Comments on: A Post about Encased Meats

By: Cliff

Cliff — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:13:17 +0000

i am that friend!

By: macsnafu

macsnafu — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:06:57 +0000

Ketchup is only good if what it’s going on is really bad. A good hot dog, sausage, or hot link (especially hot links!) are best with mayonnaise.
Yeah, I like mayo–what’s it to you?

By: Davis

Davis — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:19:10 +0000

Blasphemy!

You have angered the hot dog gods, my friend. Justice will be swift and unwavering.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:24:02 +0000

I wanted to link that page in the post, but I couldn’t find it. So thank you!

Weirdly, these rules remind me of highly specified religious rites, like how kosher restrictions prescribe exactly how animals must be slaughtered. It’s ridiculous in the case of the hot dogs, because most of these rules seem to be motivated by the reasoning that the hot dog is an unpretentious food—and so should be consumed in an unpretentious manner. I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that they’re being a little facetious here, but it’s honestly kind of hard for me to tell.

Anyway, my feeling is that you’re entitled to eat a hot dog any way you damn well please.

By: Joe Wasserman

Joe Wasserman — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:03:41 +0000

According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, ketchup should not be consumed on a hot dog by anybody over 18 years old (http://www.hot-dog.org/ht/d/sp/i/38617/pid/38617).