# Let's say I offered you five dollars to eat a Chicago-style hot dog... **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/81 "2014-10-03T16:15:35Z")
I think raw tomatoes and celery salt are both entirely disgusting, and I can get $5 by spending an extra 20 minutes at work filing charts while someone tells me stories about their dog. So I’ll pass, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/82 "2014-10-03T16:24:16Z")
Are we in the city in a park on a windy day when the pretty women in short skirts are walking by? And a drink, I want a drink to go with it. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/83 "2014-10-03T16:27:57Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Yeah, that looks like a distinct improvement. I may lose my Chicago cred, but my favorite dog is the Sahlen hot dog (pork and beef), char-grilled, as served at [Ted’s in Buffalo](http://r2-store.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/postimage/201409/63/fbce2e66bf3743cccdb29b30c3e427a7.jpg) (and one outpost in Phoenix.) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/84 "2014-10-03T16:37:17Z")
For the record this thread is the first time I’ve ever heard the term sport pepper. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/85 "2014-10-03T16:42:44Z")
Curse you, OP! Because of this thread, I went over to Shake Shack at lunch and had their Shack-ago hot dog. And, then I had another. That’s no way to keep my cholesterol down! And, no one even paid me $5 or $10! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/86 "2014-10-03T16:49:11Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > [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) The only thing on the OP’s dog I don’t like is the weird green relish, but I’d enjoy the rest enough to overcome that. The dog in your link has much more relish. I’d still eat it, and maybe kind of like it, but I’d rather have the OP’s version, thanks anyway. ETA: I do think yours is more authentic, though. Isn’t the OP’s dog a little sparse? ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/87 "2014-10-03T16:49:43Z")
If I have two will I get $10 bucks? ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/88 "2014-10-03T16:51:05Z")
The one and only time I had one was at a Cubs game, at one of those houses across the street where they host parties. A native insisted when I said I had never heard of such a thing, constructed one for me, and I gobbled it up. Yum! Every once in a while I think of that and wonder how to get another one, back here on the east coast. I guess I’ll have to assemble the ingredients and make my own, unless someone comes along and offers me $5 to eat one. $5 _and_ I get one of those dogs? You bet… ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/89 "2014-10-03T16:58:22Z")
I picked choice 3 because there’s not an option between Yes, I’d do it, but I wouldn’t like the hot dog due to not liking them/something on it. and Yes, I’d do it, and I’d love and enjoy that delicious dog as I eat it, too. A tasty style. and that missing option for me would be something like: Yes, I’d do it. I don’t dislike anything on the dog, but I would never make one like that for myself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/90 "2014-10-03T17:02:11Z")
Tomato slices on a hot dog? Uh, no. I wouldn’t eat it for $50. I always remove tomato from any sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/91 "2014-10-03T17:15:34Z")
I had never had a Chicago style hot dog. The pickle spear seems needlessly excessive. I would certainly try one for five bucks. If I every get to Chicago I will try one even without being paid. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/92 "2014-10-03T17:19:18Z")
If I can’t pull off the pickle and pepper, and scrape off the mustard and relish, or better yet never have those things touch my hotdog to begin with, then I’ll go hungry, thanks. Hotdog with just tomatoes, chopped onion and that yummy-looking bun? Two please! ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/93 "2014-10-03T18:03:10Z")
Too many deal breakers. Mustard: Forget it. Will not eat. Dill pickle: See mustard. Under most circumstances I consider hot dogs and catsup to be mutually inclusive. That is, hot dogs are not edible without catsup, catsup is not edible unless it’s on a hot dog. If I’m hungry enough, sweet relish could be substituted for catsup. Also, I find it incredibly pretentious and annoying when municipalities try to pretend they have some special “ownership” of certain foods. Chicago hot dogs? New York pizza? KC steaks? It’s the same food everyone else has. Get over yourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/94 "2014-10-03T18:41:45Z")
Well, hell yes. I’ll buy a beer with that $5 and enjoy my meal. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/95 "2014-10-03T19:04:49Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > Too many deal breakers. Mustard: Forget it. Will not eat. Dill pickle: See mustard. > > Under most circumstances I consider hot dogs and catsup to be mutually inclusive. That is, hot dogs are not edible without catsup, catsup is not edible unless it’s on a hot dog. If I’m hungry enough, sweet relish could be substituted for catsup. > > Also, I find it incredibly pretentious and annoying when municipalities try to pretend they have some special “ownership” of certain foods. Chicago hot dogs? New York pizza? KC steaks? It’s the same food everyone else has. Get over yourselves. You sound like a lot of fun. Your last sentence is ludicrous. That combination of hot dog toppings likely isn’t common in say, Tuscaloosa. And if you happen to find a hot dog with neon relish, tomato, sport peppers, etc in Tuscaloosa, they will probably call it a Chicago Dog. Food, even commonly available food, is allowed to have regional variation that is distinctive. St. Louis Toasted Ravioli, Sheboygan-style brats, New Mexico green, I love the unique regional takes on dishes. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/96 "2014-10-03T19:31:15Z")
Not how I’d build a dog - I’d leave off the tomatoes, but keep everything else. But tomatoes are hardly a deal breaker. I’d eat it in a second. I’d eat if if the sport pepper had been a jalapeno. In fact it looks like a dog I grabbed at O’Hare between flights a while ago, and I was glad to have it. But I used to live in Cajun country, and Cajuns will eat any damn thing. ---
**Author:** ![fstbk1968](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3bc359/32.png) [@fstbk1968](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fstbk1968)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/97 "2014-10-03T19:37:13Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I don’t care for mustard, so no thanks. > > Maybe for $500.00. Me too. Mustard makes me gag. So I always order mine with ketchup, which always means some wise guy is going to make some wise-crack about ketchup & hot dogs, which means I tell him to…it’s just easier to skip it.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/98 "2014-10-03T20:09:52Z")
Oh god yeah. Chicago dogs are da bomb. I had my first one about two years ago and now I make them all the time at home. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/99 "2014-10-03T20:17:59Z")
I am not sure if raw onions are worth 5 bucks, that mutant green shit called relish is actively frightening. Put some real relish on there and grilled onions and you have a deal. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256/100 "2014-10-03T20:23:04Z")
I didn’t see an option for ‘Yeah, why not? Gimme the fin’ so I didn’t vote. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-i-offered-you-five-dollars-to-eat-a-chicago-style-hot-dog/700256.md?page=6)