# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/21 "2014-09-08T00:51:19Z")
Never. But will say this whole “Ketchup is blasphemy” thing is WAY over played. Just let them have their damn ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/22 "2014-09-08T00:53:36Z")
Ketchup on a hot dog is an abomination unto the Lord. But if other people wish to go to hell, ain’t no skin off my nose. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/23 "2014-09-08T01:06:33Z")
Ketchup on the hot dog? Never! Ketchup goes on the plate. For dipping. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/24 "2014-09-08T01:09:37Z")
Nope. I don’t put it on fries, either (mayo or nothing at all). I do like a bit with hot meatloaf for some reason, but have no patience with people who drown their food in the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/25 "2014-09-08T01:13:02Z")
I strongly dislike yellow mustard, so I grew up putting only ketchup on hot dogs. I have learned to like Dijon (Grey Poupon, of course!) mustard, and so I will now use that and ketchup. I have never tried just Dijon alone. I really ought to someday. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/26 "2014-09-08T01:21:33Z")
Yes, sometimes, but mostly in the hopes that a Chicagoan is nearby because I _really_ want their heads to explode. I don’t think they should be critical considering their taste in pizza. Seriously, if you like it, go for it. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/27 "2014-09-08T01:23:40Z")
I don’t put ketchup on my hot dogs, but then I also don’t put ketchup on my hamburgers or my french fries or much of anything else, so my answer here may not be terribly relevant. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/28 "2014-09-08T01:25:23Z")
I love ketchup on hot dogs and I don’t give a damn what anyone thinks about it. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/29 "2014-09-08T01:28:46Z")
Hell yes, I didn’t know people ate them without ketchup. However ketchup alone isn’t that good. Ketchup plus mustard (and/or relish) is much better. Mustard alone is good, but ketchup alone is not. Also wrap a hot dog in a slice of cheese, that is good. ---
**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 8, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/30 "2014-09-08T01:33:11Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Hell yes, I didn’t know people ate them without ketchup. You need to watch some more [Dirty Harry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDi4hiiozeI). 🙂 ---
**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 8, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/31 "2014-09-08T01:36:32Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Yes, sometimes, but mostly in the hopes that a Chicagoan is nearby because I _really_ want their heads to explode. One, it’s not just a Chicago thing. Two, nobody here _actually_ cares. > [@](#): > > I don’t think they should be critical considering their taste in pizza. If you think deep dish is the only or main thing going here, you’re wrong. > [@](#): > > Seriously, if you like it, go for it. Absolutely. As a Chicagoan, go for it. Nobody sincerely cares what you put on your hot dog. And I do know true blue Chicagoans who put ketchup on their hot dogs. They don’t give a fuck what others think about their condiment choices, either. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/32 "2014-09-08T01:41:55Z")
Eat whatever you want. It’s your taste buds and stomach, why should anybody else care? Why does this matter so much to people? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/33 "2014-09-08T02:03:14Z")
I never, ever do - but that has more to do with being highly allergic to ketchup than anything else. I don’t give a damn what other people put on their hot dogs. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/34 "2014-09-08T02:30:51Z")
If Sriracha sauce is a kind of ketchup then I vote yes. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/35 "2014-09-08T02:33:40Z")
I never understand who makes these “rules” you can’t break, but what can I say? I’m a rebel, Dottie. Or, at least a little. I’m not much on hot dogs per se, but I loves me some corny dogs with just a bit of ketchup. As for mustard, it’s about my favoritest thing ever (I like all kinds of the fancy stuff even), but for some reason, the red stuff hits the right sweet balance between all that bread and wiener. I ain’t ashamed neither. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/36 "2014-09-08T02:37:10Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I don’t put ketchup on my hot dogs, but then I also don’t put ketchup on my hamburgers or my french fries or much of anything else, so my answer here may not be terribly relevant. Same with me. I don’t eat ketchup. ---
**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, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/37 "2014-09-08T02:56:20Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > 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. (Bolding mine.) You’d hate to eat breakfast with me. I’ll get a steak and egg bowl from Wal-Mart and put ketchup all over that sucker. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/38 "2014-09-08T02:58:01Z")
2 hotdogs at a time. One with mustard only and one with mustard, ketchup and relish. That one is my dessert dog. And I occasionally have french fries with my ketchup. But they have to be good fries. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/39 "2014-09-08T03:01:20Z")
No! Never! I’ve even thought it odd to put cheese on hot dogs. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801/40 "2014-09-08T03:05:06Z")
I don’t put ketchup on anything. In fact, putting ketchup on your fries is a very good way to keep me from stealing them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-hot-dog-topic-in-a-week-do-you-put-ketchup-on-hot-dogs/697801.md?page=3)