Is a hotdog technically a sandwich??

GrumpySquatch said:
Do not eat them anymore, but yes is a sammich. I know how to properly spell sandwich, just prefer the former.

I put ketchup on them, especially as a kid. Mustard and relish are nasty. If I still ate them today I'd use sriracha or salsa.

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Thank you. Have never liked mustard. Always used ketchup. Even on my brats. Living in a Chicagoland burb, one doesn’t say that out loud. The downtown dog places will show you the door and won’t serve you if you ask for ketchup on your Chicago Dog.
 
I divide 'em up this way...
Hand foods are sandwiches.
Then you got open-faced,
Closed over, hot and cold.
Adding to the controversy, I consider Pizza a hot (or cold) open-faced sandwich.

A chicken pot pie is not a sandwich
A schnitzel is not a sandwich
Beef wellington is not a sandwich.
But, in my view samosas, pitas, gyros, tacos, vietnamese salad rolls, wraps, spring rolls, subs, hot dogs & burgers: all sandwiches.
Cannot decide on the corn dog though... It's on a damn stick!!! WTF?
I have put way too much thought into this, and now I am just plain hungry.
 
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TVvoodoo said:
I divide 'em up this way...
Hand foods are sandwiches.
Then you got open-faced,
Closed over, hot and cold.
Adding to the controversy, I consider Pizza a hot (or cold) open-faced sandwich.

A chicken pot pie is not a sandwich
A schnitzel is not a sandwich
Beef wellington is not a sandwich.
But, in my view samosas, pitas, gyros, tacos, vietnamese salad rolls, wraps, spring rolls, subs, hot dogs & burgers: all sandwiches.
Cannot decide on the corn dog though... It's on a damn stick!!! WTF?
I have put way too much thought into this, and now I am just plain hungry.
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Chicken pot pie and Beef Wellington both have pastry crust, not bread dough. I'm going with pastry for those two.
 
iblive said:
Dictionary
Definitions from Oxford Languages ·
noun
  1. an item of food consisting of two pieces of bread with meat, cheese, or other filling between them, eaten as a light meal.
    "a ham sandwich"
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According to this definition, then a hotdog is not a sandwich. The bread is sliced open but not distinctly two pieces. The bread cradles the dog allowing for your favorite toppings to be placed neatly on the dog and drip off the other end on your favorite articles of clothing.

Unless you want to be a rebel rip the bun in two. Then you just made yourself a sandwich which will let the toppings, and the dog for that matter, to slip out any edge … it’s un-American!
 
LiveeviL2000 said:
According to this definition, then a hotdog is not a sandwich. The bread is sliced open but not distinctly two pieces. The bread cradles the dog allowing for your favorite toppings to be placed neatly on the dog and drip off the other end on your favorite articles of clothing.

Unless you want to be a rebel rip the bun in two. Then you just made yourself a sandwich which will let the toppings, and the dog for that matter, to slip out any edge … it’s un-American!
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Honestly. I don’t really like hot dogs. I’m just enjoying the point counter point and doing my part to stir the pot.
 
TVvoodoo said:
I divide 'em up this way...
Hand foods are sandwiches.
Then you got open-faced,
Closed over, hot and cold.
Adding to the controversy, I consider Pizza a hot (or cold) open-faced sandwich.

A chicken pot pie is not a sandwich
A schnitzel is not a sandwich
Beef wellington is not a sandwich.
But, in my view samosas, pitas, gyros, tacos, vietnamese salad rolls, wraps, spring rolls, subs, hot dogs & burgers: all sandwiches.
Cannot decide on the corn dog though... It's on a damn stick!!! WTF?
I have put way too much thought into this, and now I am just plain hungry.
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I just don't want my children growing up in a world where hotdogs and hamburgers are considered sandwiches. Thankfully the NHDSC (National Hot Dog and Sausage Council) agrees. I believe to get to the bottom of this, we must focus less on the ingredients and make up of the food item, and look deeper into the INTENT of the food item.
The culinary society has a long history of just making up words to fit their agenda. Vegetables?? There is no such botanical category. Most of your favorite vegetables are fruits!! On a side note, Brett Michaels lied to you. Every Rose has it's Thorn?? LIES. No roses have thorns, they have prickles.

But I digress. A sandwich is meant to be portable and convenient. They can go in school lunches or brown bags. Most are enjoyed cold or at room temp. Sure there are some sandwiches best enjoyed hot, but those can also be neatly wrapped to be reheated later as a single unit. Have you ever seen a person in the break room reheat a hotdog inside its bun as a single unit? If you have, keep an eye on that guy as he is clearly unwell. Or put another way, an “hot sandwich” will have equally hot bread and filling. Also on the portable side, once condiments are added, the portability of the hotdog plummets even further. A proper sandwich will protect its ingredients at all costs, a hot dog will not.

Also, most hotdogs are eaten in social situations. BBQs and ball games. Have you called up your bros to hang out and have some sandwiches and beer? My guess is probably not. And how about around the campfire? If you roast a hotdog over the fire and eat it without a bun, are you not still enjoying "hotdogs"? The bun is just there to keep your hands clean. My children would say buns are superfluous, and hotdogs are best enjoyed naked and cut up into little pieces. "From the mouths of babes" indeed.

I'm at work so I will not go on too much longer lol, but I will leave you with a more philosophical question... Does cutting a sandwich in half (preferably at an angle) increase the enjoyability of the sandwich? Personally, I say yes it does. However cutting a hotdog in half? Balderdash!
 
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Aynirar27 said:
I just don't want my children growing up in a world where hotdogs and hamburgers are considered sandwiches.
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Hear, hear!

Aynirar27 said:
Does cutting a sandwich in half (preferably at an angle) increase the enjoyability of the sandwich? Personally, I say yes it does. However cutting a hotdog in half? Balderdash!
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Words of wisdom right there, folks.

But, I've seen an even more insidious trend, which, if not stopped, may result in cosmic dysfunction significant enough to release Orcs from Middle Earth. That is, the habit of some to call a "wrap" a "sandwich". This must end.
 
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