# Hot dogs: what do you like on em **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379 "2012-06-17T00:07:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/21 "2012-06-17T00:54:43Z")
All that stuff’s good. Usually I take it with whatever’s available. If I’m on my own it’s just ketchup and mustard 'cause that’s normally what I have. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/22 "2012-06-17T01:01:05Z")
> [@oreally](#): > > Unless you dislike this kind of thing in general, I suggest trying a hot mustard, esp a sweet n hot. And the cocktail sauce instead of ketchup. The ultimate in Spicy Hot mustard is the one they make up at [Philippe’s](http://www.philippes.com/). The stuff will clear the sinuses of anybody you’ve ever talked to on the phone. Available by mail order, and I need to restock. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/23 "2012-06-17T01:03:36Z")
Mustard. That’s all. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/24 "2012-06-17T01:07:10Z")
At home, I have mustard and relish. From the hot dog cart, I have mustard, relish, onions and pickled banana pepper rings. Once in a while, I’ll have a chili dog. I like mustard on my chili dog, but I’ll take it however it comes. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/25 "2012-06-17T01:08:41Z")
> [@oreally](#): > > Unless you dislike this kind of thing in general, I suggest trying a hot mustard, esp a sweet n hot. And the cocktail sauce instead of ketchup. I’ll take it the way I like, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/26 "2012-06-17T01:24:16Z")
Ketchup and Relish. That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/27 "2012-06-17T01:32:00Z")
You haven’t lived until you’ve had a dog with [Sriracha](http://www.huyfong.com/no_frames/sriracha.htm) hot sauce on it! Sriracha, mustard, shredded cheddar and sweet relish. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/28 "2012-06-17T01:40:36Z")
For a long time, in my early adulthood, I thought I didn’t really like hotdogs anymore, so I only had them very occasionally. Eventually, I realized it wasn’t the hotdogs I wasn’t crazy about; it was ketchup on hotdogs. I’d just continued to slather ketchup on every time I had them, because that’s what I just thought you did. When I finally switched over to mustard, I realized just how delicious a hotdog could be again. Usually I’m content with just mustard, and maybe some relish, but there is a great hotdog place around the corner from me, [Fab Hot Dogs](http://fabhotdogsreseda.com/), and they have a wide selection with all sorts of toppings most purists would probably scoff at, but everything I’ve tried has been surprisingly tasty. My favorite is the Lincoln Log Dog, which is a “bacon wrapped all-beef dog topped with cream cheese, tomato, diced onions, hot sauce, mustard and celery salt.” Yes, cream cheese on a hot dog. And it is delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/29 "2012-06-17T02:04:13Z")
Mayo and mustard. ---
**Author:** ![bot3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@bot3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bot3)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/30 "2012-06-17T02:05:20Z")
What’s important is the brand of hot dog. Each area has it’s favorites. Here in Western New York it’s Salhen’s, in Rochester it’s Zweigles. For me it must be Weber’s mustered. Another Western New York Staple. And it eating out, Ted’s hotdog are the best. You people in Arizona know what I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/31 "2012-06-17T02:22:15Z")
I tend to fix one with mustard and one with ketchup . . . then alternate. And you left out sauerkraut. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/32 "2012-06-17T02:45:35Z")
Only ketchup, never anything else. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/33 "2012-06-17T03:43:27Z")
At home: Hebrew National low-fat dog, poppy seed bun, medium-small amount of relish, just enough mustard to balance the relish, generous helping of chopped onion. At Superdawg: everything but peppers (includes a pickled tomato wedge, which I eat separately). ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/34 "2012-06-17T03:47:09Z")
Mustard and onions only. And I’ll admit to being slightly snobby about what brands I buy in the store, though I’ll down whatever is served up elsewhere without complaint. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/35 "2012-06-17T04:34:33Z")
Ketchup, mustard and sauerkraut. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/36 "2012-06-17T04:57:16Z")
Mustard, sauerkraut, relish. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/37 "2012-06-17T05:32:35Z")
Gotta have celery salt and I do like ketchup on a dog, sue me! ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/38 "2012-06-17T05:37:20Z")
I voted sauerkraut, which isn’t on the poll. Nathan’s or, if I must, Hebrew National. I’m not exactly Mr. Toppings. The number of toppings I put on hot dogs exceeds the number I put on pizza by one. ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/39 "2012-06-17T05:39:22Z")
I like everything on the list on a hot dog (except, of course, Ketchup - I’m not 5 years old), and then some…by “Onion” I mean I like NYC style cooked onions, not the raw chopped onions I’ve seen served at some places. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379/40 "2012-06-17T06:18:13Z")
You know, it’s fine if you just don’t like ketchup, but I’ve had it up to here with people who refer to putting it on hot dogs as some sort of moral failing. If you put ketchup on french fries, you can put ketchup on hot dogs. The latter isn’t higher cuisine than the former. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-what-do-you-like-on-em/625379.md?page=3)