This is what happens when a cook puts mustard on a hot dog ...

[GON]

Also from the interview with the restaurant owner,

"His restaurant in the Loop often attracts tourists, and many, who request ketchup on their Chicago dog.

“Of course we have to say no!” Chiappetti said. “We say ages 8 and under, you can have ketchup, but we try not to serve it.”

So maybe ask for ketchup, only if it’s for the kids. Otherwise, respect the reason that here in Chicago we skip the sweet red sauce.

“People didn’t want to cover it up and mask the true flavors. And how great is that? What a great premise to eating. Give me the natural, the best, don’t cover things up in sugar. I think the hotdog story is a lot of what the culinary story is in Chicago," Chiappetti said."

So it's official, at least in Chicagoland. So remember fellow BITOG people, including @GON, when in Chicago, order your hotdog sans ketchup. To do otherwise may be a major faux pas.

BH, obviously a fictional story, just so the restauranteer can cheet the people from the luxury of ketchup on a hot dog.

 

[nickaluch]

Sabrett's with the skin I buy at restaurant depot with my famous hot dog onions and brown spicy mustard on a steamed bun. Crowd goes wild every time for my annual July 4th bash. My friend brings over his hot dog cooker with the hot rollers that turns slow it cooks 80 hotdogs at once. He clipped it at Shea stadium working on the demolition. The funny part is all the guys standing around the hotdog cooker in amazement.

 

[Mechanician]

Also look for Vienna brand in Chicago - they know how to make a hot dog.

"After Vienna Beef moved their production facility in Chicago, some customers noticed a change in the taste and color of their hot dogs, which were no longer the vibrant pink hue they were known for. The problem was eventually traced to an inefficient old process where a worker named Irving would transport the hot dogs to the smokehouse, allowing them to rest and develop their signature flavor and color. The new facility eliminated that inefficient process, and the hot dogs lost that key ingredient."

https://www.dozuki.com/blog/vienna-sausage-a-story-of-standard-and-tribal-knowledge

 

[Sumboodie]

Mustard & ketchup.

If only one condiment, mustard.

Nobody puts just ketchup on a hot dog

As I get told, I'm a nobody.

I'll cry in my hotel pillow tonight.

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

No self respecting hot dog lover would ever forgo mustard on a hot dog! The only way to order a dog is "all the way". Mustard, ketchup, relish, onions, peppers of your chioce (jalepeno or banana), at the very least.

Yeah. The ONLY way to go while one still has a young stomach. Then it could be with a side of Pepcid! I been dying for a Sonic Drive Inn extra long cheese coney with all the trimmings you mention plus their chili but I know better these days.

 

[BHopkins]

Yeah. The ONLY way to go while one still has a young stomach. Then it could be with a side of Pepcid! I been dying for a Sonic Drive Inn extra long cheese coney with all the trimmings you mention plus their chili but I know better these days.

It's no fun, to not be able to eat foods that you like.

 

[ripcord]

Stopped at Costco this evening and wouldn't you know it, out of mustard in the food court. One thing to mention is that they have twice as meant catsup dispensers as they do mustard.

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

It's no fun, to not be able to eat foods that you like.

I can laugh about it. I am sure I had more than my share! Nothing as good as a steamed hot dog like we used to get at NCAA and NFL football games. I liked them plain at times.

 

[Dinoburner]

On route one in York ME there`s Flo`s Hot Dog stand that has an opinionated clientele about proper condiments. Mainers seem to prefer red dogs, not sure where the color comes from.

 

[AutoMechanic]

I don’t eat mustard ever and ketchup on a hot dog is ok if you’re like 5 otherwise it’s wrong lol. Chili and relish for me that’s it.

Also forgot to mention I can’t do beef hotdogs they are awful. I get the ones with the random stuff in them. I can’t eat beef hotdogs and I love beef but in hot dog form beef don’t cut it. Give me a classic hot dog with chili and relish on it. Maybe some cheese too.

 

[Jdeere562]

Ketchup on hot dogs is one thing. But on these?

 

[97prizm]

No self respecting hot dog lover would ever forgo mustard on a hot dog! The only way to order a dog is "all the way". Mustard, ketchup, relish, onions, peppers of your chioce (jalepeno or banana), at the very least.

I was always partial to shredded lettuce and diced tomato. I don't put onions on anything. A local brat/hotdog restaurant near me many years ago had an all beef hotdog on their menu with lettuce and tomato. I've eaten them that way since

 

[AZjeff]

How does anyone even taste the actual hotdog with all these condiments? Chili and onions…DONE!

That's funny right there. You can taste the hot dog through the chili and onion?

 

[goblin]

I'm'a gonna go full-blown un-holy here and state very seriously that him who has never eaten a hot dog in a french baguette that has been kept internally warm on a heated spike (impaled on the spike, not cut in half), has never eaten a hot dog.
I tolerate Costco hotdogs, however the buns are a sad sweet mushy affair.

Be angry. Be very angry.

PS: And in general, EVERYTHING is better on a baguette (all other things being equal), and Costco's baguettes are second to none, fresh, warm and (relatively) inexpensive. If you do a "fresh baguette" replacement for everything where "Bread" or especially "bun" is used, your life will change.
Note that "fresh" is usually "same day". On day two it becomes just very good, ciabatta-style bread. Still better than mushy sweet stuff, but not as overwhelmingly better as on day one.
Also note that many stores sell half-ready baguettes to finish baking in your oven (don't make the mistake of thinking they are the finished product though). Also available in the frozen section.

 

[johnnydc]

Meat sauce? I'm not sure what that is. Please explain.

It's finely broken up hamburger meat mixed with different seasonings. I don't know the recipe. Some are hotter than others. You can go to 10 different restaurants and they will all be seasoned different. The only common denominator is the meat.

 

[Allaned]

It's finely broken up hamburger meat mixed with different seasonings. I don't know the recipe. Some are hotter than others. You can go to 10 different restaurants and they will all be seasoned different. The only common denominator is the meat.

Meat sauce is known as balognese. Spaghetti balognese for instance instead of with meat balls.

 

[dbias]

In West Virginia a hot dog has to have mustard, onions, sauce and Cole slaw.
Google West Virginia hot dog.

 

[ripcord]

Meat sauce is known as balognese. Spaghetti balognese for instance instead of with meat balls.

I think the kind of meat sauce he's talking about is the kind you would put on a garbage plate. It's an Upstate New York thing.

https://rochestermomcollective.com/food-dining/guide-to-rochesters-garbage-plate/

 

[Mechanician]

Meat sauce? I'm not sure what that is. Please explain.

The "Cincinnati style Chili" version of this is quite popular, and delicious.
The dogs are smaller, and the buns are very soft.

https://skylinechili.com/menu/

 

[Allaned]

I think the kind of meat sauce he's talking about is the kind you would put on a garbage plate. It's an Upstate New York thing.

https://rochestermomcollective.com/food-dining/guide-to-rochesters-garbage-plate/

I looked up that recipe for meat sauce. Here we just call that chili without beans.