# top your hotdog **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 2, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-your-hotdog/697303 "2014-09-02T23:27:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-your-hotdog/697303/81 "2014-09-03T22:26:07Z")
Nothing. I understand that many or even most people think of a hot dog on a bun as a blank canvas awaiting their creativity. I think an all beef dawg onna bun should be able to stand by itself. I also think the less of someone else’s favourite condiments I use on my hot dog, the more will be available for them to enjoy on their hot dog. That’s a win-win, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-your-hotdog/697303/82 "2014-09-03T23:01:20Z")
Nathan’s longer-than-the-bun on New England Style bun, with yellow mustard. Done. ---
**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 4, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-your-hotdog/697303/83 "2014-09-04T01:15:03Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > When I was a kid my mother had a special way that she occasionally made hotdogs. > > She would make a slit lengthwise and fill the slit with hunks of cheese, then wrap the dog with a strip of bacon and hold it in place with toothpicks. She would then bake them in the oven until the cheese was melted and the bacon was done. I would put one in a roll with some mustard. As a kid I loved this. When I was a kid, my mom used to slit hot dogs lengthwise, put some Velveeta cheese in the slits, and wrap the hot dogs in Pillsbury crescent rolls, then bake. Mmm-mmm! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-your-hotdog/697303/84 "2014-09-04T01:53:16Z")
Baked beans, grilled onions, 'shrooms, melted sharp cheddar. ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-your-hotdog/697303/85 "2014-09-04T02:12:06Z")
Hot Dog grilled; Ketchup. Maybe a little brown mustard too. Cheap white bread style bun or whatever we happen to have on hand Hot Dog boiled; See above or with (preferably)Wolf Brand Chili [no beans,] shredded sharp cheddar, and onion. Potato bun preferred. Hot Dog steamed; either of the above or naked. Any bun OK or just bread. Hot Dog nostalgia (pigs in a blanket); Hot Dog cooked in any fashion above (usually boiled) then wrapped in a slice of American Cheese and an uncooked Pillsbury biscuit or two. Cooked in the oven according to biscuit directions. Served with a dipping sauce of 50/50 ketchup and (cheap) yellow mustard. No offense to the posters who mention Brats and similar items,but to me, a “Hot Dog” is an item sold as a hot dog, frankfurter, or wiener. While I love brats and other sausages, a “hot dog” means a specific, (relatively) cheap type of food to me. BTW; to me the best sides for a Hot Dog are plain potato chips or chili cheese fries. Just IMHO - DESK ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-your-hotdog/697303/86 "2014-09-04T02:31:07Z")
Okay. So this weekend I have to make some cheese filled bacon wrapped hotdogs and have them with some Campbell’s BwB soup. Maybe I’ll dunk the hotdogs. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-your-hotdog/697303/87 "2014-09-04T02:56:57Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Holy crap. [There it is](http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/156/files/2012/03/IMG_0109.jpg). I would never have thought of pierogi as a topping for, well, anything, but apparently the crazy Canucks have. I’m intrigued. So good. I’m going to have to trek back to the Peg if they don’t have it out here… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-your-hotdog/697303/88 "2014-09-04T03:25:22Z")
**Ranger Jeff** , I understand what you’re saying that a hot dog should be good in itself. But the proper condiments complement that flavor, and enhance it, rather than masking it. Or at least, that’s the way I (and most other folks) see it, but you’re right that it’s not something to fight over. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-your-hotdog/697303.md?page=4)