# Let's say I offered you five dollars to eat a Chicago-style hot dog...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 3, 2014, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256 "2014-10-03T06:02:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/1 "2014-10-03T06:02:54Z")
Suppose I told you that I’d pay you five bucks to eat a hot dog, Chicago-style.
[This is what it would look like, exact.](http://greatestamericanhotdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/chicago-dog.jpg)
You, to get the five bucks, must eat it all yourself and you’re not allowed to take ANYTHING off of it (that is currently on it…however you may add other things if you like).
Based on your opinion, which of the following choices in the poll would you say your answer would be closest to?
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### Author:  [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/2 "2014-10-03T06:12:01Z")
Not seeing a down side. Tomato, pickle, jalapeno (?), some onion and relish. For sure I would.
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### Author:  [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/3 "2014-10-03T06:18:18Z")
Delicious. Bring it.
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/4 "2014-10-03T06:19:33Z")
Hell Yeah!
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### Author:  [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/5 "2014-10-03T06:26:18Z")
Sure, why not?
If it were a poll of HOW MANY hot dogs would you eat if paid $5 each, then I guess I’d only eat about three or four. At that point the health drawbacks would outweigh the money.
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### Author:  [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/6 "2014-10-03T06:34:52Z")
Nope. I don’t like anything in that picture other than the meat and the bun. Even if I did like that stuff, I would not put it on a hotdog.
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### Author:  [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/7 "2014-10-03T07:14:17Z")
I never understood the fascination of “Chicago-style” hotdog decorations. First, it’s the same vanilla stuff you put on a hamburger or any other sandwich. Second, of course you want to decorate it. You don’t want to taste the hotdog, do you?
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### Author:  [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/8 "2014-10-03T07:31:38Z")
Yes, because $5 is $5. But intentionally putting tomatoes things that don’t need them makes me wonder if existence of the Chicago winter is not an accident.
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### Author:  [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/9 "2014-10-03T07:31:59Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#):
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> Not seeing a down side. Tomato, pickle, jalapeno (?), some onion and relish. For sure I would.
Not jalapeno, sport pepper.
[Click on each of the numbered pictures, in numerical order, to see how to make an official Chicago style hot dog.](http://www.viennabeef.com/building-a-chicago-style-hot-dog)
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/10 "2014-10-03T07:38:48Z")
The only thing there that should go anywhere near a hot dog is mustard. So, no.
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### Author:  [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/11 "2014-10-03T07:55:23Z")
I don’t understand how that’s different from just a “hot dog” - is it because there’s no ketchup? No relish? It looks like an ordinary hot dog to me, I will love it - I think I’ll add some chutney, though.
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### Author:  [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/12 "2014-10-03T09:57:45Z")
I don’t care for mustard, so no thanks.
Maybe for $500.00.
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### Author:  [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/13 "2014-10-03T10:05:23Z")
I’d eat it. I don’t like the tomatoes and wouldn’t enjoy it. But I’ve eaten worse things for free.
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/14 "2014-10-03T10:10:43Z")
All of it looks rather yummy, although there might be a little too much mustard on it. And I’d probably add a little mayo. So I guess the closest is the #3 answer, even though I would need a gluten-free bun.
Now, if it only cost $5 with said bun, I’d pay for it.
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### Author:  [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/15 "2014-10-03T10:12:54Z")
There’s no ketchup on it, so sure. $5 is $5.
(Ketchup on a hot dog is an abomination.)
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/16 "2014-10-03T10:18:38Z")
I’d eat one. Not my style of dog. I don’t think tomatoes belong on a hot dog except in the form of ketchup. But I wouldn’t be repulsed by it, either. I’d eat them as long as you kept those $5 bills coming.
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### Author:  [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/17 "2014-10-03T10:28:09Z")
What’s the green stuff - is it gherkin? That might be weird. How hot is the mustard?
The worst thing about hot dogs is that the meat is not usually that great, but if it was a decent sausage-y thing I’d happily eat it.
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/18 "2014-10-03T10:37:58Z")
> [@MrDibble](#):
>
> I don’t understand how that’s different from just a “hot dog” - is it because there’s no ketchup? No relish? It looks like an ordinary hot dog to me, I will love it - I think I’ll add some chutney, though.
> [@Weedy](#):
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> What’s the green stuff - is it gherkin? That might be weird. How hot is the mustard?
>
> The worst thing about hot dogs is that the meat is not usually that great, but if it was a decent sausage-y thing I’d happily eat it.
The green stuff is relish.
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### Author:  [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/19 "2014-10-03T11:39:35Z")
Not for me, but that’s purely a function of me assuming the hot dog is traditional and contains nitrates, which I cannot eat. Make it a vegetarian hot dog or a sausage without the nitrates, and sure, I’ll eat it. No idea if I’ll like it or not, but it looks fine.
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### Author:  [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/20 "2014-10-03T11:44:28Z")
Assuming it’s a veggie dog, sure, though I don’t like relish.
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