Mustard on a Chicago hot dog- the rest of the story

[GON]

There was a request to move this post from the photo section to the food section.

Chicago Hot Dog Vendor, 2008: This is Mark. He's a bit more than just a hot dog vendor. In association with Vienna sausage, he runs a school that teaches others how to be a hot dog vendor. I met him when I was thinking about getting a cart and selling dogs after I retired, which I decided not to do.

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Kim & Carlos's Hot Dog Stand, Chicago 2001: Here's Kim offering a dog and a big smile at her stand near the Museum of Natural History.

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@Shel_B , you do know the mustard only on Chicago dogs was a information operation campaign by the people of Indiana during the tomatoe shortages during the early 1900s. Indiana was the largest producers in the region of tomatoes at that time, and there was a shortage of tomatoes and Chicago was growing like crazy, taking all the tomatoes.

The quiet people of Indiana ran one of the earliest information operation campaigns related to food. The Indiana campaign convinced the people of Chicago that mustard goes on a hot dog, not ketchup. Results were the people of Indiana were able to stop the export of a large percentage of tomatoes to Chicago, thus keep tomatoes and ketchup in ample supply in Indiana.

And now you know the rest of the story....

 

[gman2304]

I might be the only person on the planet that doesn’t put mustard on a hot dog! My wife thinks it’s an unpardonable sin to eat a hotdog without mustard. To my tastebuds, the mustard overpowers every other condiment on a hotdog. Just chili and a few chopped onions for me.

 

[Leo99]

I might be the only person on the planet that doesn’t put mustard on a hot dog! My wife thinks it’s an unpardonable sin to eat a hotdog without mustard. To my tastebuds, the mustard overpowers every other condiment on a hotdog. Just chili and a few chopped onions for me.

At least you don't put ketchup on a hotdog. That is some straight-up communist stuff.

 

[atikovi]

At least you don't put ketchup on a hotdog. That is some straight-up communist stuff.

No worse than pineapple.

 

[Jdeere562]

I'm not a big hotdog fan. Will eat sometimes if grilled and they have no burgers.
Chili and onions make a big difference to me and I chow down! Love chili dogs.

 

[Leo99]

No worse than pineapple.

Pineapple is worse than ketchup on a hotdog.

 

[Vil_Riker]

but they put tomatoes in the bun

 

[Passport1]

Selling tube steaks in public in Chiraq can be very dangerous.

 

[BHopkins]

Bunch of picky wimps! A great hot dog has to be fully dressed! Ketchup, mustard, relish, chopped onions, a couple small tomato slices, sliced banana peppers, and a kosher pickle wedge on the side. I'm sure I'm forgetting something. Oh, yeah. Sometimes add some sauerkraut.

My wife likes a chili dog. I can eat them, but that is so plain, compared to a fully dressed Chicago dog.

 

[Malo83]

Chili and Onions, that's it.

 

[GON]

A great dog is a thin hot dog in natural casing, ketchup, ripe tomatoes, celery salt, very thin slice of crisp pickle, on a fresh poppyseed bun.....

 

[Leo99]

Bunch of picky wimps! A great hot dog has to be fully dressed! Ketchup, mustard, relish, chopped onions, a couple small tomato slices, sliced banana peppers, and a kosher pickle wedge on the side. I'm sure I'm forgetting something. Oh, yeah. Sometimes add some sauerkraut.

My wife likes a chili dog. I can eat them, but that is so plain, compared to a fully dressed Chicago dog.

Is there even room for the hotdog in the bun?

 

[Jdeere562]

Chili and Onions, that's it.
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My type of man!

 

[Jdeere562]

A great dog is a thin hot dog in natural casing, ketchup, ripe tomatoes, celery salt, very thin slice of crisp pickle, on a fresh poppyseed bun.....

I don't like those fat hotdogs either. Too much dog to hide under chili and onions. But I could eat it your way as well!

 

[spasm3]

Mustard , ketchup, chili, sometimes cheese. Grilled onions. I don't like slaw , or rotted cabbage

 

[BHopkins]

Is there even room for the hotdog in the bun?

It is a job to keep it all together. Admittedly, I only get a fully dressed Chicago dog when I go to a baseball game. Most of the time I have to settle for mustard, ketchup, relish, banana peppers, and maybe some shredded cheese.

 

[nomas]

I'll eat it the way I want to and I won't lecture others about their choices . Some of the combinations ya'll describe are disgusting but if that's how you like it ..so be it .

 

[ctrcbob]

As the immigrant Nun said, when she saw her first HitcDog.
“What part of the dog is this from”!

 

[Nesterenko]

At least you don't put ketchup on a hotdog. That is some straight-up communist stuff.

I believe Clint would totally agree.

 

[Jim K]

When I was in Chicago I met this hot dog and put mustard on him.