Is a hot dog a sandwich?

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:02 pm

It's an age old conundrum.

Please support your answer with cogent facts and arguments.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:05 pm

Meat surrounded by bread... I'd say yes.

If a gyro is a sandwich, then a hot dog is, too.

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:06 pm

As devil's advocate, I'd like to point out that it is unneccasary to have the two pieces of bread in order for it to be recognized as a hot dog.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:10 pm

It's only one piece, but it is surrounded on three sides.

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:24 pm

I understand that. But you can take the actual meat out of the bun and it is still a meal. The bun is not a defining characteristic of the hot dog. Thus, it may not be a sandwich.

Such as you cannot have a pizza without three defining components: crust, sauce, cheese.

or a ham sandwich without ham and bread.

But you can have a hot dog without a bun.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:02 pm

No, because then it ceases to be a hot dog and becomes merely a weiner. At least that's the way I've always understood it.

jjreason · Post by **jjreason** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:38 pm

I concur. The difference between a wiener and a real hot dog is the bun.

kidhuman · Post by **kidhuman** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:04 pm

anarky wrote:It's only one piece, but it is surrounded on three sides.

Its a fuckin peninsula

Tom Foolery · Post by **Tom Foolery** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:59 pm

anarky wrote:No, because then it ceases to be a hot dog and becomes merely a weiner. At least that's the way I've always understood it.

"merely a weiner" made me laugh.

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