# Yes I DO know what am doing, I know how it's MEANT to be, but I prefer it like this. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615 "2010-03-24T13:16:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/201 "2010-03-30T23:49:41Z")
> [@Cardinal](#): > > I’d never heard that ketchup on hot dogs was supposed to be bad until I read the Cecil column. I still don’t understand the rationale. What is the reasoning that makes this combination so “objectively bad”? Supposedly the umami in the ketchup overwhelms the flavor of the hot dog in a way other condiments don’t. I do know that, for me, mustard is strong enough to overwhelm anything, except for ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![goodie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@goodie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goodie)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/202 "2010-03-30T23:51:01Z")
I almost always under salt or even cook completely without salt, it’s healthier to just salt the food before you eat it. I do make sure to warn people eating my food for the first time that they will need to salt it. My kids usually forget to add salt, so they end up getting a lot less sodium in their diet that way. I love sushi, make it all the time with crab meat or smoked salmon. As it’s not in a casserole, I don’t boil it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/203 "2010-03-31T00:49:27Z")
> [@Cardinal](#): > > I’d never heard that ketchup on hot dogs was supposed to be bad until I read the Cecil column. I still don’t understand the rationale. What is the reasoning that makes this combination so “objectively bad”? I’d never heard the idea that tomato sauce didn’t belong on hotdogs until I joined these boards. Every hotdog I’ve ever had has had either tomato sauce or barbeque sauce on it, and that’s how they’re eaten here. Trying to insist that putting tomato or barbeque sauce on a hotdog is “Wrong” will get people thinking you’ve spent too much time in the sun here… ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/204 "2010-03-31T02:27:46Z")
> [@Aeternalis](#): > > My SO’s mother likes peanut butter on her BLTs. I haven’t quite wrapped my head around it. I’m allergic to tomatoes. One of the best sandwiches in the world is a BLPB. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/205 "2010-03-31T03:42:51Z")
> [@Rex\_Goliath](#): > > I actually can’t imagine any circumstance in which I would want cheese with fish. Any ideas? Pizza with anchovies. I had some once. The anchovies tasted like tuna to me. I didn’t care for it, but some obviously do. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/206 "2010-03-31T03:55:10Z")
I couldn’t really taste the anchovies, it just tasted like a really salty pizza. I’m not a big fan of salty things. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/207 "2010-03-31T04:00:59Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > My wife refuses to eat soggy bread in any form - pot pie, chicken and dumplings, goopy sandwiches, whatever. I’m not quite as tough as your wife, I love pot pie, but only with a lovely flaky top crust that’s only lightly moist on the inside. But as a general rule, I am thoroughly revolted by wet bread. Even on a burger… you know how sometimes one side of the burger might get soaked with juice/sauce and be wet? I have to peel it away. Bread is dry, fillings are moist. (and I draw a distinction between fat and water… soaked in fat, I can stand. Soaked in water and water-based… no.) Milk on cereal… I do eat it, but only two spoonfuls at a time. Smidge of cereal, splash of milk, eat. Smidge of cereal, splash of milk, eat. More than 30-60 seconds in the milk… no. French dip? EW… EW!!! ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/208 "2010-03-31T05:03:44Z")
> [@Staver808](#): > > I know this doesn’t really fit the topic exactly, but you know those handi snack things? A little square of cheese with 4 crackers and a red stick to spread the cheese? I NEED to seperate the cheese into four squares so I’ll have an equal amount of cheese on each cracker. I never noticed I did this differently from others. However since a friend pointed it out to me, I can’t help but notice when other people eat them, they just slather on the cheese willy nilly with no regard to portions or cheese to cracker ratios. I cry a little inside when I see this. So far I find I’m the only one that does this. No one else I’ve ever spoken to has admitted to doing the same. I’ve gotten one person to say that it makes sense and will do that next time, but other than that, nothing. I do get a lot of wierd stares and laughter however. You are not alone. How those people can run the risk that there won’t be adequate cheese left for the fourth cracker, I don’t know ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/209 "2010-03-31T05:13:08Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > I _like_ > Also, Cola beverages taste nicest with Raspberry Cordial mixed in with them. 🙂 Have you ever tried Dr Pepper or it’s millions of clones? I like it fresh from a room temperature can first thing in the morning. If it’s got ice, it had better sit for an hour or so before I drink it. Mmmmmm, Dr Pepper water. Iced tea is the same way. Other’s glasses are the best place to find this particular beverage =) I like my macaroni and cheese the way god intended it: from a box, with minimal milk. Just enough milk to make the cheese powder stop being crunchy. ---
**Author:** ![ajdebosco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@ajdebosco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajdebosco)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/210 "2010-03-31T12:18:57Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > I’d never heard the idea that tomato sauce didn’t belong on hotdogs until I joined these boards… people thinking you’ve spent too much time in the sun here… Some foods simply don’t match; and while everyone’s palate is decidedly different, particularly here with the Dopers, many combinations seem patently “wrong”. For instance, one wouldn’t think of putting whipped cream on a hot dog, and ketchup falls into that category for me. To each their own, though, and I had never thunk to put a dash of celery salt on my dog until I lived in Chicago, now it is almost mandatory for me. Bon apetite! ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/211 "2010-03-31T12:32:26Z")
How can you ever eat a hot dog **without** ketchup? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/212 "2010-03-31T14:37:54Z")
> [@ajdebosco](#): > > Would you put mustard on eggs? (Is there a way to autoquote the title?) Anyway – Absolutely! One of my favorite sandwiches: two slices of toast, buttered, smeared with coarse grained German mustard, a slice of american cheese, then an egg that was scrambled up (so the end result doesn’t have nasty white streaks) and then fried solid. Hmm. I wonder if I could get a mustard packet to go with an Egg McMuffin? ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/213 "2010-03-31T15:38:08Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > You are not alone. How those people can run the risk that there won’t be adequate cheese left for the fourth cracker, I don’t know some of us intentionally under-cheese the first three crackers so the final cracker can get the mother lode. 😃 ---
**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:** [March 31, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/214 "2010-03-31T15:38:47Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > How can you ever eat a hot dog **without** ketchup? 😕 _sigh_ Another brainwashing victim of the ketchup industry. 😉 This mentality is even starting to creep into Chicago. I’ve been to one hot dog stand a stone’s throw away from the literal Loop (business heart of Chicago) and I ordered a hot dog with “everything, hot peppers.” It came with the usual onions, relish, mustard, hot peppers, but also ketchup. This absolutely shocked me. And I mean that seriously, it stopped me dead in my tracks, as if somebody put toenail clippings in the hot dog. Am I forced now to order a hot dog “everything, no ketchup” wherever I go? This sounds about as silly as ordering a hot dog “hold the chocolate syrup” in a typical city hot dog stand. I’ve seen ketchup as an “everything on it” default in one other place, a suburban Home Depot, so it doesn’t count on two levels. Luckily, I have not encountered this weirdness in any other city hot dog stand. I can only hope the disease is contained. I don’t really care what everyone else puts on their hot dogs, but ketchup should not be a default topping within the city limits of Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/215 "2010-03-31T16:46:59Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > You are not alone. How those people can run the risk that there won’t be adequate cheese left for the fourth cracker, I don’t know You are really not alone. If Precision Food was an Olympic sport, I’d be gold. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/216 "2010-03-31T20:04:47Z")
> [@Elysian](#): > > Hot dogs should have mayonnaise on them. Yup. Bun, hot dog, mayonnaise, and that’s it. My sister! I’ve never met anybody else who like mayo on hot dogs. I add dill pickle chips, too. So, bun, mayo, pickles, hot dog. Burn the hot dog a little, too – I like it kinda black. I also chill my red wine, and I want my veggies, scrambled eggs and fish to be thoroughly cooked. In a restaurant, when I order fish I tell the waiter, “Cook it 'til the chef says he ruined it.” ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/217 "2010-03-31T20:12:12Z")
> [@amaguri](#): > > some of us intentionally under-cheese the first three crackers so the final cracker can get the mother lode. > > 😃 Exactly! How are you supposed to get that last mouthful of cheezy goodness if you apply the exact same amount to all four crackers? Be judicious with the cheeze on the first three, and use AAAALLLLL the rest on the fourth! ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/218 "2010-03-31T20:34:20Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > How can you ever eat a hot dog **without** ketchup? 😕 With relish. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/219 "2010-03-31T21:26:55Z")
> [@SkeptiJess](#): > > My sister! I’ve never met anybody else who like mayo on hot dogs. I add dill pickle chips, too. So, bun, mayo, pickles, hot dog. Burn the hot dog a little, too – I like it kinda black. If you and the person who said 90% of all foods should have cheese, I’d like to subscribe to your newsletters. Not ketchup on hotdogs and no tomato on ham sandwiches. It’s just morally wrong. Cold eggs. Don’t have to be but I love when I get to eat them this way. ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/220 "2010-03-31T21:48:15Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > I’d never heard the idea that tomato sauce didn’t belong on hotdogs until I joined these boards. Every hotdog I’ve ever had has had either tomato sauce or barbeque sauce on it, and that’s how they’re eaten here. I’m a little intrigued by the concept of BBQ sauce on hotdogs, and it doesn’t sound bad! Bet my kids would love it, and I might try that… But I’ve always eaten hot dogs with only ketchup, so I’m obviously a food heathen. My mom used to eat them with mayo, explaining that hot dogs are basically the same as bologna, and one would put mayo on a bologna sandwich (except for me, who used ketchup, back when I ate that sort of thing). I also eat steak only as a delivery device for A-1, and I only recently agreed to eat steak medium-well instead of well done. I use Velveeta (plus some real cheese) in my homemade macaroni and cheese. I like instant mashed potatoes, sometimes. And I like canned spinach. There, I said it. You knew someone had to like it, or it wouldn’t be on the supermarket shelves. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615.md?page=12)