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Is a hot dog a sandwich? Council rules once and for all
Lindsay Deutsch, USA TODAY Network 12:08 p.m. EST November 7, 2015
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Yes, the classic American meal-on-the-go is wrapped in bread, smeared with condiments and eaten as a patriotic alternative to, say, a hamburger.
 
 
 
But a hot dog is not a sandwich, according to an official press release from the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council.
 
According to the council, "Our verdict is…a hot dog is an exclamation of joy, a food, a verb describing one 'showing off' and even an emoji. It is truly a category unto its own."
 
Well, hot dog!
 
"Limiting the hot dog's significance by saying it's 'just a sandwich' is like calling the Dalai Lama 'just a guy.' Perhaps at one time its importance could be limited by forcing it into a larger sandwich category (no disrespect to Reubens and others), but that time has passed," NHDSC president and 'Queen of Wien' Janet Riley says in the release. (Yes, "Queen of Wien" is a thing, apparently.)
 
"We therefore choose to take a cue from a great performer and declare our namesake be a 'hot dog formerly known as a sandwich,'" she continues.
 

The NHDSC says it came to its decision after noting the hot dog's impact on American history as well as the "open" nature of a hot dog in a bun, a USDA-governed nuance.


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For me, it's a sandwich, as long as you eat it in the bun.  Add some chopped onions, cheese, or sauerkraut, and my argument strengthens!



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hot dogs are the particleboard of meat!!!!!!!!

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jimhenry2000 wrote:

For me, it's a sandwich, as long as you eat it in the bun.  Add some chopped onions, cheese, or sauerkraut, and my argument strengthens!

Jimhenry, in my mind a hot dog isn't a hot dog unless it snaps when you bite it like those delicious Sabrett dogs. To me they are the best.

This debate will go on forever. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/03/is-a-hot-dog-a-sandwich-nature-america



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Absolutely and by far the best hot dog I have ever had in my life was at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI.  The stand is right next to the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile but I don't think the hot dog was an Oscar Mayer.  Until that day I was pretty neutral about hot dogs, not really my favorite meal, but since then I have searched all over to try to duplicate that culinary experience and have yet to do so.  I guess I will just have to go back to the Henry Ford!



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jimhenry2000 wrote:

Absolutely and by far the best hot dog I have ever had in my life was at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI.  The stand is right next to the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile but I don't think the hot dog was an Oscar Mayer.  Until that day I was pretty neutral about hot dogs, not really my favorite meal, but since then I have searched all over to try to duplicate that culinary experience and have yet to do so.  I guess I will just have to go back to the Henry Ford!

 It was probably a koegel.  They are made right here in Flint, Mi.



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Could be. I love Koegel beef bologna.  However the Koegel hot dogs I have found packaged for retail are not foot longs like this one was, nor nearly as fat as this one.
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jimhenry2000 wrote:

Absolutely and by far the best hot dog I have ever had in my life was at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI.  The stand is right next to the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile but I don't think the hot dog was an Oscar Mayer.  Until that day I was pretty neutral about hot dogs, not really my favorite meal, but since then I have searched all over to try to duplicate that culinary experience and have yet to do so.  I guess I will just have to go back to the Henry Ford!

 It was probably a koegel.  They are made right here in Flint, Mi.

 



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There are some footlongs too. I used to get them in bulk packs. Never really ate them, but everyone seems to like them. If you find them let me know. I too don't care for hotdogs much but they make for a fast meal when I don't feel like cooking.

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