Maybe they’ll use it for challenge/response in the next land war.
“Corn Dog!”
“Mustard!”
pass
“Corn Dog!”
“Ketchup!”
pass
“Corn Dog!”
“Wheat Cat!”
sustained gunfire
Kerchunk, ::loads grenade launcher:: KABLOOM!
Wait, you shoot the grenade launcher, then load it, then the grenade goes off, after a correct answer? Remind me to stay away from you when the war comes!
levdrakon hates us for our freedom.
Oh, okay. I wouldn’t fire a grenade at you, but I’d say “no, no, no! Ketchup never goes on a hotdog or any hotdog derivative!”
Were they any good?
Hardee’s around here still have them. They’re not great, but I’ve been known to trudge over to a Hardee’s when I just needed a hot dog.
They were ok. Nothing special. About what you’d expect a chili dog from Hardee’s to be.
Applause
From the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council’s document, “Hot Dog Etiquette”:
My current hot dog creation that I make at home consists of two dogs in buns on a plate, smothered with no-bean chili, topped with shredded cheddar and diced onions & tomatoes 
I do similar, except no tomatoes, and I put a stripe of mustard under the chili, and then broil them until the cheese browns.
KneadToKnow - I grew up in Charlotte, and now that you mention it, I remember Hardee’s having hot dogs. Bleh. Like most other non-breakfast items there, bleh.
I ate Burger King hot dogs all the time back in the early '70s.
Checkers has hot dogs
Ah, right, I forgot about Taco Bell being part of Yum. There’s a Taco Bell/Pizza Hut Express near here, too.
Dobson and Baseline in Mesa. Sadly, they don’t have the wedge cut KFC fries, if that’s what BarnOwl was thinking of. They’ve got plain old shoestring A&W fries that aren’t anything special (IMO).
Wait, really? A corndog? I certainly understand not putting ketchup on a real Chicago dog with a real casing. I always thought avoiding ketchup on a cheap skinless franks was giving them more respect than they deserve - those are kids food and should be eaten by kids with ketchup; it’s not like there’s any flavor to mask anyway. corndogs? Don’t get me wrong, I love a good corndog, but they’re fair food like cotton candy or deep-fried Oreos. Does anyone really care what you put on them? Surely the worst possible case is you’ll be at home with the other side-show freaks.
NYC has a bit of a unique mindset compared to the 50 bajillion locations that McDonald’s is trying to serve - with the exact same menu at each location.
“Wheat Cat!”
What is “Wheat Cat!”?
I’ve been to Chicago and the best dogs I found were either at Wrigley Field or at a place called Hot Diggety Dogs I forget the street it was on but it may have been just off North Lincoln Ave.
The chilli dogs at HDD were to die for
A what and a who?
That’s because you didn’t make it to Hot Doug’s. They had hot dogs made from some interesting and delicious animals.
Thank you! Quit being so judgmental, people. Why is something “fake” just because you’re not used to it. Open the minds…
The non-American spy’s response to “Corn Dog.” They’re just trying to think on their feet and come up with an appropriate response, you see, but because they don’t know what a corn dog is, they choose another grain-and-animal combination rather than showing that they know it’s a food. Hence, the response of sustained gunfire, since they now know the person is a spy.