As a Chicagoan, rest assured Obama knows not to put ketchup on a hotdog.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

And that's all that's important.

[Occam Bandage]

1. I once saw somebody with ketchup on a hot dog at a Sox-Cubs game.

They were in a Cubs jersey. That's all anyone needs to know about the two teams, really.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

7. He was probably an out-of-towner who realized if he came home with a Sox jersey...

...no one would know what it was for.

[Occam Bandage]

10. I'm man enough to admit it when I've been bested. Touché.

;)

[karynnj]

32. But my family with many many Sox fans and 1 lonely Cubs fan

all put ketchup on hotdogs. My dad and 3 siblings and their kids still in the Chicago area share White Sox season tickets. My mom prefers the Cubs. Me, I never cared for baseball, but have attended Mets games with my husband.

The family has lived in the Chicago area for 3 decades.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

34. Then you should be aware that the Royko Act of 1975 forbade ketchup on hotdogs.

[karynnj]

36. We loved Roykos columns, but liked Heinz ketchup more

I moved east and learned to change what I put on hot dogs.

[jobycom]

2. Weakens the taste of the chili.

Only chili, onions, and cheese, and maybe jalapenos, belong on a hot dog. No chili, no point in the dog.

Oh yeah, and for me they both have to be vegetarian, but that's flexible for others.

[rateyes]

11. No COLE SLAW? No SAUERKRAUT?

What kind of American are you?

[jobycom]

13. Only on the side. Borders should have nothing to do with decency and taste.

[rateyes]

18. I am now officially distressed.

I need a slaw dog, NOW! :D

[scheming daemons]

3. You are an anti-Heinz bigot....

...

[TayTay]

4. Why?

I like both. ANd relish and lots and lots of onions.

So, who cares?

[HereSince1628]

14. It's a Chicago food-nazi tradition.

It's the same BS in Milwaukee with a brat never any ketchup and the brat MUST be served on a Semmelroll or you are an obvious auslander.

In Chicago they also expect you to have poppy seeds on the bun, and inside VERY green pickle relish, tomato slices, diced onions and two wedges of tomato.

[AngryAmish]

37. Ketchup on a dog is just plain wrong

If you are over ten there is no excuse for it.

[HereSince1628]

42. Curried ketchup is actually very good on hot dogs

But then you have to have a maturity about food that reaches beyond age 13.

[HereSince1628]

43. Oops, double dribbled the ketchup.

[frazzled]

5. Ketchup would be anathema

To non-Chicagoans: the only permissible ingredients on a true Chicago hot dog are: steamed poppy seed bun, all-beef Vienna wiener, chopped onions, neon-green sweet relish, tomato wedges or slices, pickle spear, celery salt, sport peppers, and mustard.

[JerseygirlCT]

6. Not from Chicago, but EXACTLY!

Or mayo on ham...

[Mojambo]

8. I just like mustard.

But no one should be judged for what they put on their dog.

People want ketchup, that's cool.

[Cha]

15. You're

easy.:) Yeah, I don't care, either, as long as I get to put what I want on my veggie hot dog or Gardenburger:9

[Sequoia]

17. Mustard, chilli sans beans, onions and maybe coleslaw if it's tasty.

Well, now I'm hungry and haven't had a hotdog in a long time.

[Democrats_win]

9. LOL! That's perfect!

[bunnies]

12. I dont know how anybody eats those digusting things...

:puke: Even the stench makes me gag.

[Happyhippychick]

16. I hate to admit this but...

my DH does that.

I wonder what childhood trauma he must have suffered that has made him continue to put ketchup on a hot dog past the age of 3.

[Occam Bandage]

20. Adults who eat ketchup on hot dogs

are like adults who wear diapers for sexual gratification. There's clearly something wrong in their heads.

[Political Heretic]

22. This says more about you than any other post I've seen you make I think

:)

[Occam Bandage]

25. As well it should!

Intolerant over petty differences, sexually depraved, willing to engage in acts of atrocious slander over unnecessary arguments...what else is there? If only I could work a sidelong reference to my habitual cruelty to children, animals, and the elderly, I think we'd have A Portrait of the Occam as a Young Man.

[Political Heretic]

26. Bwahahahahahaaa!

You forgot "good sense of humor" :rofl:

[Happyhippychick]

33. You guys are making me laugh harder than the vision of Vitter in diapers!

[Jennicut]

23. Ha! I continue to put ketchup on my hot dog. In fact, I would put ketchup on just about anything.

I even eat it in a little bowl all by itself. I know, I have problems.

[Kittycat]

19. Meh - Portillos with Ketchup, Mustard and Relish for me.

Bite it. Yum.

[Political Heretic]

21. What's wrong with ketchup??

[Occam Bandage]

27. It's a cultural marker in Chicago.

Chicagoans do not eat ketchup on hot dogs past childhood. Well, some do, but they clearly didn't get the memo. It's like how Southerners from various states get picky about what goes in a barbecue and what doesn't. Personally, I find ketchup too blandly sweet to put on red meat (reminds me of frosting more than anything else), but I like the taste of mustard, onions, tomato, pickle, and the rest. Ketchup just...doesn't go with hot dogs, and anyone who thinks it does is either a child or is from some foreign land where they lack culture. Like Peoria.

Of course, that doesn't mean I don't like sweet barbecue sauce. I'm aware the ketchup thing is just cultural programming.

[Political Heretic]

29. I could easily replace ketchup with sweet barbecue sauce, if that works

in chicago? :)

I like mustard, but I also like the taste of something else with mustard usually.. :)

Might want to move to Chicago one day so I have to get ready.

[Occam Bandage]

30. Well, make it spicy, with a spicy sausage, and you've got a hot link,

which is perfectly normal at barbecue joints.

Or you could just order whatever the hell you want. It's not like there aren't millions of tourists in Chicago every year, and either way there are plenty of Chicagoans who prefer thin-crust pizza to deep dish and like hot dogs with ketchup and nothing else. Nobody seriously cares about what you put on a dog except when they're puffing up their chest to play a fun game of insider-versus-outsider. It's like Sox versus Cubs. Nobody seriously hates people who cheer for both teams ("I'm a Chicago fan," they say), but everyone pretends they do because it's great fun.

[MadBadger]

24. Well Mustard Sucks

[RaleighNCDUer]

28. Ketchup and mustard on BOTH.

Only with a hot dog you get sauerkraut, and with a hamburger you get pickles.

EDIT: Then again, I'm originally from Iowa, so what the fuck do I know?

[Zynx]

31. The only proper way to eat a hotdog is with mustard, relish, and onions.

[TahitiNut]

35. Agreed. That was the LAW when I was a bleacher bum.

:shrug:

Putting chili on a hot dog is like putting peanut butter on a steak.

Kapusta on a kielbasa in a split bun ain't bad, though.

[Mudoria]

40. Ugh.. the only way to eat a HD is with chili, onions and then

liberally doused with Texas Pete.

[HereSince1628]

44. Hardly. Remoulade on a frankfurter is great.

Of course, that requires you to have a much more worldly interest in food.

[Terran]

38. What about mayo on a hot dog?

I mean, I would NEVER, but just thought I'd ask.

Hotdogs = mustard + kraut + sweet relish...maybe onions too. Never did get into chili dogs too much, meself.

[Zomby Woof]

39. Dirty Harry hates ketchup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5JIpT4GkyM

[cwcwmack]

41. born/raised south Chi-town

and I put ketchup on my dogs...