# Third hot dog topic in a week--Do you put ketchup on hot dogs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801 "2014-09-07T22:39:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/1 "2014-09-07T22:39:23Z")
So the two hot dog threads made me wonder (after reading them and noticing the strong opinions people seem to have for the inclusion or exclusion of ketchup), you ever do it? Why, yes…I do. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/2 "2014-09-07T22:40:19Z")
I know I’m not “supposed” to, but it’s how I like them. Yes, yes I put ketchup on hot dogs. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/3 "2014-09-07T22:40:59Z")
No. I still hold by the same opinion I had the subject when I was 6: Ketchup on a hot dog is yucky. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/4 "2014-09-07T22:41:22Z")
You, of all people, should know better than to raise this issue yet again. I’m giving odds there are two warnings, a couple of mod notes and a lock in the future of this thread. Or it disappears without a ripple. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/5 "2014-09-07T22:43:36Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > You, of all people, should know better than to raise this issue yet again. > > I’m giving odds there are two warnings, a couple of mod notes and a lock in the future of this thread. Or it disappears without a ripple. _ashamed_ ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/6 "2014-09-07T22:47:49Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Do you put ketchup on hot dogs?..Why, yes…I do. Your posting privileges are under review. I can’t do anything about them, but I’m gonna review them just the same. mmm ---
**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:** [September 7, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/7 "2014-09-07T22:54:23Z")
Never. Well, that’s not exactly swear-to-God-on-the-Holy-Bible true, but it’s close enough. 99% of the time I will not put ketchup on a hot dog. I’ve done it when I was doing a make-shift currywurst type of thing. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/8 "2014-09-07T23:06:35Z")
Yes, and dammit, I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/9 "2014-09-07T23:24:46Z")
Ketchup & kraut. I’m not ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/10 "2014-09-07T23:26:44Z")
I used to when I was a kid. Every once in a blue moon I’ll do it for nostalgia sake. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/11 "2014-09-07T23:27:02Z")
Regular picnic/grill chicken/parts dog, Yes. Chicago style or an all beef Kosherphallic…ahhh, NO! ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/12 "2014-09-07T23:35:37Z")
When I was five, I used to split my hot dogs down the middle, lengthwise, and pour a bead of ketchup in the groove. Now, I never use ketchup on them. But I have no problem with people who do. It’s a free country after all. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/13 "2014-09-07T23:45:56Z")
i’m kinkier that the next guy. but that, no never. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/14 "2014-09-08T00:03:03Z")
If I end up in hell when I die, my torture will be an endless supply of hot dogs with only ketchup available to put on them. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/15 "2014-09-08T00:08:43Z")
Yes, I like ketchup on my dog. Always have, always will. I refuse to be ashamed about it. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/16 "2014-09-08T00:09:05Z")
Ketchup, mustard and mayo. Anything to make myself forget that I’m eating extruded mammal squeezin’s. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/17 "2014-09-08T00:10:40Z")
I won’t even eat hot dogs if I’ve run out of ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/18 "2014-09-08T00:23:08Z")
I love the taste of ketchup. I eat the ketchup out of packets sometimes even but I only like it on a few things: Burgers, French Fries (also tater tots) and Onion Rings. I hate Ketchup on the other things people would put it on: Hot Dogs, Eggs, Chicken,…steak \. It makes all those things just taste like ketchup instead of what they are. Can’t explain why I don’t feel the same way about burgers but I do. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/19 "2014-09-08T00:28:05Z")
#3 = ketchup joint wiener = chili + cheese ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/20 "2014-09-08T00:38:12Z")
Always. Occasionally (generally when I’m at the ballpark) I will also use mustard, but ketchup is my condiment of choice. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801.md?page=2)