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Is a hotdog a sandwich?
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"sometimes a hot dog is just a hot dog." ~ Sigmund Freud25
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A hot dog is gross. That's what it is. Gross.
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But is it a sandwich?1
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I think a hot dog is it's own category.. so it's just a hot dog. Still gross though.2
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No... A sandwich is served between slices of bread, not in a bun.1
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The Arch-Duke of Hot Dog must be spinning in his grave right now.3
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »No... A sandwich is served between slices of bread, not in a bun.
In the case of a sub sandwich or similar, you don't always slice all the way through the bread, and then it's still a single piece of bread, and still definitely a sandwich.
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I suppose it's a sandwich, in the same way a burger is a sandwich. It's a subcategory of sandwich.
It's not a taco, I'm absolutely certain of that.
Unless you wrap it in a tortilla. Then it becomes a really weird kind of taco.3 -
Is a pita pocket a type of taco? Why wouldn't a hotdog be a kind of taco? It's meat wrapped in carbs.0
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It's a skinny sandwich?0
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I don't think it's a sandwich. It's a cleverly shaped, half-sandwich. I think, if it had a top...then it would be a sandwich.
There's probably official rules to this kind of thing but I don't know what they are...
Now, a better question is: "Would you place things like sliced honey ham and turkey, cheese slices, lettuce/tomato...and then Dijon mustard into your hot dog bun and eat it?"
If you could do that...I'm going to change my opinion and say it's actually a sandwich.
I can't even approach the taco issue. I haven't thought much about it as I don't like hard-shells. You can't put enough meat in there and they break. I find them frustrating, if not cruel...food delivery systems.2 -
But is the hotdog sandwiched between the two halves of the bun?0
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A taco is NOT defined by the hard shell, but it is defined by a tortilla. "Meat wrapped in carbs" is just way too broad a definition.
I think the hot dog is still a sandwich, it just happens to be most effectively eaten on its side.0 -
I would say yes.
I think if you wanted to call it a sandwich then the sandwich police wouldn't arrest you.
But they might look at you the wrong way.0 -
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MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »Maybe this will help
I appear to be a true neutral.
Except that I will not, under any circumstances, describe anything with a tortilla as a sandwich. This is an interesting insight into the depths of my mind.2 -
I just asked my wife and she said: "technically yes."
This should be cold, hard proof that the answer is: "no".11 -
Motorsheen wrote: »
But it's an automobile. A car is an automobile. So it is a car. You don't call them truck-cars where you live?0 -
I have to lol at the pop-tart sandwich anarchy...
That would probably make a great user name..."PopTartSandwichAnarchist".
You just need two pop tarts, a fried egg, some butter...and 4 slices of bacon and you're good to go lololol.
Throw in a fried chocolate donut and you could sell it for $10 at the state fair.3 -
JeepHair77 wrote: »A taco is NOT defined by the hard shell, but it is defined by a tortilla. "Meat wrapped in carbs" is just way too broad a definition.
I think the hot dog is still a sandwich, it just happens to be most effectively eaten on its side.
Interesting: isn't a tortilla a thin, flat pancake of cornmeal or flour? Can't a sandwich also be made with thin flat flour pancakes (Or bread slices)?0 -
Dammit now I'm hungry.1
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JeepHair77 wrote: »A taco is NOT defined by the hard shell, but it is defined by a tortilla. "Meat wrapped in carbs" is just way too broad a definition.
I think the hot dog is still a sandwich, it just happens to be most effectively eaten on its side.
Interesting: isn't a tortilla a thin, flat pancake of cornmeal or flour? Can't a sandwich also be made with thin flat flour pancakes (Or bread slices)?
I've never in my entire life heard a tortilla called a pancake. LOL!
Mad props to you for creativity, but I think I'll say this - a tortilla is made on a skillet or something similar. Bread, sandwich buns, etc., are baked. I don't know if that's the absolute bottom-line distinction, but I'm sticking with it.
I'll say this. If you put cheese and meat in between two tortillas, you have yourself a quesadilla. Not a sandwich.0 -
Motorsheen wrote: »
But it's an automobile. A car is an automobile. So it is a car. You don't call them truck-cars where you live?
So you call pick-up trucks, cars?
c'mon now, nobody does that.
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I kind of want a hot dog now.0
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JeepHair77 wrote: »
Ask for a Hot Dog Sandwich, for science.0
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