# Where is the mustard applied? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514 "2014-09-04T19:14:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/21 "2014-09-04T21:29:56Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Unless you’re eating your sandwich in pieces, it’s not going to have any effect on the taste. You’ll be eating hot dog and bun together in each bite and the mustard will be present regardless of which one you put it on. > > But there is a practical difference in placement. If you put the mustard on the hot dog, it will sit on the surface. This makes it more vulnerable to falling out of the sandwich and on to your shirt. > > So spread it on the bun. The bun will soak up the mustard and secure it in place. Yes. It all goes into my tummy. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/22 "2014-09-04T21:34:27Z")
On the hot dog. Where it belongs. ---
**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 4, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/23 "2014-09-04T21:48:14Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > So spread it on the bun. The bun will soak up the mustard and secure it in place. Well, that’s why I put it on the hot dog. It doesn’t taste as good to me when it’s soaked into the bun. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/24 "2014-09-04T22:45:09Z")
I make pigs-in-blankets, and just dip it in mustard as I go. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/25 "2014-09-04T22:48:29Z")
Mustard goes on the dog. The MAYONNAISE goes on the bun. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/26 "2014-09-04T23:17:19Z")
Ew, hot dogs. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/27 "2014-09-04T23:22:23Z")
On the Dog! Any other answer is Communist! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/28 "2014-09-04T23:23:53Z")
Seen on Cheers on MeTV just yesterday: “I LIKE rat parts!” ---
**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 4, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/29 "2014-09-04T23:45:49Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Ew, hot dogs. _shudder_ ok, I was afraid of being too negative, but you have given me courage. \*\* Mustard, ew.\*\* ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/30 "2014-09-05T00:06:36Z")
Bread, ew. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/31 "2014-09-05T00:10:42Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > She wants it in her bun, you want it on your wiener. It’s a conflict old as time. THERE it is. I knew it was lurking around here somewhere. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/32 "2014-09-05T00:34:43Z")
Grounds for divorce in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/33 "2014-09-05T01:39:31Z")
It doesn’t _have_ to go on the hot dog. It can also go on the chili that is on the hot dog. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/34 "2014-09-05T01:44:31Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > It doesn’t _have_ to go on the hot dog. > > It can also go on the chili that is on the hot dog. My tummy hurts! ---
**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 5, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/35 "2014-09-05T01:47:25Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Unless you’re eating your sandwich in pieces, it’s not going to have any effect on the taste. You’ll be eating hot dog and bun together in each bite and the mustard will be present regardless of which one you put it on. By this logic you might as well dump the whole thing in a blender and eat it with a spoon :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/36 "2014-09-05T03:39:22Z")
Bass-O-Matic ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/37 "2014-09-05T03:48:31Z")
Christ, were you people raised in a barn? Condiments such as mustard and (heaven forbid) ketchup go along side the weenie, not on top. That way they don’t drip off onto your chin/lap/shoes/cat when you take a bite. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/38 "2014-09-05T03:48:42Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > By this logic you might as well dump the whole thing in a blender and eat it with a spoon :dubious: You could equally well say the same thing if you put the mustard on the hot dog. So it seems like an irrelevant point to make. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/39 "2014-09-05T03:57:30Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Christ, were you people raised in a barn? Condiments such as mustard and (heaven forbid) ketchup go along side the weenie, not on top. That way they don’t drip off onto your chin/lap/shoes/cat when you take a bite. I didn’t have time to add the following so I’ll add it here: After putting the mustard along side the dog, if you want the mustard on top then just rotate the bun 90 degrees before inserting it into your mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514/40 "2014-09-05T04:00:55Z")
> [@Timetrvlr](#): > > My wife and I totally disagree on this one. She applies the mustard to the bun and I just think THAT"S WRONG! I maintain that mustard should go on the wiener. What’s your opinion?😃 Just to be clear, we _are_ talking about food here, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-mustard-applied/697514.md?page=3)