# Ketchup on Hot Dogs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [August 6, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup-on-hot-dogs/838207 "2019-08-06T00:15:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup-on-hot-dogs/838207/61 "2019-08-13T15:30:43Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Objection, your honor. The witness is stating an opinion, it is not testimony based on fact. Objection sustained. The jury will disregard **RobDog** ’s statement due to his bitter resentment at living in a culinary black hole. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup-on-hot-dogs/838207/62 "2019-08-13T21:01:03Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > “Girls’ mustard” and “boys’ mustard”? The concept is baffling to me. Especially given that you had only two brands, which probably meant French’s yellow and Heinz yellow, Well, it was a concept developed by children under the age of 6, so its lack of scientific rigor might be explainable in that regard. The two brands were French’s (yellow, which was the only style they had back in prehistoric times) and Gulden’s, (which also only offered a single type, somewhat zestier.) The admittedly haphazard demographic study certainly did lack peer review, in the scientific sense, but don’t worry, the thought processes of children are often baffling to adults. Tris * * * No, really. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup-on-hot-dogs/838207/63 "2019-08-14T10:04:19Z")
Chronos: You do understand it was a designation of type preferred _ **by** _ boys or girls, not _ **ON** _ boys or girls, right? Tris ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup-on-hot-dogs/838207/64 "2019-08-14T12:45:56Z")
Well, I _did_ understand that. Now that you mention it, though, I’m not so sure. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup-on-hot-dogs/838207/65 "2019-08-14T13:31:25Z")
I _do_ remember a commercial for Gulden’s where a small boy is turning is nose up at the product on his hot dog in favor of a neon-yellow competitor. His older sister talks him into trying Gulden’s, telling him it’s heartier, not hotter. On taking a bite, he exclaims, “Hey! This is good!” In that snotty way only small girls can muster, she shoots back, “See? Heartier, not hotter!” ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup-on-hot-dogs/838207/66 "2019-08-14T22:22:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Well, I _did_ understand that. Now that you mention it, though, I’m not so sure. There are so many ways to go from there, but almost all of them would require you to put on your Mod Hat, and me to hide in the shadows until the thread drops off the list. I am choosing discretion. Not a common occurrence. Tris [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup-on-hot-dogs/838207.md?page=3)