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Is a hot dog a sandwich?
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:02 pm
by Eternal Padawan
It's an age old conundrum.
Please support your answer with cogent facts and arguments.
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:05 pm
by anarky
Meat surrounded by bread... I'd say yes.
If a gyro is a sandwich, then a hot dog is, too.
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:06 pm
by Eternal Padawan
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:10 pm
by anarky
It's only one piece, but it is surrounded on three sides.
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:24 pm
by Eternal Padawan
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:02 pm
by anarky
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:38 pm
by jjreason
I concur. The difference between a wiener and a real hot dog is the bun.
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:04 pm
by kidhuman
anarky wrote:It's only one piece, but it is surrounded on three sides.
Its a fuckin peninsula
Re:
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:59 pm
by Tom Foolery
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.
