Thanks to a promotion by my favorite drive-in restaurant, I’ve had hot dogs on the brain all week. While I have no desire to reignite the “Is it a sandwich?” debate, I feel safe in addressing the OTHER hot button frankfurter issue: Ketchup. For some reason, the tomato emulsion fills some with unbridled rage, even though it can be pretty delicious, leading to today’s fundamental, condimental query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”), with apologies to vegan or non-tubular-meat-eating Faithful Spoilerites, asking:: When it comes to a hot dog, do you favor ketchup or no ketchup?
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If people put sweet relish on a hotdog, there is nothing wrong with ketchup.
Depends on the type of hot dog and how it is prepared. Cooked on the grill or over a fire, or if it is one of those hot dogs with cheese inside or the really good beef or turkey hot dogs, I’ll usually pass on the ketchup since I like those flavors as is. Otherwise, as long as I’m not making a chili dog (which is preferable and one of my all-time favorite foods), I might put just a dab of ketchup and honey mustard on it.
I’ll have one with ketchup and another with just mustard and sour kraut. Yums!
Add all the extras you can. If most of it doesn’t end up on your shirt you didn’t add enough
if there’s no other condiment on hand, i don’t mind ketchup on a hot dog. but if i had my druthers, anything you can put ketchup on, you can put BBQ sauce or even sriracha on.
No ketchup here. I’ll take a little mustard or make it a chili dog.
I don’t have strong feelings either way. I usually take everything with those kind of things.
I’ll take a hot dog with ketchup if it’s being offered pre-made, but if I dress it myself I prefer mustard of some sort with relish or shredded cheddar.
I need at least two of the following: Ketchup, Mustard, Mayo.
Yes, that’s right.
Shredded cheese may be substituted for any one of the above as well.
Ketchup is for fries, chili and onions (sans mustard) for hot dogs.
For me mustard and a little dill relish. No catsup and no mayo. Cheese is optional. But it’s not like I will turn down anything handed to me.
no ketchup. mustard and grilled onions and maybe chili