We asked experts their opinions about the hot dog sandwich debate.
ranks among the most divisive.
To no one’s surprise, opinions differed.
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If you’re hungry for an official answer, grab a snack and keep reading.
Bun vs. [It] certainly deserves its own category, the same way a burger deserves its own.
Sandwiches have their own category as well, and that category does not include hot dogs or burgers.
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“What kind of a rogue would tear a hot dog bun down the middle?
You wouldn’t because it affects the amount of condiments you might pile in with the hot dog.
How many of us have had some extra spread or filling from a sandwich leak out on our shirts?
Some even explicitly say sandwiches are typically eaten as a light meal.
Kuhagen referencesIgnatz Frischmann, the “Original Vienna Roll Man” and a pioneer of the Detroit-loved coney dog.
“‘Sandwich’ is an umbrella term,” he says.
Maybe specifically a half-sandwich, but a sandwich nonetheless?
At bare minimum, perhaps you could be convinced that a hot dog can be an open-faced sandwich.”
Is a hot dog a sandwich?
“Our hot dogs belong in a category of their own.
Sandwich or not a sandwich, it doesn’t matter to us.
“But I’m ready to take them all on.”
“National Hot Dog and Sausage Council Announces Official Policy on ‘Hot Dog as Sandwich’ Controversy.
“National Hot Dog Sausage Council.
