A very important question

Is a hot dog a sandwich?

  • Yes

    Votes: 7 16.3%

  • No

    Votes: 36 83.7%

  • I'm a communist and don't know what a hot dog is

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    43
RatLabGuy

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Is a hot dog a sandwich?

thoughts to consider:
- meat in a bun, so maybe
- but its a continuous bun - like a taco - so if you go by that, what makes a hot dog not a taco? Is a taco a sandwich?
- you would never cut a hot dog in half, but you would any other "normal" sandwich
 
A sammich is between 2 pieces of bread, a hotdog is stuffed in one piece of bread that has been cut open on the top, but remains 1 piece. Someone is gonna bring up subs, they are a specialty sammich, and the bread is cut from the side, which I think is fast food propaganda, I get them from the grocery store and the bread is sliced all the way through. I smell a conspiracy against hotdog's right as a sovereign food! And it smells better than most conspiracies...
 
R Q said:
NO hotdogs for me! They trigger my gout!, plus Ive never liked them anyways. Only time I really ever ate them was when Terry was set up at URE.
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Not me. I'd get the BBQ sandwich with octane- if memory serves me right. I have trouble defining a hot dog as meat.

On a somewhat related note, what about a hamburger?
 
RatLabGuy said:
Is a hot dog a sandwich?

thoughts to consider:
- meat in a bun, so maybe
- but its a continuous bun - like a taco - so if you go by that, what makes a hot dog not a taco? Is a taco a sandwich?
- you would never cut a hot dog in half, but you would any other "normal" sandwich
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A taco does not have a bun. Nor does it have a flour tortilla, as that is offensive.

I would posit that the bread carries the importance of the "not sandwich" classification.

Is it not true that the same bun, devoid of a hot dog but filled with lobster or crab meat, is also not called a sandwich but a "roll" instead?

:p
 
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Fabrik8 said:
A taco does not have a bun. Nor does it have a flour tortilla, as that is offensive.

I would posit that the bread carries the importance of the "not sandwich" classification.

Is it not true that the same bun, devoid of a hot dog but filled with lobster or crab meat, is also not called a sandwich but a "roll" instead?

:p
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Um, soft tacos?
The point is, is a soft taco not the same notion as meat stuff into a pocket of bread? Could you call a hot dog a bologna-esque taco?
Or is that a case of thinking of it as bread wrapped around meat, instead of the other way around.
 
RatLabGuy said:
Um, soft tacos?
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Soft tacos, otherwise known as a "taco", have a corn tortilla. :D

Crunchy tacos also have a corn tortilla, it's just crunchy.

We'll not speak of the other type of tortilla that bland Tex-Mex restaurants substitute instead of corn because the other type is cheaper and is more convenient to reheat.

Contrary to what Old El Paso wants to sell you, corn tortillas don't have any wheat flour in them (but wheat flour does make them cheaper).

RatLabGuy said:
The point is, is a soft taco not the same notion as meat stuff into a pocket of bread? Could you call a hot dog a bologna-esque taco?
Or is that a case of thinking of it as bread wrapped around meat, instead of the other way around.
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So is a pita a sandwich? I'm thinking more of the classification of slicing and separating a bread product and putting something between, which flatbread, pita bread, tortillas, etc., don't satisfy the definition of.
 
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shawn said:
Yeah, most all hot dogs get cut in half around here.
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Seems they get eaten by kids in three ways,dogs only,dog cut in multiple pieces or dog/bun cut in half.Jake was dog only.
 
For me the answer comes from the difference between slices of bread and a bun. If it's between two slices of bread (or one if you're a risk taker and prefer open face), then it's a sandwich. If it's on a bun it gets distinguished as it's own food.
 
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