Posted on 08/01/2015 7:54:59 AM PDT by JoeProBono
HARRISBURG, Pa., - Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has become the latest high-profile personality to weigh in on the debate over whether a hot dog qualifies as a sandwich.
Rendell was asked by an interviewer to weigh in on the subject, which has recently become a topic of heated Internet debate, and he came out in favor of giving sandwich status to hot dogs.
"It's got bread," Rendell told WPHT-AM. "Would you put a hoagie in the sandwich category? What I would think is the hot dog, the cheese steak, the hoagie, they're in the elite sandwich category...If you eat a hot dog without the bun, it's not a sandwich, obviously. But if you use the bun, I think that it's just a different type of sandwich, but it's still a sandwich. The bread to me would be the key."
Rendell's sentiments echoed those of comedian Hannibal Buress.
"A hot dog is a sandwich if you really think about it. It's bread, it's meat, it's toppings. It's just a different approach to the sandwich. It's not a sandwich like, classically, but it's a sandwich in spirit and it has all of the things a sandwich would have," Buress told Esquire.
Sports stars from the NFL and Major League Baseball have also weighed in on the question.
The Chicago Cubs' official Twitter account took a firm stance against labeling hot dogs as sandwiches.
Fast Eddie knows a thing or two about sandwiches ... and tubular meats
I would agree that it is a sandwich.
There must be a money angle in this somewhere....
And this is news why?
First of August, the unofficial start of the news media’s “silly season”.
This is way different from the serious news reported the rest of the year...
What in the world is behind such an idiotic debate. It must be the winner of the waste of time contest. Particularly as I’ve fallen into the trap.
Full Definition of SANDWICH
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a : two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between
b : one slice of bread covered with food
The key part of the definition is "placed on or between slices of bread,"
A hot dog bun is a single entity that is opened up to put the hot dog in
I'm glad to be able to resolve such a idiotic first world problem...donations accepted..
A sandwich is a food item consisting of one or more types of food, such as sliced cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein two or more pieces of bread serve as a container or wrapper for some other food.[1][2][3] The sandwich was originally a portable food item or finger food which began to be popular in the Western World. Today sandwiches in various versions are found worldwide.
“And this is news why?”
Who said it’s news?
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And, it’s pronounced sammich.
Since the discussion is so inane, that was my first thought - possibly a change in category makes it open to a different/higher tax?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An open sandwich, also known as an open face/faced sandwich, bread baser, or tartine[1] consists of a single slice of bread with one or more food items on top.
The bread to me would be the key."
A sandwich is a concept. You form an objective concept by observing different types of food and finding those foods that are the same by having a similar distinguishing characteristic, but are different from other types of food that lack that characteristic.The distinguishing characteristic does not have to have the same measurements, so that the instances of the concept do not need to be identical to be considered as a member of the concept. Next, one defines the concept by using the distinguishing characteristic.Thus, if the distinguishing characteristic of a sandwich is food placed between pieces of bread, then a sandwich is a type of food where ingredients are placed between pieces of bread, is a good definition.
First thing came to mind was "How does this get Eddie's hand into someone else's pocket or a skirt?
This must be highly controversial!
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