[bestworkother]

Should have had the works.

[ATTILAGLIC]

Do we want a PM who'd rather have a plain hot-dog than risk spilling something on his suit?

No. We do not. I'd rather there was a picture of him as a grinning buffoon with sauces slathered all over him happy that he'd had a great feed.

[Escamsrasiush]

I assumed that was a grauniad error and they meant "or" instead of "and".

No-one would have both.

[Oxzzlvpg]

I like my hot dog with ketchup. Mustard is not an essential condiment for hot dogs.

[Alulursuifold]

I like my hot dog with ketchup. Mustard is not an essential condiment for hot dogs.

I always knew you were unAmerican.

[ergyuu]

I always knew you were unAmerican.

ARE YOU WE GOING TO HAVE THIS SAME DEBATE AGAIN, IMRAN?

You nasty weirdo putting mayo on your hot dogs! KETCHUP IS THE CONDIMENT FOR HOT DOGS!

On a tour of New York with Mayor Bloomberg the Prime Minister asked a street vendor for a plain hot dog. No mustard, no onions, nada. I'm puzzled by this onion crap... who puts onions on a hot dog?

[Proodustommor]

Mayo on your hotdog? WTF, seriously? fried onions and ketchup all the way, every day.

I can understand have your Frieten met mayo. Imo the only burger that works with mayo is a chicken burger

[nobodyhere]

Why wouldnt you have fried onion on your burger or hotdog? This attitude baffles me, and flies in the face of all our southern street fast food

[Creelaleps]

Onion on a hot dog? Who does that? Maybe with chili dogs but a regular hot dog with mustard and onion?

Imran, is that what people in Jersey eat or people in Atlanta?

[chuecafresss]

Its a staple. I grew up on hotdogs, fried onions and ketchup from chelmsford market. It truly was the highlight of the shopping trip.

If you want to stick your head in the sand and deny a culture as economically potent as your strongest state, which would also bury you in culture, then so be it.

I dont doubt America, or Philly for that matter, has a lot to offer the world. But take your blinkers off for a minute and look at the bigger picture

Fwiw I could kill for a philly cheesesteak, that looks right up my gastronomical alley.

[RicardoHun]

I love onions on a hot dog. **** you, Alby.

You also love hairy men's asses

[conurgenceDen]

For the first time this year, the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council also polled ballparks on which condiments are most popular. While Miller Park dispenses 1,300 gallons of its "secret stadium sauce" a year, it is ketchup and mustard that top the overall poll in a landslide. For example, Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians, dolls out 2,202 gallons of Heinz ketchup and 1,234 gallons of Berman's Brown mustard a year. The people want ketchup

[Thomas12400]

You also love hairy men's asses

Hairy? No.

[Spalax]

Onion on a hot dog? Who does that?

Most normal people enjoy onions on a hot dog. They may just go with mustard if they don't want too much mess (ie, anything that may tumble from the dog).

[EzequielTMann]

Chilli, onions, mustard and a smattering of saurkraut

[Storwaytozy]

DP

(Sorry, but 'poly seems to be incredibly slow tonight )

[secondmortgages]

fried onions and ketchup

[makemoneyonli]

Dear Cecil:

I was sitting at the Montreal Pool Room eating my all-dressed hot dog and suddenly the question hit me: why is there no ketchup in an all-dressed? Is ketchup not as respectable a condiment as relish or mustard? Is there a conspiracy? Does Dirty Harry's remark about ketchup in a hot dog have anything to do with it? I would be so thankful if you could shine a light on this obscure bit of knowledge for a passionate and perplexed user of ketchup.

— Paul Macneil, Dorval, Quebec

Cecil replies:

Paul, I know you don't mean to act like an alfalfa-chewing barbarian, but this is like asking why Leonardo didn't paint the Mona Lisa on black velvet. Ketchup is destructive of all that is right and just about a properly assembled hot dog (and we're talking about a pure beef hot dog, not one of those things you could serve with dressing on Thanksgiving).

Ketchup smothers the flavor of the hot dog because ketchup makers add sugar to their products. That takes the edge off the highly acidic tomatoes, but it takes the edge off everything else, too. Which is exactly why a lot of parents like it, according to Mel Plotsky, sales manager for the David Berg hot dog company in Chicago. (Chicago is one of the hot dog's holy cities.) Put ketchup on it and a kid will swallow anything--and from there it's a straight shot to Velveeta cheese, Franco-American spaghetti, and Deborah Norville.

For that matter, you want to watch the mustard, too. Plotsky says your mainstream brands like French's put in too much turmeric and whatnot. What you want is some unpretentious mustard like Plochman's that enhances rather than competes with the flavor of the beef. You should also steam or grill rather than boil your hot dogs--water leaches away the flavor and softens the wiener till it becomes non-tooth-resistant mush.

But--getting back to the original question--you say you like the taste of tomatoes. Fine, then eat tomatoes, as God meant them to be eaten--fresh sliced and piled on top of the hot dog. The recommended ingredients of a hot dog with everything, in order of application, are mustard, relish, chopped onion, sliced tomato, kosher pickle spear, optional peppers, and celery salt. (Many think you have to get kraut in there too, but Cecil wants a hot dog, not Oktoberfest.)

People get pretty emotional over the ketchup question. Mel Plotsky opened our discussion by describing the condiment as a "catchall of garbage." Over at crosstown rival Vienna Sausage, they refer to ketchup as the "K-word." If you go into an authentic hot dog joint and ask for ketchup on your hot dog, the counterman will pause and look you in the eye. He may or may not say, "Ketchup?" with a tone of disbelief. But you may be certain what he's thinking: "Behold this creature that walks like a man. It wants ketchup on its hot dog."

But hey, if you want ketchup, by all means get it.

— Cecil Adams http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...y-made-hot-dog

[HakTaisanip]

Ballpark people have no taste. They drink **** like Bud and watch games like Baseball, for **** sakes.

[ManHolDenPoker]

Shut up Chicagoan. I saw that too when I was doing my research.

Still, ketchup is the most popular condiment on ballpark hot dogs so the people have spoken

Who cares what Chicagorillas think.

You had to research what I knew by instinct. Btw McDonalds is really popular too.

No wonder everyone thinks phildopeans are an uncultured and backwards people. I was going to give it high marks for not looking like an utter shithole like it did when I visited it in the 90s (based on yer pics), and then you let loose your 'knowledge'. How sad.