# Hotdogs, weiners, klobasas and the like: Ketchup or Mustard? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 18, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758 "2003-06-18T18:35:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/1 "2003-06-18T18:35:16Z")
I admit, I’m a heretic. I like both. On a bun, one side ketchup, one side mustard (the tangyer the better). On a plate with kraut, more mustard, but I still gotta have a little lovin’ ketchup on the side…awwww yeah baby! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/2 "2003-06-18T18:45:48Z")
Ketchup is a no-no on a Chicago hot dog. I’m strictly a mustard girl. Mustard, Onion, a slice of pickle. Period. mmmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/3 "2003-06-18T18:54:24Z")
Mustard. Boars Head makes some pretty fine mustards, too. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/4 "2003-06-18T19:05:14Z")
_bleaagh_ And the last thing I’d murder with it is a good sausage. Mustard (of any kind)–no contest. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/5 "2003-06-18T19:06:01Z")
Normal hot dogs, like Ballpark franks or something, can have both but it is absolute sacrilege to use ketchup on kielbasas, bratwursts, and other sausages. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/6 "2003-06-18T19:07:37Z")
Ditto what **Aesiron** said. Also, you MUST have brat rolls, NOT hot dog rolls for brats. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/7 "2003-06-18T19:12:51Z")
Ketchup is for burgers and fries. Mustard for hot dogs, the hotter the better. ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/8 "2003-06-18T19:14:30Z")
ok, so i’m the first heathen to speak up. a hot dog – excellent vehicle for ketchup, mustard (on opposite sides of the doggy), topped with a lovely sweet pickle relish. and i _looooove_ ketchup with my kielbasa. gonna have some for dinner tonight, as a matter of fact. yummm. so, before you pick up stones and start screaming “HERESY”, may i just say i have equal parts Polish and Slovak in my heritage (mixed in with everything else). so nyah. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/9 "2003-06-18T19:30:50Z")
I don’t eat hot dogs. Period. Bratwurst, on a bun, gets mustard only. (unless kraut is available) Polish, or smoked sausage, no bun, dipped in… Light Karo syrup. Mmmmm… the sweet and the spicy all in one. My husband about tossed his cookies the first time he saw me do this. _heh_ ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/10 "2003-06-18T19:33:23Z")
Catsup is absolutely only for potato products. Not on hamburgers, hot dogs, or pretty much anything else. Hot dogs - only standard franks - definitely mustard. Sausages or kielbasa - plain or with BBQ sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Kyann22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@Kyann22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyann22)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/11 "2003-06-18T19:40:20Z")
Hotdogs? With Ketchup? No thank you. Very light mustard. and COLESLAW! I think this is a regional thing around my hometown. Everyone else thinks it gross. But I LOVE it. Yummy. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/12 "2003-06-18T19:44:02Z")
Kethup is only for bad potato products, too. Properly made and seasoned french fries need no ketchup. Ketchup is only good as a single ingredient for certain sauces, mixed with other condiments on burgers, and as a cover for bland fries. That’s pretty much it. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/13 "2003-06-18T20:06:01Z")
One of my benighted roommates, who claims to be pure German, descended from Germans who settled in northern Iowa, eats his bratwurst with ketchup! I haven’t hit him yet, but I’ll admit to seriously considering it. As for me, I sort of agree with Neurotik. Ketchup’s only good on fries, hamburgers, and sometimes fried chicken or fish, depending on the mediocrity of said chicken or fish. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/14 "2003-06-18T20:14:06Z")
Both. And some onions. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/15 "2003-06-18T20:30:29Z")
This kinda talk just kills me. Put whatever you want ON whatever you want. What’s the worst that could happen? It won’t taste good? The Weiner Police will come and beat you to death? Get over it, folks, and mind your own business. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/16 "2003-06-18T20:43:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \* > \*\*This kinda talk just kills me. Put whatever you want ON whatever you want. What’s the worst that could happen? It won’t taste good? The Weiner Police will come and beat you to death? > > Get over it, folks, and mind your own business. \*\* Ummm, he sorta asked… Anyhoo, to quote the immortal words of Detective Harry Callaghan: “God this stuff isn’t getting to me - the shootings, the knifings, the beatings. Old ladies being bashed in the head for their social security checks. Nah that doesn’t bother me. But you know what does bother me? You know what makes me really sick to my stomach? It’s watching you stuff your face with those hotdogs! Nobody - I mean nobody puts ketchup on a hot dog!” ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/17 "2003-06-18T20:48:36Z")
Mustard is 1st choice. Ketchup if no mustard available. ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/18 "2003-06-18T20:52:23Z")
Both Mustard and Ketchup. Occassionally Relish, but never, EVER onion. After the existance of the Bears, the insistance on no ketchup on hot dogs is the number one reason Chicago sucks. ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/19 "2003-06-18T21:06:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bump \* > \*\*One of my benighted roommates, who claims to be pure German, descended from Germans who settled in northern Iowa, eats his bratwurst with ketchup! > > I haven’t hit him yet, but I’ll admit to seriously considering it.\*\* You _should_ hit him – I’m also descended from Northern Iowa Germans, and the idea of using any tomato product on brats is sacrilegious. Mustard and/or kraut, definitely; grilled/sauteed onions are acceptable, too. That’s it – no other topping should even be mentioned in the brat’s presence. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758/20 "2003-06-18T21:17:28Z")
For me:[ul] [li]Hot Dogs: Boars Head in Natural casing…A dab of brown mustard only[/li][li]Bratwurst Weisswurst, et al.: No condiments required. Bush’s Bavarian style saurkraut and a dab of mustard once in a while[/ul][/li] **Culinary Advice From Dirty Harry** : > [@](#): > > Dirty Harry: (It’s not all the rapes and murders) “You know what makes me really sick to my stomach?” > > Detective Eating Hot Dog at Murder Scene: “What?” > > Dirty Harry: “It’s watching you stuff your face with those hot dogs! Nobody – I mean nobody, puts ketchup on a hot dog!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotdogs-weiners-klobasas-and-the-like-ketchup-or-mustard/182758.md?page=2)