# 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:** 4
**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:** [February 28, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/61 "2020-02-28T03:32:58Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > no you will eat as i tell you Anyone who uses hyperbole in a thread about food preferences should be drawn and quartered! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/62 "2020-02-28T04:20:21Z")
I like both ketchup on my hotdogs and Antarctica, so bring it. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/63 "2020-02-28T07:47:01Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Who the hell made you the Hot Dog maven? > The mere fact that you are equating a hot dog and sushi makes your opinion suspect. Whoosh… ---
**Author:** ![fschwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3e96dc/32.png) [@fschwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fschwartz)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/64 "2020-02-28T12:09:53Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > 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. I’ll agree with this but sauerkraut can/may go on both of them. ---
**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 28, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/65 "2020-02-28T12:21:48Z")
Nm ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/66 "2020-02-28T12:38:44Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I like mustard AND ketchup, together. COME AT ME. I’M COMING AT YOU…to get a hot dog with mustard and ketchup on it, because that’s how I like mine too. What are hot dogs in Tel Aviv like? (Beef, I’m assuming.) Onions are tolerable but not necessary. Relish is horrible. Chili is just too messy. > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I phrased both OP & poll question quite carefully. My complaint is to serving the dogs with ketchup already on them, something when would only expect to be done in a Turkish prison. Oh sure, unless you’ve ordered a chili dog or something specialist, hot dogs should come plain for the consumer to augment with whatever condiments desired. No argument there. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/67 "2020-02-28T12:46:59Z")
Is it your stomach? Then who cares? ---
**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 28, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/68 "2020-02-28T13:33:31Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I like both ketchup on my hotdogs and Antarctica, so bring it. You like ketchup on Antarctica? Are you Galactus or something? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/69 "2020-02-28T13:35:41Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Ketchup OR relish should be punished by death. OK, I just killed some relish for you. It’s dead. 😛 Since you said ‘or’, I commuted the ketchup’s sentence to life imprisonment in my fridge. 😃 I continue to fail to understand this worship of the parts of the animal of such low regard that they couldn’t be sold as a cut of meat, or even as ground beef or chicken or whatever. The notion that such an agglomeration of bits of meat you’d never use for any better purpose shouldn’t be touched by a tomato-based condiment is truly bizarre. It’s like saying a sandwich of bologna and pasteurized process cheese food on Wonder bread should never be made with Miracle Whip, but only with real mayo. It is _not_ like pouring A-1 Sauce all over one’s filet mignon, which is how you guys seem to react to people who don’t eat these leftover scraps in the manner your nutso cult insists they be eaten. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/70 "2020-02-28T13:44:03Z")
I like both ketchup and mustard on my hot dogs, but I am nekulturny like that. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/71 "2020-02-28T14:34:14Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I continue to fail to understand this worship of the parts of the animal of such low regard that they couldn’t be sold as a cut of meat, or even as ground beef or chicken or whatever. Try a nice kosher hotdog, much better tasting. But I’ll still put ketchup on it. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/72 "2020-02-28T14:36:37Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > I’m a mustard and onions guy. Or full Chicago dog. You, **Snarky\_Kong** , have good taste and I would gladly share a table of hot dogs with you. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/73 "2020-02-28T14:53:04Z")
I think people should be allowed any and all condiments of their choosing. So shoot me! ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/74 "2020-02-28T14:53:17Z")
I must admit that when I was a child I loathed mustard or anything tangy/spicy and loved ketchup on hotdogs. Now I consider it an abomination. I can tolerate it if both are used but there better be fied onions and other goodies on it too. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/75 "2020-02-28T14:54:06Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Everyplace else, you take your damn dog over to the condiment area and fix it the way you like. I only ever see a ‘condiment area’ at gas stations during road trips, and then it’s often just bins of packets. Around here, restaurants with hot dogs only have a ketchup pump for public dispensing. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/76 "2020-02-28T15:00:56Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Try a nice kosher hotdog, much better tasting. But I’ll still put ketchup on it. My description fits kosher hot dogs just fine. Kosher dogs differ by (a) the cows and chickens having been slaughtered in accordance with Jewish law, and especially (b) no pig bits allowed. ---
**Author:** ![Jonascord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@Jonascord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonascord)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/77 "2020-02-28T15:01:39Z")
Putting ketchup on hotdogs is simply admitting that you like ketchup to the exclusion of anything else on the planet. Mustard and relish enhances. Ketchup masks. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/78 "2020-02-28T15:06:41Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > I only ever see a ‘condiment area’ at gas stations during road trips, and then it’s often just bins of packets. Around here, restaurants with hot dogs only have a ketchup pump for public dispensing. I see them at food trucks. The one I get my half-smokes at, at the local farmers’ market during the summer, sets up a small table next to the truck, with ketchup and mustard and relish and vinegar and stuff - not that I put any of that on a half-smoke: I don’t want to drown out the spices. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/79 "2020-02-28T15:13:22Z")
> [@Jonascord](#): > > Putting ketchup on hotdogs is simply admitting that you like ketchup to the exclusion of anything else on the planet. Now if someone puts ketchup on everything from lobster to dark chocolate, you might have an argument. But the most that putting ketchup on hot dogs can possibly mean is that one likes ketchup to the exclusion of _hot dogs_. I’d disagree with that too, but I’ll save that for another time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609/80 "2020-02-28T15:18:05Z")
> [@Jonascord](#): > > Putting ketchup on hotdogs is simply admitting that you like ketchup to the exclusion of anything else on the planet. Mustard and relish enhances. Ketchup masks. You think ketchup masks and mustard doesn’t? What kind of weak-ass mustard are you using? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609.md?page=5)