@maddielee - they are one of the sellers I follow on eBay and do a great job with their listings.

Ketchup doesn't belong on anything.

Hot dogs want mustard and sauerkraut.

ETA: Yellow mustard.

ahem, excuse me bpath but I may have to pull your Chicago card. The founders of Superdawg were my second cousins (RIP Flo & Maurey) so I do have some street cred ;-)

And to settle this debate

The Real Reason Chicagoans Don't Put Ketchup on Their Hot Dogs

“I’d say thistles, but nobody listens to me, anyway.”

AUTHORA. A. Milne

B OOKWinnie the Pooh

CHARACTEREeyore

Thanks for noticing me.

I had never heard of sport peppers before.

Well, there you are. Don't put ketchup on "because someone said so". Sorry not sorry, dlm. Imna put ketchup on the dog. But not in the city, I guess. Don't want to get beat up lol

Sorry you are all wrong! You put mustard, ketchup, sweet pickle relish and chopped onion on hotdogs.

This thread caused me to go cook a brat and have it on bread with ketchup and sauerkraut. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I must have had a sad and terrible childhood because I did not know those Pooh characters as a child. I can't remember anyone ever reading to me.

A childhood bereft of Winnie The Pooh characters is indeed, a very sad childhood.

While I do not consume them, I assume hot dogs bereft of ketchup is a sad adulthood for some.

I never read the book, but saw enough Disney-fied versions to love all the characters.

Oh my, how sad not to have the Hundred Acre Wood in your life..not only

as a child, but as an adult also. Not to know sweet Pooh...childhood abuse.

(and...Mustard, Ketchup, Grilled Hot Dog on a Bun...never, never, never on bread!)

;)

Can I just say that I'm in love with the meandering path this post has taken. It's very Pooh-Like.

My husband had no clue who Winnie the Pooh, Mother Goose, Grimm Fairy tales, or Dr. Seuss was before we had kids. I would mention something and he went "what?'. Little Red Riding Hood or the Three Pigs were not in his vocabulary. His mother did NOT read any kind of fiction or fairy tales.

ETA: When we were watching the TV show "Grimm". I had to explain the story line.

And...as a pre-teen....all the Black Stallion books to curl up with after chores

were done.

Hot dogs are three ways. Catsup, mustard, sweet pickle relish, and sauerkraut or chili sauce, onion, and cheese, or Chicago dog with mustard, pepperoncini, onions, and tomatoes.

I too had never heard of Winne the Pooh until I was in my 30s. I had seen the characters but never connected them to a story. Looking at the books I never felt that I had missed much.

I have always been a huge Tigger fan myself......

Sherry, that's kind of sad, isn't it. Kids can absorb so many lessons from a story -- Aesop's Fables being another source of good life lessons. Oh well, ch-ch-ch-changes, to quote David Bowie :-)

Hot dogs are eaten barbecued with yellow mustard, mayo and sliced dill pickles on a grilled whole wheat hot dog bun.

Milne's books of verse (When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six) were staples of my childhood. If you don't know it, I encourage you all to read 'Disobedience' out loud. It will make you smile: https://allpoetry.com/Disobedience

I assume I ate a hot dog once, when I was a kid, to know that I dislike everything about them. Maybe if they were the last food on earth I’d try one again. But I doubt it.

When we were first dating, I went to a meal at my husband’s parent’s house. They served hot dogs, no problem, I’ll just fill my plate with other things. As we sit down outside, his father says “Who didn’t take a hot dog? Why is there still a hot dog on this platter?” I guess he only grilled one hot dog per person so one leftover was noticeable. I just said I don’t eat them but there’s plenty of other things here for me. I think that was my first strike with his Dad: I didn’t eat hot dogs, his favorite food, and I made him overcook by one.

He was a little odd about food and sharing it. They offered us a piece of cake right after saying there was mold on it yesterday but they cut that off. Umm, no thanks.

DH puts honey mustard on his. AND ketchup. 🤮

If I have to have a hot dog and it has been years since that happened I want mustard. Guldens if possible the yellow stuff if not.

Last time at the store I did ask about them having what was sold as franks that had a thick red skin that held together while cooking but when pierced the skin split. The person remembered them but had not seen for years and she was the buyer for that area.

Hot dogs and moldy cake. You were not going to win in that family.

I am a fan of having people eat or not eat hotdogs(or anything else) with the condiments that make them happy or not eating condiments. As long as you don't require the unattainable or pout or what ever I am going to let you follow your bliss. Who makes someone else eat a food the way THEY like?

Three of the best things in life are, in no particular order, Black Stallion books, the Winnie-the-Pooh books (the movies are good, too, but the books!), and a Fletcher's corn dog with yellow mustard at the Texas State Fair in downtown Dallas. In October, the best month in Dallas.

hhireno that was a no win situation for you. And how lovely of him to call attention to it. Do we have the same in-laws?!

True confession - if I'm in Chicago and can get a GOOD all beef, natural casing dog with all the trimmings I don't bother with catsup except for my fries. But here? I don't think good hot dogs exist is so I'll use catsup (for the one or two I eat/year) because in my mind it's a totally different food.

Isn’t Italian beef a Chicago creation? I just love Italian beef.

dlm, Superdawg! I haven’t been, but is going to the suburban location acceptable? I’ll be by there this week, will definitely check it out! Btw, not all ketchups or catsups are created equal. I discovered 75 Red at a Lincoln Ave restaurant, it’s perfect for eggs (sure,: mock me, then try it).

DLM2000, we used to pass that Superdawg on the way to my grandparents home every week. Once in awhile we would get to stop. This was late 60s early 70s. My sister bought me a superdawg sweatshirt about 20 years ago, my DH stole it from me:)

Believe it or not Costco all beef franks are pretty good. I put mine in boiling water for two minutes or so and then grill. Yum! It’s been so long since I had a hot dog in skins I almost forget what it was like. Saying that though, the standards for what went into a hot dog back in the day were pretty low. You didn’t really know what “parts” you were eating. It was usually a mix of pig byproduct and who knows what else.

I miss Hippos hot dogs in Schaumberg, Illinois.

bpath nothing wrong with the suburban location - we had a family 'reunion' there! The Milwaukee/Devon location has more soul and I'm sure Flo and Maury haunt it.

sleeperblues we may have been there at the same time - there's all kinds of paraphernalia and clothing available now.

justerrilynn there would never be pig byproduct in a kosher dog ;-) All beef.

DLM, I love kosher beef dogs!

This place is a dump but the best dump in OK. Scroll down to see a real dog!

T town's best!

When we cook hotdogs indoors the uncooked "Ball Park bun length" weenies go in the pan with chili, heat well. Add mustard, chopped onion and or cheese.

Outdoor grilled dogs, the only thing I put on them is mustard and sweet relish. The combination with a grilled dog is out of this world.

That "navajo moose" upthread just about made my day! I sent it to my relatives and Jewish friends as part of my Happy New Year greetings! Am really laughing out loud...

Sable

Took this in Manhattan a couple of years ago. It was the perfect place to sit and have a street vendor dog.

I’m not a big fan of hotdogs but hubby enjoys them occasionally. Last night he fixed hotdogs for us. Nathans beef skinless dogs, split down the middle, fried in a pan, served on a grilled bun. Toppings were yellow mustard, pickle relish, coleslaw, chopped tomato and sprinkled with celery seed. That’s the only way I like hotdogs.

Oh Ida what a special bench and memory!

@praha - I'm glad you signed Sable. I'll try and remember the switch!

My DIL's middle sister 'deserted' Chicago to live in SLC, far from her extended third generation Polish-American family. (I'm pretty sure that my DIL was the first in the family to marry someone NOT 100% Polish.) When this sister would fly home to Utah after Christmas, one piece of luggage would be dedicated to Polish sausage -- not 'hot dogs', thank you very much!)

I miss our Coit's Drive-Ins in OKC. They had the best chili (Schwab's) dog's and Root Beer served in an ice cold mug. I still can't believe they went out of business after all those years. You can buy the Schwab's Chili and hot dogs they used in supermarkets around here, but still miss Coit's. No ketchup for me. Love ketchup on fries only.

I never heard of Winnie the Pooh as a child. i was a reader and had wonderful books at home, collections of old tales, The Junior Classics, My Book House, the school had a huge library and I read and read. I'm sure I would have liked Winnie the Pooh but I wasn't deprived -- except in conversations about Winnie the Pooh.

I would like to know what that Hebrew symbol means!

A couple of years ago I had posted about a mystery item I found in my mom’s utility room cupboard. Had a lot of suggestions that seemed to make sense on the surface, except that they didn’t. I think it was a few months later that a someone who actually had one was able to solve the mystery. Mind you, it‘s kind of a specialized tool, so I think I can be forgiven for not knowing what it is. Anyway, now I am reminded to reach out to the local bonsai society to see if someone wants it.

Mystery object, not a long thread

Bumblebeez, it's the Hebrew letters which spell chai, i.e. life. It has a long symbolic history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai_(symbol)

No Pooh in my childhood either. But I had tons of those Little Golden books. Of course, I learned all about Pooh when I had kids but don't feel deprived.

Thanks, Bookwoman, that was interesting.

I made Green Eggs and Ham for breakfast one morning when the boys were little. They mentioned it 40 years later.....

After they outgrew Dr. Seuss and Mother Goose, I started reading "The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe, one chapter a night. They remembered that also.

Neither made that much an impression on me, it was just something fun to do.