slice of sharp cheddar.
Just that, no other condiments. Almost gives those things an excuse for existing.
Ok, Cristi, I searched high and low for the tomato thing. No luck. So, could you possibly direct me. Please. I love tomatoes. 
Peace,
mangeorge
Then I’l shut up. Probably.
Why don’t we agree to eliminate the real culinary low-lifes right now.
The only authentic hot dogs are natural casing hot dogs. No chicken, no turkey, and certainly no “All beef”.
Anything else and it doesn’t really matter what you put on it.
Peace,
mangeorge
and I LOVE Ketchup on my hotdogs.
Damned uppity Chicagoans…I put LOTS of ketchup, mustard(Never Mayo…right nextt o the Sauerkraut, and onions.
Mmmmm…Gotta love it!
From a Summer at a hot dog stand long ago…
You’d probably be surprised at getting a hot dog order with peanut butter. I’d get about one of those a week.
There is no “right way” to eat anything, in my opinion. If I want to put ketchup on my scrambled eggs, I will. If I want to put ketchup on my grilled chicken, or my rice then I will. It tastes great to me, so that makes it OK.
And, for me, a hot dog, is NOT a hot dog, unless it has plenty of ketchup, mustard, and relish. Sometimes, I just eat two hot dog buns, with those two condiments, and nothing else.
Actually, they do give u “tomato sauce” (what we call it here mostly, ) at Maccers, only if u’re willing to pay something like 20cents a packet.
Something else i’ve noticed, people seem oke abt the idea of ketchup / tomato sauce on fries, potato chips etc…but i’ve seen some get shuddery just thinking abt it on top of a potato cake…now what’s the reason for that??
–Time for a midnight confession. At the risk of grossing out my Mother I’d mix ketchup in my mashed potatoes.
Whoa,
I’ve been away for a bit, so lemme get your points…
TP- Yes, sad to say, ketchup really has caught on in a big way in Eastern Europe. I’ve been in Budapest for almost two years now, and it’s not just here. Pecs, Debrecen, Szeged, Sopron, Szekesfehervar, you name it, ketchup is there. 
re: peanut butter, mayo, cream chees on hot dogs. God,
can this REALLY be true? Has our world sunken this low? We are truly wallowing in the filth of culinary degeneracy. I am ashamed, astounded, flabbergasted that such sinful behavior has been going on right under my nose. The Freemasons are surely behind this! May God have mercy on your fen-sucked worbellied souls.
GaWd- somebody must keep standards around here, even if it is us “uppity Chicagoans.” Although, I must confess, I have met many a young Windy City dwller who has been brainwashed by the conspiratorial Ketchup Industry (and Freemasons, of course) to wrongly believe that this wicked condiment has a place on all-beef sausages. Yes, I must append that the only true hot dogs are all-beef dogs in the manner of Vienna Beef or David Berg. The natural casing dogs, although
I like them very much, as I like sausages of all makes, I
must put into a different category. What is the problem with an all-beef dog? Don’t you dare tell me beef doesn’t
belong in a sausage product, because it certainly can be used. And don’t even mention that Oscar
guy. He has also led to the demoralization of our society with his commercials featuring ketchup AND hot dogs. Our children are so impressionable…
And finally, don’t forget that SPRINKLE OF CELERY SALT!
voguevixen - me too. I actually brought a bottle of ranch dressing to work so that on the rare occasions I go out for a batch of fries at lunch, I can take along a little styrofoam cup of ranch dressing.
If you like it on fries, try stirring a bit of ranch into your mashed potatoes. You’ll never go back.
Hebrew National with horseradish and a little catsup.
Mustard, Onions and a little cheese (Not a lot, just a sprinkle of cheddar.) Or
Chili, cheese and onions.
Though of late, if I’m having a chili dog, I wrap it in a flour tortilla and bake it for a bit. Kind of a hotdogurrito.
“Though of late, if I’m having a chili dog, I wrap it in a flour tortilla and bake it for a bit. Kind of a hotdogurrito.”
Add a little cheese, then deep fry it.
Peace,
mangeorge
Ketchup in Drebrecen??? (wipes away tear)
Well, I’ll tell you what. You head straight to Szondi’s (92 Lenin Korut IIRC – gee, not like I was a regular or anything). They’d never let ketchup in that place… though they might wheel it out in a little trolley if you really wanted it, and whisk it away later. Anything for the customer, y’know.
One of the joys of the old days was that while the average worker made 150 forint/mo, and a doctor’s base pay was 450 forint/mo, a single dollar was worth 50-100 forint. An American could live like a king for the price of a super-sized Big mac Combo-pack.
Is it still that way? I suppose it can’t be
Oh - I forgot to aska bout your name pulykamell…
Weren’t ‘pulyk’ sheepdogs?