killamch89 Posted July 15, 2021 Posted July 15, 2021 I heard some people debating this in a store the other day and I just thought I'd ask the same question here. Do you think a hot dog is a sandwich? What is the reason for your answer?
Empire Posted July 15, 2021 Posted July 15, 2021 Sandwifh requires bread whose surface is perpindicular to the crust. Hotdogs are served in a bun, and the inner surface of those cannot be called flat. So they're not a sandwich. It is, however, possible to have a sausage sandwich if you use sliced bread.
The Blackangel Posted July 15, 2021 Posted July 15, 2021 Does it even matter? A sandwich is anything eaten that is contained in bread. So it's a sandwich.
Lämmchen Posted July 18, 2021 Posted July 18, 2021 I've never considered a hot dog a sandwich. I just think it's in its own category all together. When you go to a restaurant, is hot dog ever listed under sandwiches? I've never seen it there.
The Blackangel Posted July 18, 2021 Posted July 18, 2021 I see hotdogs either in the kids menu or in the sandwich category all the time. Something most people don't know is the origin of the sandwich. It was started by the Earl of Sandwich. He called for his cook to take (I don't remember his exact choices so I'll list some randoms) a slice of ham, tomato, lettuce, and onion and put it between two pieces of bread. Thus, the sandwich was born. Today, we put all kinds of things between two pieces of bread. And although a hotdog bun is intended to just be sliced down the middle but remain intact as one piece, it more often than not, becomes two pieces of bread. It doesn't matter that the meat is cylindrical. It's still a sandwich.
killamch89 Posted July 21, 2021 Author Posted July 21, 2021 On 7/18/2021 at 1:25 PM, The Blackangel said: I see hotdogs either in the kids menu or in the sandwich category all the time. Something most people don't know is the origin of the sandwich. It was started by the Earl of Sandwich. He called for his cook to take (I don't remember his exact choices so I'll list some randoms) a slice of ham, tomato, lettuce, and onion and put it between two pieces of bread. Thus, the sandwich was born. Today, we put all kinds of things between two pieces of bread. And although a hotdog bun is intended to just be sliced down the middle but remain intact as one piece, it more often than not, becomes two pieces of bread. It doesn't matter that the meat is cylindrical. It's still a sandwich. That's a very good point and people put all kinds of things in hotdogs nowadays such as you guessed it - lettuce and onions have been a mainstay.
