# I ate a hot dog with ketchup yesterday **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565 "2016-06-05T12:04:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/61 "2016-06-06T06:27:52Z")
The passion some people have over the “correct” way other people should consume food will always intrigue and amaze me. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/62 "2016-06-06T06:53:25Z")
heh best weinerschnitzel non chilly dog is the old western dog it had bacon and and bbq sauce on it and I was fine with that tho funny thing tho as a kid I hated hot dogs… ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/63 "2016-06-06T07:38:52Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > “The hot dog is topped with yellow mustard, chopped white onions, bright green sweet pickle relish, a dill pickle spear, tomato slices or wedges, pickled sport peppers and a dash of celery salt” You forgot “a sprinkling of Tabasco sauce.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/64 "2016-06-06T07:42:22Z")
Sauerkraut with Bavarian mustard is good, provided the kraut is well drained and applied sparingly. The hot dogs/sausages should be steamed in the kraut juice. Ausgezeichnet! 🆒 ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/65 "2016-06-06T09:50:37Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > The passion some people have over the “correct” way other people should consume food will always intrigue and amaze me. I have to believe that virtually all of the It-Must-Be-As-Such declarations - at least in this thread - are good natured trash talk. I can’t believe any of us seriously gives a tortoise testicle about others’ condiment preferences. Right? mmm ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/66 "2016-06-06T10:39:19Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I have to believe that virtually all of the It-Must-Be-As-Such declarations - at least in this thread - are good natured trash talk. I believe so. I hope so. ---
**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 6, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/67 "2016-06-06T13:48:47Z")
I use ketchup rather sparingly on anyting–eh, not much for sweet condiments–but is there actually antipathy for ketchup among hot dog snobs? ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/68 "2016-06-06T13:55:05Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > I use ketchup rather sparingly on anyting–eh, not much for sweet condiments–but is there actually antipathy for ketchup among hot dog snobs? See [the National Hot Dog Council](http://www.hot-dog.org/culture/hot-dog-etiquette)’s etiquette guidelines for yourself. [Or Cecil’s column](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/679/why-is-there-no-ketchup-on-a-properly-made-hot-dog). Or [Dirty Harry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5JIpT4GkyM). I suppose it depends on what you mean by “actual antipathy,” (it’s all a bit jocular) but, yes, there’s a thing – and it’s NOT just Chicagoans (for example, Cecil’s column is from a discussion in Montreal), although it is most vociferously expressed here – about not putting ketchup on hot dogs. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/69 "2016-06-06T13:57:50Z")
Obviously what’s needed is a constitutional amendment protecting the right of all citizens to put ketchup anywhere they want on anything they want. We ketchup people have rights, too! You’ll have to pry the bottle from my cold, dead hand! (But be careful where you stand if it’s a squeeze bottle.) ---
**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 6, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/70 "2016-06-06T14:28:57Z")
Agreed! That said, if you put ketchup on falafel, _I will cut you_. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/71 "2016-06-06T14:45:24Z")
So now that Ketchup is okay, who can we ostracize? How about those crazy people who put Cole Slaw on their dogs? ---
**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 6, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/72 "2016-06-06T14:51:37Z")
^^Yeah, I’m all for that. In fact, cole slaw on any sandwich–but especially hot dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/73 "2016-06-06T15:06:34Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Ketchup on a Hot Dog is an Abomination. Period. > > Ask Clint Eastwood. Hrumpf. He can sit there in front of his empty chair and complain about his empty hot dog all day if her wants. Me, I’m adding ketchup. Or even catsup. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/74 "2016-06-06T17:01:41Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Obviously what’s needed is a constitutional amendment protecting the right of all citizens to put ketchup anywhere they want on anything they want. We ketchup people have rights, too! You’ll have to pry the bottle from my cold, dead hand! (But be careful where you stand if it’s a squeeze bottle.) That will just open up the door for pervert men to jump out and squeeze ketchup on the foods of our innocent little girls. If you’re in favor of that, you’re a monster. Semi seriously though, I live in Chicago, most of the Chicago hot dog places I’ve been to will put ketchup on your hot dog with little guff. The _traditional_ Chicago dog doesn’t have ketchup and it’s on all the posters and all but you’re not going to get struck down by a bolt of lightning for putting it on. I see more back and forth on this board about ketchup on hot dogs than I have ever seen in Chicago. If I’m at a hot dog stand and I order a traditional Chicago dog, I’ll have it without ketchup but if I’m at a cook out or something, I usually put ketchup on it. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/75 "2016-06-06T17:43:47Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > ^^Yeah, I’m all for that. In fact, cole slaw on any sandwich–but especially hot dogs. Cole slaw with some kick is pretty much required for BBQ pork sandwiches. I refuse to believe otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/76 "2016-06-06T18:16:39Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I see more back and forth on this board about ketchup on hot dogs than I have ever seen in Chicago. It’s not about Chicago. It’s about adulthood. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/77 "2016-06-06T18:38:54Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > The Seattle Dog: cream cheese (that’s right, you heard me!), grilled onion, jalapeño peppers and Rooster (Sriracha) Sauce. I’ve had cream cheese on a hot dog at Crif Dogs, a hipster joint on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. You can get cole slaw on a dog at Papaya King on 82nd and Third Avenue. Which I also enjoyed. Isn’t slaw a Pittsburgh thing, though? I had a couple of Chicago-style dogs at Al’s Italian Beef on Taylor Street (Chicago) last week, which were kinda blah. I suppose one shouldn’t cross that boundary…I would never order a beef at a hot dog place. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/78 "2016-06-06T19:56:47Z")
I just had two dogs with mustard, onion, tomato, pickle, relish & celery salt and they were heavenly. All you “There’s a garden on my hot dog” people are crazy in your heads. A great mixture of tastes and textures. It probably helps that the hot dogs were being served at the butcher’s shop who made them. They did have ketchup on the counter though. ---
**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 6, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/79 "2016-06-06T20:47:17Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > It’s not about Chicago. It’s about adulthood. Haven’t you heard? It’s OK to like kid’s stuff now. You can be a card-carrying, tax-paying adult, and still like video games, superhero movies and ketchup on your hot dogs. The Grownup Police won’t come and lock you away. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565/80 "2016-06-06T21:23:13Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Hrumpf. He can sit there in front of his empty chair and complain about his empty hot dog all day if her wants. > > Me, I’m adding ketchup. Or even catsup. Ha ha, yeah. I might try a dog with ketchup just out of spite. Up yours, Eastwood! (I’ll get another with mustard, onion, and celery salt; you know, as a palate cleanser!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565.md?page=5)