# Should serving hot dogs with ketchup rather than mustard & relish be punished by death? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609 "2020-02-27T17:38:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/1 "2020-02-27T17:38:39Z")
Please explain your answer. Poll coming. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/2 "2020-02-27T18:01:50Z")
Sweet relish is a abomination, IMHO, but I have given up on that hill. Mustard. Unless it’s a chili dog- in which case, might as well have mustard anyway. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/3 "2020-02-27T18:03:04Z")
Ketchup OR relish should be punished by death. Even when I make Chicago-style hot dogs at home, I leave out that awful Day-Glo relish. The sliced dill pickle is enough pickle for me. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/4 "2020-02-27T18:05:58Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > …Unless it’s a chili dog- in which case, might as well have mustard anyway. At Johnny’s Hot Dog, at the southwest corner of Cleveland’s West Side Market, they always want to put mustard on my breakfast chili dogs. And look at me funny when I decline. Why the hell would a good chili dog need mustard? Do you stir mustard into your bowl o’ red? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/5 "2020-02-27T18:12:11Z")
I’m a mustard and onions guy. Or full Chicago dog. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/6 "2020-02-27T18:17:39Z")
We’ve done this _ad infinitum._ And, as a self-styled hot dog expert, I will tell you - Ketchup on hot dogs is perfectly OK, and my preferred condiment (along with spicy mustard, relish, kraut and onions). ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/7 "2020-02-27T18:17:43Z")
No one really cares what’s on your hot dog. The poll choices are dumb. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/8 "2020-02-27T18:20:03Z")
I like mustard AND ketchup, together. COME AT ME. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/9 "2020-02-27T18:21:07Z")
Chicago native. I put ketchup on my dog. So sue me. And what **jnglmassiv** said. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/10 "2020-02-27T18:33:49Z")
Ketchup AND mustard AND (sweet) relish is the only way to eat a hot dog. However, ketchup on a bratwurst is an abomination, and anyone who does this should be taken out and flogged. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/11 "2020-02-27T18:53:11Z")
People who put ketchup on their own hot dogs have already been punished enough, by having to eat hot dogs with ketchup on them. People who put ketchup on other people’s hot dogs should not be allowed around food. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/12 "2020-02-27T18:59:29Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > We’ve done this _ad infinitum._ > And, as a self-styled hot dog expert, I will tell you - Ketchup on hot dogs is perfectly OK, and my preferred condiment (along with spicy mustard, relish, kraut and onions). I am not opposed to people who choose to put catchup on their hotdogs as long as they confine their perversions to the privacy of their own homes. Only to people who push catch up on to other people’s hotdogs. ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/13 "2020-02-27T19:00:56Z")
Mustard is an abomination. A sinus-burning, taste overwhelming, tastes-like-poop-dipped-graphite horror. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/14 "2020-02-27T19:09:05Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I am not opposed to people who choose to put catchup on their hotdogs as long as they confine their perversions to the privacy of their own homes. Only to people who push catch up on to other people’s hotdogs. I proudly eat my hot dogs with Ketchup - _in public!_ You can find me and my workout partner at Costco after the gym sometimes, eating our cheap dogs with _everything_ on them, if you want to make something of it… ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/15 "2020-02-27T19:11:00Z")
> [@Noelq](#): > > Mustard is an abomination. > > A sinus-burning, taste overwhelming, tastes-like-poop-dipped-graphite horror. While you are of course incorrect, I applaud you for entering into this thread with the proper bombastic attitude. When the time comes, your death will be quick and painless. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/16 "2020-02-27T19:12:40Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I proudly eat my hot dogs with Ketchup - _in public!_ > You can find me and my workout partner at Costco after the gym sometimes, eating our cheap dogs with _everything_ on them, if you want to make something of it… So what you’re telling us is that you’re a communist. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/17 "2020-02-27T19:12:48Z")
I will not eat a hot dog (or anything else) with ketchup, mustard, or relish. I might consent to some diced onions. However, since 99% of the world is different than me, I don’t object to the way anyone wants to eat a hot dog. My only concern is that once it has a condiment on it, I can’t finish it off if my wife doesn’t eat all of hers. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/18 "2020-02-27T19:24:03Z")
Not if you mix a sufficient amount of curry powder into the catsup first. Look up [currywurst.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currywurst) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/19 "2020-02-27T19:35:20Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > So what you’re telling us is that you’re a communist. Better Red than not able to eat my dogs the way I want, I always say. (Well, not actually, it’s too long and doesn’t rhyme, but you get the idea). ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/20 "2020-02-27T19:41:00Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Better Red than not able to eat my dogs the way I want, I always say. > > (Well, not actually, it’s too long and doesn’t rhyme, but you get the idea). Better Red than mustard-befouled Bread? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609.md?page=2)