THIS is why I’m an agnostic.
Nay, nay, I say no ketchup allowed upon these dogs! Mein Gott!
Only mustard and onions, please.
::: muttering ::: … infidels…
A hot dog was never intended to be adorned with catsup. You must start with a quality all beef, natural casing, honest to goodness frank. The frank and bun are then adorned with either spicy brown Guldens mustard or Grey Poupon mustard and then onions, sauerkraut and pepperocini top the whole thing off.
/slight hijack
“Mustard Museum”
“Fighting condiment crime in Wisconsin, I offer this link to the world’s “largest” mustard museum–3,341 varieties as of posting date.”
I can’t believe the Mustard Museum made it to these message boards. It is in my hometown, Mount Horeb, WI (now up to about 4000 people), which is not the kind of place that comes up on the net. The guy who runs the museum is pretty amusing, but I don’t like mustard so I’ve only been there once.
/end hijack
I read the hot dog Classics column every once in a while, and the quote “Behold this creature…” is one that bears saying in a Thurl Ravenscroft-type voice at random times.
And yet… I don’t even think about it, and there it goes on my hot dog. Ketchup.
I’m sorry. I come from New England, and we don’t have very many condiments up there. F’r crissake, the damn bottle sits on every table at every greasy spoon I’ve ever been to! Daring me not to pick it up and use it! What else can I do?!
I promise I’ll try harder. I’ll work with the mustard, the pickle, even the celery salt. I’m sure I’ll like it - just have to break this dependency. I know I can do it.
But at least I don’t put the stuff on my fries. That’s what mayonnaise is for.
As I read the OP, I wondered why such a silly question ever had to be asked: Of course everyone puts ketchup on hot dogs!
It appears that I was mistaken. But then again, this is actually the first time I have ever read of people who were actually Anti-Ketchup (as far as hot dogs and burgers go). The thought never crossed my mind. Seriously. 
In my case, the ketchup is always there on my hot dog except in cases where this is an equal amount of chili which I can substitute for it. (I’ll take one or the other, but definitely not both.)
While I’m at it, it seems that my dad has once used Peanut Butter on hot dogs. I’m not sure if I want to try that. Perhaps with a tall cold drink alongside if I ever did, just to wash it down…
Of course I put ketchup on my hot dog (ketchup and mustard to be exact). Doesn’t everyone?
I even put ketchup on my scrambled eggs.
To begin, hot dogs are pretty gross. They remind me too much of things that should not be bitten. Seriously, the texture makes my shoulders tense and I start convulsing. (I have a similar reaction to raw tomatos and onions. We won’t talk about mushrooms.)
UNLESS, it is deep summer on the shore of some nice like with a good fire and a sharpened stick. Properly, lightly, charred and lined with 2 parts catsup and 1 part mustard on a bun I can eat the things. This happens about twice a year.
Someone should really find Stevicus and invite him to this thread so that a good time might be had by all.
Really, ** Havoc, ** Anti Ketchup is my first cousin, and people feel very strongly about him,… or, not so much, depending on the weather, for some reason.
Mustard on the hotdog, with relish if I don’t have chili, but I have eaten a hotdog with ketchup and didn’t feel guilty, NOW, I have guilt, so I’ll be more careful in the future.
Nope, don’t use ketchup. Nope, don’t use mustard. Nope, don’t use relish. I eat 'em plain. That’s right, plain–the hotdog, the bun, and nothing else. Same way I eat burgers.
<“Plain,” he says to the horrified masses. "P-L-A-I-N. No condiments. Plain.">
(Ok, I will go for cheese on hotdogs and burgers. But that’s it.)
Mmmmmmmm ketchup and onions here!!