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The National Hot Dog Council Says Never Use Ketchup On Hot Dogs
Gothamist ^ | 03-14-2014 | Jen Carlson

Posted on 03/14/2014 6:52:54 PM PDT by PaulCruz2016

Today the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council launched a bracket to determine the Official Hot Dog Condiment Champion. Their bracket separates wet and dry condiments, but in the end there will only be one winner of these 16 competitors: sauerkraut, ketchup, mustard, cole slaw, chili, BBQ sauce, mayonnaise, onions, cheese, tomatoes, sweet peppers, hot peppers, bacon, pickles and pulled pork.

John Del Signore refuses to even dignify this "competition" with a comment, but has firmly declared his anti-ketchup stance during some casual office talk. Yakas took his silence as an opportunity to take one last swing for ketchup, however: "It's just like mustard defenders to disappear conveniently right when the harsh light of injustice is shined upon their faces."

Update: Del Signore has issued this statement: "At a very young age my younger brother fell prey to the sick and twisted subculture of ketchup-on-hot dogs. My family tried everything to help him pull his life together, but nothing worked, and in the end our only resort was tough love. He now lives in isolation deep in south Brooklyn, and we barely speak. Soiling hot dogs with ketchup is a perverse abomination, and one that I find difficult to discuss, for obvious personal reasons. I will have no further comment on this matter—enough lives have been destroyed."

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KEYWORDS: food; hotdog; hotdogs; ketchup
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To: PaulCruz2016

I NEVER intentionally use any of the following: sauerkraut, ketchup, mustard, BBQ sauce, onions, tomatoes, sweet peppers, hot peppers, and pickles, with but one exception. I put ketchup on hot dogs.


141 posted on 03/15/2014 6:10:31 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (for)
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To: nuconvert

My new favorite condiment. I haven’t tried it on a hot dog YET.

http://www.worldmarket.com/product/lee+kum+kee+sriracha+mayo.do?camp=ppc%3AGooglePLA%3Anone%3A20221932299All_products&device=c&network=g&matchtype=&gclid=CK2b1aHTlL0CFTBgMgods3wAOg


142 posted on 03/15/2014 6:33:17 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: ncfool

John Kerry’s Heinz ketchup, no. Hunt’s ketchup, yes.


143 posted on 03/15/2014 7:01:31 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Kenny Bunk

I’m not a commie Kenny. And yes I often use mayonnaise on my Pomme Frites aka French fries. That was something I picked up from tours in Germany and trips to the Ardennes in Belgium while in the US Army. See my tag line.


144 posted on 03/15/2014 7:04:12 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: RandallFlagg

Thanks for posting that. It’s one of the most memorable Dirty Harry scenes. For the record I used to like hot dogs with ketchup and relish, the bun grilled in butter.


145 posted on 03/15/2014 7:06:37 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: doc1019

I have always put ketchup on my hot dog. But I always put the additions, cheese, chili, onions, etc., on first and the hot dog last. Has a tendency to keep everything from spilling out.


146 posted on 03/15/2014 7:55:07 AM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: PaulCruz2016
In a true bracketology-style 16-item competition, I don't see how bacon fails to make the Finals... especially if it is done by taste-testing, and not by what people usually put on it. (And the article only lists 15 items, so let's call the 16th a clear loser anyway. Ranch dressing?)

OPENING ROUND

Lower seeds like cole slaw, sweet peppers, hot peppers, and pickles all clearly lose in the first round, no matter which of the higher-seeds they are matched against. Just too many people who don't like sour or hot flavors.
Tomatoes fall off the round dog too easily, and are just a less-sweet ketchup anyway (although a nice crisp texture on good diced tomato pieces are very welcome on many other foods).

Ketchup, mustard, BBQ sauce, and cheese are all higher-seeds that easily move on to the second round.

The middle seeds are the tough calls: sauerkraut, chili, mayonnaise, onions, bacon, and pulled pork. (5 v 12, 6 v 11, 7 v 10, and 8 v 9)
I'd have to say that onions drop off because too many people just don't like them. Sauerkraut is somewhat more traditional, so it moves on.
Among chili, mayo, bacon, and pulled pork, I'd say bacon and pulled pork move on. "Chili" is highly variable, and many regions would simply disdain the NON-chili that is being passed off as beloved "chili" in their hometowns in this competition. Mayo is ok, and easily spreadable, and beats one of the bottom seeds. Bacon is universally loved (try a bacon cheese dog at 5-Guys sometime... it works very well), and pulled pork has the advantages of BBQ sauce, pork, AND the ability to stay on the dog even better than chili or tomatoes.

SECOND ROUND

ketchup, mustard, BBQ sauce, mayo are in the Spread bracket... sauerkraut, cheese, bacon, and pulled pork are in the Toppings bracket.
Mayo loses out to any of the other 3... BBQ sauce makes a good run against mustard or ketchup. It's basically just a sweeter ketchup. Let's call it BBQ sauce over ketchup and mustard over mayo.
Sauerkraut has the disadvantage of being slightly sour, and Americans are cheese-crazed. Bacon v pulled pork in the second round is just one of those unfortunate match-ups where some great entity has to lose. You know, I'll go against my own opening statement and say pulled pork. Just sounds too good right now, LOL. (It's lunchtime here. I think I just decided what I'm having, LOL.)

SEMIFINALS

Mustard v BBQ sauce... tough call, but the mustard moves on. (Although the choice of spicy vs yellow would make a difference for many. Was that the 16th condiment?)
Pulled pork v cheese... I'd have to say pulled pork wins, just for volume. (Again, cheese on a 5 Guys dog is a winner for me, but if they offered pulled pork, I'd likely try that and stick with it.)

FINALS - mustard v pulled pork... If it came down to taste alone, I'd go with pulled pork... but there are just too many traditionalists to overcome the ingeniousness of the lesser-known and lesser-available pulled pork option. Mustard wins again, I guess. Looks like they got it right. Hmm.

147 posted on 03/15/2014 9:16:07 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: PaulCruz2016
Chicago Dog for me!


148 posted on 03/15/2014 9:38:45 AM PDT by FXRP
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To: PaulCruz2016

Everyone here is crazy. Dorothy lynch dressing is superior on any dog polish or otherwise.


149 posted on 03/15/2014 9:38:48 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: GreyFriar

That mixed ketchup-relish on hot dogs and sausages is great


150 posted on 03/15/2014 12:38:52 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: PaulCruz2016

Complete nonsense!! Ketchup is glorious on a hotdog...with onions or without...combined with mustard or solo...with sauerkraut...in other wsords...ketchup is BOSS!!


151 posted on 03/15/2014 3:04:50 PM PDT by pallmallman (Q)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Leave off that evil mayo and you’ve got a deal.


152 posted on 03/15/2014 3:44:59 PM PDT by pallmallman (Q)
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To: CARDINALRULES
.. canned spinach ..

OMG !   If there's a culinary Hell, that's it !

</gag reflex>

153 posted on 03/15/2014 3:50:01 PM PDT by tomkat (3%+1)
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To: ClearCase_guy

You need to put that in context...

DETECTIVE: Hey, don’t tell me this $#!t’s getting to you. Not Harry Callahan. Say it ain’t so.

CALLAHAN: No, this stuff isn’t getting to me, the shootings, the knifings, the beatings, old ladies being bashed in the head for their social security checks, teachers being thrown out of a fourth floor window because they don’t give A’s. That doesn’t bother me a bit.

DETECTIVE: Come on Harry, take it easy.

CALLAHAN: Or this job either, having to wade through the scum of this city, being swept away by bigger and bigger waves of corruption, apathy and red tape. No, that doesn’t bother me. But you know what does bother me?

DETECTIVE: What?

CALLAHAN: You know what makes me really sick to my stomach?

DETECTIVE: What?!

CALLAHAN: It’s watching you stuff your face with those hot dogs. Nobody... I mean NOBODY puts ketchup on a hot dog.

Mark


154 posted on 03/15/2014 7:21:12 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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Whenever I visit family in NY, I always make at least one trip to "Nathan's Famous" (not the original in Coney Island, but the one on Central Ave, in Yonkers.)

I always get the same thing... 2 franks and an order of fries (they've got the VERY BEST fries on the planet!) But I can never make up my mind on the condiments, so I make one of each: Mustard & kraut on one, and ketchup & sweet relish on the other.

But when I make them at home, it's either chilli, cheese, and onions or Sabrett onions in sauce.

YUM!!!

Mark

155 posted on 03/15/2014 7:50:33 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: NYFriend
Knish, with mustard...best NYC street food. No doubt.

Yup! And in Kansas City, you can't find decent Jewish deli food anywhere. And of course, that means NO Knishes!

About once a year, I save up and send out for Katz's Deli... A couple of pounds of pastrami, their half dill pickles, their REAL NY rye bread & mustard, and about a dozen knishes (potato only!)

Shipped in, Fed Ex, next day!

Mark

156 posted on 03/15/2014 8:08:33 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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