# Hot Dog! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2014, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771 "2014-01-14T07:43:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/1 "2014-01-14T07:43:27Z")
I prefer my hot dogs naked. Just an all beef tubesteak on a bun. I figure a good one doesn’t need anything else to make it good. Now, I realize I’m in the minority on this and that most people think a cooked hot dog on a bun is merely a blank canvas awaiting the proper application of an array of condiments to turn it into a gustatory work of art. So, what do you like on your dogs? And for this, let’s not get into how you prefer them cooked, i.e. steamed, boiled, grilled, on a stick over a campfire, etc… Or the steamed, toasted, raw bun debate. Just the toppings and/or condiments. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/2 "2014-01-14T08:00:50Z")
Mustard Onions Relish ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/3 "2014-01-14T08:31:58Z")
Cheddar cheese! ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/4 "2014-01-14T08:36:58Z")
> [@randompattern](#): > > Mustard > > Onions > > Relish Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/5 "2014-01-14T08:38:05Z")
Not eaten while inside a bun if I can help it. But I want the mustard (different types in fact.) I also want a selection of different sausages, along with fried apples, boiled cabbage, and steins of beer. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/6 "2014-01-14T08:39:10Z")
Mustard and onions. Hold the relish unless we’re going all the way with tomatoes, sport peppers and celery salt. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/7 "2014-01-14T09:39:15Z")
Finely chopped raw onion, caramelized onion, mustard. A combo I served to a friend who hadn’t had it before. He christened it a Rob Dog. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/8 "2014-01-14T10:09:50Z")
Creamed corn, carrots, and cabbage. Not really. Ketchup. Heinz. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/9 "2014-01-14T10:30:47Z")
Mustard, sauerkraut and ketchup. Yeah, that’s right. Ketchup, bitches. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/10 "2014-01-14T10:43:58Z")
Sriracha and onions for me, no bun and cut into a stick man or octopus for my son. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/11 "2014-01-14T11:54:11Z")
Pretty much any which way, but often mustard alone is simply wonderful. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/12 "2014-01-14T12:09:27Z")
Mustard and chopped white onion. On a Nathan’s, please. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/13 "2014-01-14T16:04:56Z")
I like to mix it up. Sometimes I just want mustard and sweet relish. Other days I get crazy with chopped tomatoes, cheddar shreds, bacon, and a mix of mayo and barbecue sauce. Some days I just want one cold straight out of the fridge. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/14 "2014-01-14T16:07:38Z")
At a ball park - onions, mustard, relish At home - onions, BBQ sauce and relish On the road - what looks interesting? I’ll eat Sonoran dogs, Carolina dogs, all sorts of weird stuff. Just never a Chicago dog. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/15 "2014-01-14T16:12:29Z")
Mustard, onion, relish, sport peppers. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/16 "2014-01-14T16:18:24Z")
Sport peppers? I have never heard of sport peppers. I just Googled them, and I’d try them in a heartbeat, but we seem to have only hot pepper rings, or Jalapeños around these parts. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/17 "2014-01-14T16:19:47Z")
Nothin’. “Dry dogs”, as my wife calls them. If I wanted a bunch of condiments, I would be sucking on ketchup packets, but I wanted to taste a hot dog, and that’s all I require. Pretzel buns are nice, though. What I find funny about it is that I like to buy nice, premium dogs, bun-length ones, for myself. My wife, on the other hand, likes the 99-cents-per-package “ghetto dogs”, which she then covers in other stuff to eat. She says mine are too “sausagey”. I guess that means “flavorful”. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/18 "2014-01-14T16:21:18Z")
I agree with the OP: make mine a Hebrew National on a bun, naked. I also like them cut up in a big mess of baked beans. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/19 "2014-01-14T16:25:05Z")
Grilled, on a potato roll, miracle whip, and MY home made no bean chili, melted velveeta. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771/20 "2014-01-14T16:35:22Z")
I like ketchup on my hot dogs, and I’m not afraid to admit it. At the ballpark, I’ll often have ketchup and mustard. At home, I’ll often put some cheddar cheese along with my ketchup, and if we happen to have some cooked up, a slice of bacon. Or, if I’m feeling particularly adventurous, I’ll smother it with chili, topped with cheese (no ketchup here) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dog/678771.md?page=2)