Is a hot dog a sandwich?

[Bubba]

I draw your attention to the poll.

We have spoken and... it is a sandwich.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

This has already been covered. The sub sandwich is largely considered a sandwich. It's one piece of bread. So are gyros, and perhaps wraps. One piece of bread.

If you ask for a sandwich and you get a hot dog or a wrap, you know you're not getting what you asked for. Everyone calls them hot dogs, not sandwiches, for a reason. I'm pretty sure this falls in line with "largely considered" things. I do not know of anyone who calls a hot dog a sandwich, nor a wrap.

I submit for exhibit B, the open-faced sandwich. Traditionally served on a single piece of sandwich bread with toppings. Yet still in the sandwich family.

I can link you to a lot of things that, by name, are in a [word] family but are actually not a [same word]. A hot dog, for example, is not actually a dog despite it having dog in the name. A sandwich by technicality and definition involves two pieces of bread. Wikipedia gets trumped by the almighty powers of the dictionary.

From Merriam-Webster, my friend.

Full Definition of SANDWICH
1
a : two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between
b : one slice of bread covered with food

So that clearly covers split rolls (hot dogs, subs, pita pockets), and open-faced sandwiches.

[I Took the Red Pill]

I would argue that a hot dog is not a sandwich, but not due to the fact that a sandwich typically consists of two pieces of bread. I posit that it is not a sandwich for this reason: if I cut into a sandwich and look at what's inside, I will see a cross-section which is roughly rectangular. This is an important, innate quality of the sandwich, and the reason why the hot-dog, with its circular cross section, fails the sandwich test.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

A chicken sandwich (served on a burger bun) does not cut into a rectangular cross-section. It would be dome shaped. Neither would a sub sandwich. Neither would a burger for that matter, and a burger falls into the sandwich family.

EDIT: For the record, this is just a fun debate for me. I hope no one is getting butt hurt or anything.

[Strider]

I actually want to commit murder when this kind of conversation happens.

I agree. Remind me who started this conversation so we can start a angry townsfolk style march on their house, complete with pitchforks and burning torches.

>_>

/slinks away
/is shot by a sniper

[Bubba]

I'd like to point out that this IS serious for me and people need to realise the error of their ways.

SOMEONE IS WRONG ON THE INTERNET, DAMMIT!!

[Pumpkin]

Honestly I just don't think of it as a sandwich. When I go out to eat and I want a hot dog, I never check the menu under sandwiches to see what kind they have. So there you go

[Formalhaut]

hey guys guys, here's something crazy to think about: is it possible that it could be both a sandwich AND​ a hot dog?

[Strider]

hey guys guys, here's something crazy to think about: is it possible that it could be both a sandwich AND​ a hot dog?

Yes, for the same reason that a burger is also classified as a sandwich (which someone mentioned above), but is referred to as a burger.

[Bubba]

hey guys guys, here's something crazy to think about: is it possible that it could be both a sandwich AND​ a hot dog?

This is the point I have been trying to make.

It's just the people that think it is a hot dog NOT a sandwich that make this a terrible world to live in.

[Araciel]

Hot dogs are delicious especially street meat at 2 am after the bar closes and/or juicy jumbos (wink).

ketchup and mustard only you heathens.

Not a sandwich.

[Madame Adequate]

Whatever Lonny BoB thinks, the opposite of that.

[Shorty]

hey guys guys, here's something crazy to think about: is it possible that it could be both a sandwich AND​ a hot dog?

NAIL THIS GUY TO A CROSS THERE IS NO SUCH POSSIBILITY

[I Took the Red Pill]

A chicken sandwich (served on a burger bun) does not cut into a rectangular cross-section. It would be dome shaped. Neither would a sub sandwich. Neither would a burger for that matter, and a burger falls into the sandwich family

Oh come on, I'm not including the bread. I'm only talking about the meat and toppings. Obviously if you use a piece of bread which is rounded the overall cross section won't be rectangular, but the meat will be approximately.

[fire_of_avalon]

No, a hotdog is not a sandwich. It's a hotdog. If you eat a sausage biscuit, is that a sandwich? Nope. It's a sausage biscuit. These things have qualities which make them stand-out from their sandwich brethren and require specific acknowledgement.

is a taco a sandwich

ASKING THE TOUGH QUESTIONS. Seriously. If a hotdog is a sandwich then a taco is a sandwich. But neither are sandwiches because they have unique properties. Like being hotdogs. Or being tacos.

It wasn't until I finished reading this thread that I noticed that I was eating a hot dog while reading a thread about hot dogs.

Anyway, I would not call a hot dog a sandwich. Firstly because if you're going for technicalities, it's a single piece of bread and a sandwich requires two pieces of bread. Secondly, if you're not going for technicalities then why the hell would you want to call a hot dog a sandwich you're weird.

I like ketchup and grated cheese on my hot dogs. And that mustard that isn't actual mustard is okay, but only in very small amounts.

This has already been covered. The sub sandwich is largely considered a sandwich. It's one piece of bread. So are gyros, and perhaps wraps. One piece of bread.

I submit for exhibit B, the open-faced sandwich. Traditionally served on a single piece of sandwich bread with toppings. Yet still in the sandwich family.

It could be argued the hotdog is an open-faced sandwich.

You're a crazy person. A hotdog is not open faced!

I draw your attention to the poll.

We have spoken and... it is a sandwich.

(SPOILER)at the time of posting, I tied the poll up. muahaha