i am a firm believer that a hot dog is at its best when dressed with mustard (never ketchup) and at least two of the following: onions, pickles, sour kraut. items like jalapeños, tomatoes, peppers, celery salt, chili, etc. can be added at your whim or to suit your personal tastes. that is just this simple man's opinion.
the above dog was purchased at a stand that sits on the side of highway 17, where it crosses the top of the santa cruz mountains.
it was delicious, but at $5.25 for 1/4 pound dog, it should have come with a side of fries (or gold, or crude oil, or something).
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I dont know why ketchup on a dog is taboo, I hate mustard, and find that katsup or catsup is a fine condiment.
"Ketchup is destructive of all that is right and just about a properly assembled hot dog"
--thestraightdope.com
The flavor of ketchup overpowers and destroys the taste of the hot dog instead of complementing it. In Chicago, some restaurants and hot dog stands that consider themselves to be "true" Chicago hot dog grills do not, as a rule, carry ketchup in stock, even if they serve other food items that use this condiment, such as French fries.
"Don't use ketchup on your hot dog after the age of 18."
You are right, I am going to just eat mustard on my hot dogs now even though I hate the taste of mustard. I wouldn't want to look juvenile, immature and unrefined in front of a hot dog vender. They sell hot dogs for a living so obviously we should look to them as standard bearers of refinement and sophistication. I guess I will just suck it up and ask for extra mustard next time I flag down Cletus and his cart of tubular animal biproducts he sells to support his meth habit.
Next thing you know, j_bone is going to try to convince us that tighty-whities are socially acceptable too.
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