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I've had a surprising amount of those styles listed.

Thanks Gumby!

The Idaho one is bullshit. Never seen any such thing.

They missed the beans and the chile sauce on the Sonoran Dog, and I don't think I've ever had one with relish or avocado chunks.

Also I'm pretty sure they don't use tortillas in Norway...

The peppers on a Chicago dog are called "sport peppers". Not sure they are pickled though.

I've had it. Its delicious. not really a tortilla, more of a potato based flatbread similar to lavash.

scumdevils86 wrote:Also I'm pretty sure they don't use tortillas in Norway...

It's lefse, a Norwegian flat bread.

Some things are ubiquitous across cultures and geography:

1. Flatbreads
2. Fried chicken

Also would say most forms of sausage and beer

Longhorned wrote:

scumdevils86 wrote:Also I'm pretty sure they don't use tortillas in Norway...

It's lefse, a Norwegian flat bread.

Fortunately I have a very Norwegian, rural Wisconsin-born gf to explain this to me.

scumdevils86 wrote:Also would say most forms of sausage and beer

Not in muslim countries. But flatbread and friend chicken....everywhere.

But the Muslim countries do have köfte, which is sausagesque.

Longhorned wrote:But the Muslim countries do have köfte, which is sausagesque.

True, it does live in the Merguz family of lamb-meat-tubes.

Damn you gumby and your inappropriately appetizing cultural pork charts at 10 a.m.

catgrad97 wrote:Damn you gumby and your inappropriately appetizing cultural pork charts at 10 a.m.

gumby?

CalStateTempe wrote:I've had a surprising amount of those styles listed.

Thanks Gumby!

Blame CST.

I assume you're always just about the brews gwh. My bad.

Oh! My Bad GWH...I was taken by the glorious array of hot dog accoutrements

I love plenty of different condiments on hot dogs, but I was informed by two different people this week that Ketchup isn't meant to be on a hot dog. Which struck me as odd as I thought it was a go to condiment.

Number one condiment is always mustard

MrBug708 wrote:I love plenty of different condiments on hot dogs, but I was informed by two different people this week that Ketchup isn't meant to be on a hot dog. Which struck me as odd as I thought it was a go to condiment.

Ketchup seems to be acceptable on a hot dog everywhere but the Midwest. In Chicago it's literally sacrilege.

The "ketchup has no place on a hot dog" rule is bullshit. It's not a lie because the person who asserts it believes it to be true, but that's why it's bullshit. In big part it originates in the American imagination that ketchup is unsophisticated, and something that one should strive to outgrow. Americans imagine the Germans, Austrians, Swiss, and French eating wursts with just mustard. With good reason, that isn't true at all, and the world generally recognizes ketchup as a great and necessary condiment.

In Chicago, the no-ketchup rule makes sense because of the Chicago hot dog, whose neon green relish (which is good stuff) is essential. The bright, tangy sweetness of that relish balances the dense, salty heaviness of the wiener. Ketchup destroys the balance and makes the hot dog cloying.

If you gave in to the pressure to grow up and leave ketchup off your hot dog or brat or whatever, the rest of the world feels sorry for your loss. If it's been years since you've had a hot dog with mustard and ketchup, try it again and see what you've been missing.

Eh, I had a hot dog with ketchup recently. It was too sweet. And there was no relish involved. I found it to totally cancel out the mustard, which to me is the highlight of any hotdog. A slightly spicy, robust brown or Dijon mustard is the perfect compliment to the saltiness of the dog and the sweetness of the bun. The ketchup totally threw off that balance and all I ended up tasting was Heinz.

If I'm using regular yellow mustard I'll use ketchup as well. However, if I'm using spicy mustard like Dijon then no ketchup.

Chicat wrote:Eh, I had a hot dog with ketchup recently. It was too sweet. And there was no relish involved. I found it to totally cancel out the mustard, which to me is the highlight of any hotdog. A slightly spicy, robust brown or Dijon mustard is the perfect compliment to the saltiness of the dog and the sweetness of the bun. The ketchup totally threw off that balance and all I ended up tasting was Heinz.

Agree on the Heinz ketchup front, but I enjoy German ketchup options on a hot dog...

I like lots of plain yellow mustard, a little bit of ketchup, and chopped onion.

Or a spicy brown mustard with nothing else.

Or a Chicago hot dog.

Or a Sonoran hot dog.

Chicat wrote:Eh, I had a hot dog with ketchup recently. It was too sweet. And there was no relish involved. I found it to totally cancel out the mustard, which to me is the highlight of any hotdog. A slightly spicy, robust brown or Dijon mustard is the perfect compliment to the saltiness of the dog and the sweetness of the bun. The ketchup totally threw off that balance and all I ended up tasting was Heinz.

I saw in the grocery store the other day multiple new kinds of ketchup (jalapeno, balsamic vinegar, etc.) I've used Siracha before instead of ketchup.

Sidewinder wrote:

Chicat wrote:Eh, I had a hot dog with ketchup recently. It was too sweet. And there was no relish involved. I found it to totally cancel out the mustard, which to me is the highlight of any hotdog. A slightly spicy, robust brown or Dijon mustard is the perfect compliment to the saltiness of the dog and the sweetness of the bun. The ketchup totally threw off that balance and all I ended up tasting was Heinz.

Agree on the Heinz ketchup front, but I enjoy German ketchup options on a hot dog...

I enjoy a Currywürst from time to time but, as served in Berlin, it really is drowning in the sugary ketchup.

I find plain yellow mustard to be an affront to all that the culinary world should be, but perhaps that's because I'm a total snob.

Longhorned wrote:I like lots of plain yellow mustard, a little bit of ketchup, and chopped onion.

Or a spicy brown mustard with nothing else.

Or a Chicago hot dog.

Or a Sonoran hot dog.

This right here

Chicat wrote:I find plain yellow mustard to be an affront to all that the culinary world should be, but perhaps that's because I'm a total snob.

I like to be snobbish as the next guy, but what's to be snobbish about yellow mustard? It's not like it's the mustard equivalent of Old Milwaukee's Best. It's a pure blast of mild mustard seed and turmeric, like an English mustard without the heat, or a Romanian mustard without the sweet.

I recently discovered that I don't hate mustard. I spent 41 years thinking that I did.

4 decades wasted.....

Alieberman wrote:I recently discovered that I don't hate mustard. I spent 41 years thinking that I did.

4 decades wasted.....

Get yourself one of these and your golden.

Alieberman wrote:I recently discovered that I don't hate mustard. I spent 41 years thinking that I did.

4 decades wasted.....

You went so far as to specify "no mustard" on fast food burgers?

Longhorned wrote:

Alieberman wrote:I recently discovered that I don't hate mustard. I spent 41 years thinking that I did.

4 decades wasted.....

You went so far as to specify "no mustard" on fast food burgers?

I have always specified "no mustard " on basically everything I have ever ordered.

I had a lot of weird childhood foods that I have refused to eat until recently

This list includes but not limited to: mustard, yogurt, blueberries, mayo, tomatoes, oatmeal

There are probably hundreds of thousands of adults that go around saying they're allergic to peanut butter like they're 4 years old, when in fact they are not any more and they are missing out on chunky peanut butter topped apple slices.

i was never all that picky as a kid. i did hate peanut butter, tomatoes, all tea, and shellfish from an early age. I like tomatoes and peanut butter now and some shellfish like scallops and mussels....but still loathe and abhor everything about tea.

Alieberman wrote:

Longhorned wrote:

Alieberman wrote:I recently discovered that I don't hate mustard. I spent 41 years thinking that I did.

4 decades wasted.....

You went so far as to specify "no mustard" on fast food burgers?

I have always specified "no mustard " on basically everything I have ever ordered.

I had a lot of weird childhood foods that I have refused to eat until recently

This list includes but not limited to: mustard, yogurt, blueberries, mayo, tomatoes, oatmeal

A man can live without oatmeal, yogurt, and blueberries. But beyond that, you've been eating some pretty dry sandwiches.

pokinmik wrote:There are probably hundreds of thousands of adults that go around saying they're allergic to peanut butter like they're 4 years old, when in fact they are not any more and they are missing out on chunky peanut butter topped apple slices.

I didn't like peanut butter before, but now I love it. But it still isn't good on apples...or with jelly. The only proper sandwich with peanut butter is peanut butter and honey.

I used to dislike mayo, cream cheese and sour cream as well but love them all now. Just still absolutely loathe mushrooms and tea and am not a fan of coffee. Outside of that though I'll eat almost anything now.

As far as hot dogs...the perfect toppings will always be spicy brown mustard and grilled onions.

I'm also not eating many carbs these days so pretty much my sandwiches suck

Longhorned wrote:

Chicat wrote:I find plain yellow mustard to be an affront to all that the culinary world should be, but perhaps that's because I'm a total snob.

I like to be snobbish as the next guy, but what's to be snobbish about yellow mustard? It's not like it's the mustard equivalent of Old Milwaukee's Best. It's a pure blast of mild mustard seed and turmeric, like an English mustard without the heat, or a Romanian mustard without the sweet.

I like my mustard to be multi-dimensional. Not one note, as most generic mustards are.

Chicat wrote:

Longhorned wrote:

Chicat wrote:I find plain yellow mustard to be an affront to all that the culinary world should be, but perhaps that's because I'm a total snob.

I like to be snobbish as the next guy, but what's to be snobbish about yellow mustard? It's not like it's the mustard equivalent of Old Milwaukee's Best. It's a pure blast of mild mustard seed and turmeric, like an English mustard without the heat, or a Romanian mustard without the sweet.

I like my mustard to be multi-dimensional. Not one note, as most generic mustards are.

Love the yellow. Love most mustards, but the purity of the yellow---especially married with a dog and a slice of Dill. Makes a Chicago Dog jump outta its bun!

A not-so-crazy yellow mustard custom from the UK. A lot of Limeys paste yellow on their......steaks, especially in the pubs. I was totally turned off by the suggestion until I tried it on a London trip. It's delicious. But of course I don't do it anywhere but in the UK.

I like mustard on my corned beef that I cure at home.

I like my mustard yellow, like my eyeballs.

Longhorned wrote:I like my mustard yellow, like my eyeballs.

I like mine brown . . . like your unbleached anus.

Chicat wrote:I find plain yellow mustard to be an affront to all that the culinary world should be, but perhaps that's because I'm a total snob.

Would give rep but. . . (I'm as bad a mustard snob as I am a beer snob)

*bump*

Happy National Hot Dog Day!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Longhorned wrote:The "ketchup has no place on a hot dog" rule is bullshit.

Right, but it is true of mayo in just about any context.

A fancy hot dog is an oxymoron. Way too many iterations in the OP.

My guilty pleasure is a dog with No Beans Hormel chili, cheddar and onions. In all other context, I prefer beans with chili.