Are hot dogs (in buns) sandwiches? (6 Viewers)

[upNdown]

I mean there's nothing wrong with eating a hot dog in a wrap or a flatbread, if that's how you like it. But suggesting that's superior to a fluffy white bun is insane.

 

[Gear]

I'm actually kinda surprised no one has made the point that a hot dog is actually just the meat part. The sandwich / not-sandwich debate is easily settled once you realize the bread part is not included.

What OP calls a "hot dog" is a "hot dog in a bun" but the name has been shortened.

 

[jbutler]

There is a "National Hot Dog and Sausage Council" ?

Yes, but clearly they are drunk with their own power and cannot be trusted.

I voted no. If you can tag on the word "sandwich" to a food item's name without it sounding ridiculous, it's a sandwich. If not, it's not.

Similarly if you can tag on the word "sandwich" and it doesn't change your mental picture of the food item, it's a sandwich.

submarine = submarine sandwich: YES
hoagie = hoagie sandwich ... a little awkward perhaps, but not ridiculous, therefore: YES
Reuben = Reuben sandwich: YES

hamburger ... hamburger sandwich: NO. A hamburger sandwich is a patty between two slices of actual bread. If it's on a bun, it's just a hamburger.
hot dog ... hot dog sandwich: NO. A hot dog sandwich is a wiener/frankfurter/sausage/hot dog SLICED IN HALF LENGTHWISE and arranged on a slice of real bread.

You've demonstrated the obvious flaw in this rule. Hamburgers are sandwiches. There is no rational definition of sandwich which would exclude hamburgers.

I'm actually kinda surprised no one has made the point that a hot dog is actually just the meat part. The sandwich / not-sandwich debate is easily settled once you realize the bread part is not included.

What OP calls a "hot dog" is a "hot dog in a bun" but the name has been shortened.

The poll and subject literally say "hot dogs (in buns)," so clearly that's what we're talking about.

 

[Chicken Rob]

The most important controversial sandwich:

 

[Gear]

The poll and subject literally say "hot dogs (in buns)," so clearly that's what we're talking about.

Like I read that. Pffff.

 

[Gear]

You've demonstrated the obvious flaw in this rule. Hamburgers are sandwiches. There is no rational definition of sandwich which would exclude hamburgers.

I disagree. A hamburger is not a sandwich either -- it's a hamburger. If you add the word sandwich, it's not redundant. It's now describing a different food item.

 

[jbutler]

I disagree. A hamburger is not a sandwich either -- it's a hamburger. If you add the word sandwich, it's not redundant. It's now describing a different food item.

So, if a hamburger doesn't qualify, what is your objective definition of a sandwich?

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

Is the double down a sandwich? Yes, there is no bread involved...but it is SANDWICHED between two pieces of meat...

 

[jbutler]

Is the double down a sandwich? Yes, there is no bread involved...but it is SANDWICHED between two pieces of meat...

No sandwich.

 

[bentax1978]

Is the double down a sandwich? Yes, there is no bread involved...but it is SANDWICHED between two pieces of meat...

Of course the next logical step in your thought process is what about the Double Down Dawg?

 

[jbutler]

Of course the next logical step in your thought process is what about the Double Down Dawg?

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Taco Bell got on this train too and I do not approve at all.

 

[manamongkids]

 

[upNdown]

You guys are getting off track. Try to focus on what's important here?

 

[ChaosRock]

Of course the next logical step in your thought process is what about the Double Down Dawg?

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Insanity!!!! Now even Taco Bell has a Taco (which technically is not a taco anymore), with crispy chicken instead of the tortilla shell... OMFG!!!

The above picture, NOT a sandwich btw...

 

[ChaosRock]

LOL!!! Too slow of a trigger... Jack beat me to it...

 

[acl1904]

How hot dogs are made.

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

Of course the next logical step in your thought process is what about the Double Down Dawg?

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that's 1 piece of meat rolled up, get some glasses there chief.

 

[ChaosRock]

Honestly, I can't even believe it's 2 to 1 in favor of 'not a sandwich'! Seriously guys?

So if instead of a frank we have a kielbasa or a bratwurst, is it still not a sandwich? Is the issue the fact the bun is not totally separated?

Still looking for any argument that makes sense to me proving a 'dog' is something other than a sammy...

 

[kirchhausen]

From Merriam-Webster. No one but the clinically insane eats hot dogs between two pieces of bread. No one at all eats a hot dog on one slice of bread, which is then covered with food (no a roll or a bun is not the same thing).

Thus, anyone claiming a hot dog is a sandwich is either ignorant to the definition of the word or just plain nuts.

 

[gopherblue]

I don't know if this is a sandwich, but a pastrami rueben inside two giant latkes? Yes please.

 

[bentax1978]

that's 1 piece of meat rolled up, get some glasses there chief.

You don't have to convince me. I don't think a hot dog on a bun is a sandwich to begin with, let alone a hot dog wrapped in a piece of fried chicken.

 

[jbutler]

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From Merriam-Webster. No one but the clinically insane eats hot dogs between two pieces of bread. No one at all eats a hot dog on one slice of bread, which is then covered with food (no a roll or a bun is not the same thing).

Thus, anyone claiming a hot dog is a sandwich is either ignorant to the definition of the word or just plain nuts.

This is easily, by far, the worst post in this thread.

Step 1: cite to specific definition.
Step 2: totally ignore the text of the definition cited in making your argument.
Step 3: be horribly, stupidly, embarrassingly wrong.

 

[iBetOnEverything]

The poll and subject literally say "hot dogs (in buns)," so clearly that's what we're talking about.

Ignore my action pre, flop, and turn. Just help me figure out river.

Bonobo...

 

[gopherblue]

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From Merriam-Webster. No one but the clinically insane eats hot dogs between two pieces of bread. No one at all eats a hot dog on one slice of bread, which is then covered with food (no a roll or a bun is not the same thing).

Thus, anyone claiming a hot dog is a sandwich is either ignorant to the definition of the word or just plain nuts.

Uh, you forgot to highlight "split roll." And don't you wish you checked the definition of "bun" first :

Definition of bun

1: a sweet or plain small bread; especially : a round roll​

Hence, a bun is a roll and a roll is a bun, and thus it is a sandwich.

But any brother of Chippy is a brother of...Chippy.

 

[kirchhausen]

ok ok fine. In my haste to post I missed the split roll part. Which obviously changes me from a no to a yes.

 

[kirchhausen]

f34&king lawyers actually reading ITH,

 

[bentax1978]

ok ok fine. In my haste to post I missed the split roll part. Which obviously changes me from a no to a yes.

All it took was pointing out a fault in your argument to change your position? Stand strong and ignore the facts!

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

ok ok fine. In my haste to post I missed the split roll part. Which obviously changes me from a no to a yes.

disowned

 

[kirchhausen]

Hey I have no "dog" in this fight, just trying to use logic to guide me.

 

[kirchhausen]

All it took was pointing out a fault in your argument to change your position? Stand strong and ignore the facts!