I don’t like anything on hot dogs. I also prefer corn dogs over hot dogs. Also would rather eat Brats, Polish Sausage, and Kosher dogs over regular old Oscar Mayer and the ilk any day.
He’ll never be elected President once this tweet is used against him. Can’t you see the attack ads now? Also, Datassentials’ consumer panel reports that 80% of American’s “love or like” the flavor of ketchup.
Heinz did a great spoof back in 2017 with its Chicago Dog Sauce video. Unsuspecting Chicagoans put what they thought was a new sauce on their hotdogs and loved it. Turns out it was just Ketchup. WTTW also did a great historical piece on this in 1997 and its still on their Web page. It’s not really abouit the Ketchup, it’s a regioanlism thing and there’s nothing wrong with that. Be proud Chicago. But you’re so loud about it, I’m going to order up a dog with just Ketchup in honor of you.
The Frankfurter is a sausage from Frankfurt. It is made 100% from pork.
The Weiner is a sausage from Vienna. It is made with a mix of mostly sausage with some beef.
The hotdog is a sausage from Coney Island. It is made 100% from beef.
Mustard was developed by the Romans around 400 AD as a condiment for wild boar, or pork.
Tomato catsup on the otherhand originated in Philadelphia in the 1830’s and was originally sold for its medicinal properties as an aphrodisiac and cure for diarrhea, among other uses. Thank to the marketing genius of Heinz, in the post-Civil War it exploded and became America’s most ubiqitous and generic condiment.
In short, mustard is the preferred condiment for pork sausages, ham, etc.
While catsup can be put on almost anything, including but not limited to: beef hotdogs, hamburgers, fried chicken tenders, French fries, scrambled eggs, and even white rice.
So, if you are insisting on mustard for *beef* hotdogs, you’re just wrong. The spices in mustard were not developed and were never intended to be the sole condiment for anything other than Pork.
I kinda feel though like Caprara has her thumb on the scale though pushing a condiment developed in Philadelphia, and might need to amend her statement of economic interest.
This strange Chicago obsession is very tiresome. I don’t put ketchup on anything except certain fast food burgers that come with it (when I indulge) because I’m not a big fan of ketchup. But why on earth should someone not put it on a hot dog?
One of the first questions my mother in law asked of me is if I put Ketchup on hot dogs (a yes answer would have been bad).
Sorry Anne, no dice . #stillafan
=Those who willingly drink malort have earned the right to judge others use of catsup.=
Those who willingly drink malort are a danger to society.
- Give Us Barabbas - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 1:00 pm:
Kids have unsophisticated palates and adore sugar Ketchup is sugary, and the Chicago dog is constructed with a balance of sweet and savory components. Ketchup just isn’t needed, if you already have relish, tomatoes, onions, peppers. Ketchup adds nothing to the conversation. It’s that guy that just nods agreement to everything everyone else has already said.
A polish sausage is mostly pork with a bit of beef.
=== Ketchup AND mustard on hot dogs and ONLY mustard on a brat ===
A bratwurst is almost always 100% pork.
This is the trouble with dog-ma. (see what I there?)
People take a perfectly good culinary rule about “only mustard” for pork sausages, and then apply it to every sausage under the sun.
Catsup, by the way, originated in China and was made from anchovies, fish sauce, and pureed mushrooms…much more like A-1 steak sauce. it remained that way in Europe until the 1800’s, since tomatoes were a new world fruit. And believed to be poisonous, which is part of the reason Heinz marketed them in clear glass containers, to show there was nothing to fear.
Speaking as a ketchup lover and historian, I have never really been interested in the origin of most of these condiments. @Thomas Paine changed that for me today and I look forward to the next lesson. Genuinely.
=Ketchup just isn’t needed, if you already have relish, tomatoes, onions, peppers. Ketchup adds nothing to the conversation. It’s that guy that just nods agreement to everything everyone else has already said.=
Raspberries for you. Ketchup just the guy that nods in agreement? Wars have started ver lesser insults.
- What's in a name? - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 1:43 pm:
As a kid I spent a year living in Manhattan, NYC and developed a fondness for kraut on my hot dogs. Still my favorite.
I’m still waiting for some trendy spot to roll out Costa Rican style hotdogs up here, topped with very fresh, very thinly sliced green cabbage, a squiggle of mayo and a squeeze of lime. Bliss on a bun.
- Emily Miller - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 9:31 am:
I’m with her.
- GOP Spoxbot - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 9:35 am:
Pritzker is in the pocket of the Mustard Union.
- Amalia - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 9:38 am:
he’s the opposite of Mean Mr Mustard
- Jocko - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 9:48 am:
Ketchup is permissible for children under 10. After that, tomatoes only.
- Colonel Mustard - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 9:52 am:
Would we put ketchup on a Philly cheesesteak? I hope not.
- Telly - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 9:52 am:
If I were with Heinz, I’d commission a poll of Chicagoans on this topic. My gut feeling is ketchup is put on hot dogs more than one might think.
- Bruce( no not him) - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 9:56 am:
Another reason I’m glad to live downstate.
No one shames me here for my condiment choices.
- CentralILCentrist - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 10:03 am:
I relish how deep this division is…
- Northsider - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 10:04 am:
Ever heard of a hot dog joint called “Ketchup’s”?
BOOM(banned punctuation)
- Cool Papa Bell - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 10:06 am:
Team Anne
- Gravitas - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 10:06 am:
Bud Abbott: A hot dog.
Lou Costello: Without mustard.
Bud Abbott: Mustard goes with a hot dog.
Lou Costello: Not with mine.
Bud Abbott: Mustard was made for the hot dog.
Lou Costello: I don’t care what the stuff was made for, I’m not gonna eat it.
Bud Abbott: But Lou, mustard and a hot dog go together.
Lou Costello: Let them go together. I’m not going to spoil any romance.
Bud Abbott: Who’s talking about romance?
Lou Costello: I mean, after all, if I don’t like mustard I don’t have to eat it for you or nobody else. I won’t even eat it for Mike the cop.
Bud Abbott: Oh, well I didn’t know you disliked it. I only asked you the question.
Lou Costello: Who do you think you are to tell me to put mustard on a hot dog?
Bud Abbott: I’m not telling you to do anything, Lou.
Lou Costello: If I want to put ketchup on a hot dog, there’s no law saying I can’t put ketchup on a hot dog.
Bud Abbott: You don’t put it on. Forget about it.
Lou Costello: This is a free country, and if I don’t want to eat mustard, I don’t have to eat it.
- The Dude Abides - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 10:08 am:
As someone from BFE who thoroughly enjoys Chicago-style dogs two at a time, I’m with JB. Find better toppings.
- bored now - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 10:10 am:
team dude…
- Norseman - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 10:20 am:
Biggest blunder of the administration. I get Chicago, but when I was growing up in the burbs it was both.
- Demoralized - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 10:23 am:
I’m more of an anti-ketchup guy when it comes to brats. Mustard ONLY.
- NonAFSCMEStateEmployeeFromChatham - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 10:39 am:
I don’t like anything on hot dogs. I also prefer corn dogs over hot dogs. Also would rather eat Brats, Polish Sausage, and Kosher dogs over regular old Oscar Mayer and the ilk any day.
- Anne Caprara - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 10:43 am:
Hi, Colonel Mustard, we do put ketchup on Philly Cheesesteaks all the time. Very standard in the City of Brotherly Love. No apologies.
- Ducky LaMoore - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 10:50 am:
If you want ketchup on your dog, have ketchup. I can’t sit in judgement when I put it on Mac and cheese….
- Homebody - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 10:51 am:
Put whatever you want on your hot dog, but that just makes it not a Chicago dog.
- New Day - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 10:59 am:
Ketchup on a hot dog? Where’s the puke Memoji when you need it.
- JSI - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 11:09 am:
He’ll never be elected President once this tweet is used against him. Can’t you see the attack ads now? Also, Datassentials’ consumer panel reports that 80% of American’s “love or like” the flavor of ketchup.
- JoanP - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 11:17 am:
Ketchup. And raw onion. That’s it.
- thisjustinagain - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 11:19 am:
I put ketchup (catsup) on hog dogs. So sue me. This is America, where patriots put ketchup on hot dogs (and fries).
- Cdog sauce - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 11:25 am:
Heinz did a great spoof back in 2017 with its Chicago Dog Sauce video. Unsuspecting Chicagoans put what they thought was a new sauce on their hotdogs and loved it. Turns out it was just Ketchup. WTTW also did a great historical piece on this in 1997 and its still on their Web page. It’s not really abouit the Ketchup, it’s a regioanlism thing and there’s nothing wrong with that. Be proud Chicago. But you’re so loud about it, I’m going to order up a dog with just Ketchup in honor of you.
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 11:26 am:
===He’ll never be elected President once this tweet is used against him===
Good. You can stop talking about it then.
- JS Mill - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 11:27 am:
I am with Norseman and Demoralized. Ketchup AND mustard on hot dogs and ONLY mustard on a brat.
And if you have a problem with my ketchup use I cordially invite you to pound sand. /s pretty much.
- Huh? - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 11:49 am:
Abbott and Castello is OK but no Dirty Harry?
- Thomas Paine - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 11:51 am:
Some culinary facts:
The Frankfurter is a sausage from Frankfurt. It is made 100% from pork.
The Weiner is a sausage from Vienna. It is made with a mix of mostly sausage with some beef.
The hotdog is a sausage from Coney Island. It is made 100% from beef.
Mustard was developed by the Romans around 400 AD as a condiment for wild boar, or pork.
Tomato catsup on the otherhand originated in Philadelphia in the 1830’s and was originally sold for its medicinal properties as an aphrodisiac and cure for diarrhea, among other uses. Thank to the marketing genius of Heinz, in the post-Civil War it exploded and became America’s most ubiqitous and generic condiment.
In short, mustard is the preferred condiment for pork sausages, ham, etc.
While catsup can be put on almost anything, including but not limited to: beef hotdogs, hamburgers, fried chicken tenders, French fries, scrambled eggs, and even white rice.
So, if you are insisting on mustard for *beef* hotdogs, you’re just wrong. The spices in mustard were not developed and were never intended to be the sole condiment for anything other than Pork.
I kinda feel though like Caprara has her thumb on the scale though pushing a condiment developed in Philadelphia, and might need to amend her statement of economic interest.
- Lelsie K - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 11:52 am:
This strange Chicago obsession is very tiresome. I don’t put ketchup on anything except certain fast food burgers that come with it (when I indulge) because I’m not a big fan of ketchup. But why on earth should someone not put it on a hot dog?
- Levois - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 11:57 am:
Catsup on Maxwell Street Polish Sausages???? Right???
- Wilson - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 12:02 pm:
Those who willingly drink malort have earned the right to judge others use of catsup.
- Rahm's Parking Meter - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 12:14 pm:
One of the first questions my mother in law asked of me is if I put Ketchup on hot dogs (a yes answer would have been bad).
. #stillafan
Sorry Anne, no dice
- JS Mill - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 12:15 pm:
@ Thomas Paine wins simply based on effort, he wins the gold medal for sophistication of thought.
- Leslie K - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 12:18 pm:
==@ Thomas Paine wins simply based on effort, he wins the gold medal for sophistication of thought.==
Agreed
- JS Mill - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 12:51 pm:
=Those who willingly drink malort have earned the right to judge others use of catsup.=
Those who willingly drink malort are a danger to society.
- Give Us Barabbas - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 1:00 pm:
Kids have unsophisticated palates and adore sugar Ketchup is sugary, and the Chicago dog is constructed with a balance of sweet and savory components. Ketchup just isn’t needed, if you already have relish, tomatoes, onions, peppers. Ketchup adds nothing to the conversation. It’s that guy that just nods agreement to everything everyone else has already said.
Ketchup on burgers and fries? Heck yes.
- Annon3 - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 1:10 pm:
Never on a Brat, but Dogs meh to each his own, not one to throw stones ….
- Thomas Paine - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 1:17 pm:
=== Catsup on Maxwell Street Polish Sausages? ===
A polish sausage is mostly pork with a bit of beef.
=== Ketchup AND mustard on hot dogs and ONLY mustard on a brat ===
A bratwurst is almost always 100% pork.
This is the trouble with dog-ma. (see what I there?)
People take a perfectly good culinary rule about “only mustard” for pork sausages, and then apply it to every sausage under the sun.
Catsup, by the way, originated in China and was made from anchovies, fish sauce, and pureed mushrooms…much more like A-1 steak sauce. it remained that way in Europe until the 1800’s, since tomatoes were a new world fruit. And believed to be poisonous, which is part of the reason Heinz marketed them in clear glass containers, to show there was nothing to fear.
- JS Mill - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 1:27 pm:
=Catsup, by the way, originated in China =
Speaking as a ketchup lover and historian, I have never really been interested in the origin of most of these condiments. @Thomas Paine changed that for me today and I look forward to the next lesson. Genuinely.
=Ketchup just isn’t needed, if you already have relish, tomatoes, onions, peppers. Ketchup adds nothing to the conversation. It’s that guy that just nods agreement to everything everyone else has already said.=
Raspberries for you. Ketchup just the guy that nods in agreement? Wars have started ver lesser insults.
- What's in a name? - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 1:43 pm:
As a kid I spent a year living in Manhattan, NYC and developed a fondness for kraut on my hot dogs. Still my favorite.
- Marine Life - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 3:42 pm:
I’m still waiting for some trendy spot to roll out Costa Rican style hotdogs up here, topped with very fresh, very thinly sliced green cabbage, a squiggle of mayo and a squeeze of lime. Bliss on a bun.
- Lurker - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 4:18 pm:
Make the hot dog and bun good enough and you don’t need to spoil it with ketchup or mustard. Add veggies as you wish.
Same for hamburgers.
- Gravitas - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 4:28 pm:
Certain Illinois spots offer kraut for hot dogs.
Nothing wrong with doing this.
- The Dude Abides - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 4:31 pm:
=Those who willingly drink malort have earned the right to judge others use of catsup.=
*raises hand*
I don’t seek it out, but others in my circle know that I can handle a double Malort without flinching.
=Those who willingly drink malort are a danger to society.=
I’m not a danger to society, just built different.
- Siriusly - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 4:31 pm:
Anne Caprara is from a city that puts cheese whiz on sliced beef. We aren’t taking her commentary on condiments seriusly around here.
- Pot calling kettle - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 5:07 pm:
Forget ketchup, forget mustard. Put salsa on your hot dog; it will change your life. (Salsa is a great topping for hamburgers as well.)
- JS Mill - Thursday, Apr 11, 24 @ 7:14 pm:
I’m not a danger to society, just built different.=
You are built of sturdier stuff than me for sure.
- the working poor - Friday, Apr 12, 24 @ 11:41 am:
Would be unacceptable if she was from here, but since she’s not, she can continue to ruin her dawg with sugar paste all she wants.