Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?

[Joel]

The great question of our time.

 

[Liquid]

Yes. In the same way a baguette or a sub is.

/thread

 

[Dennisch]

Are the pharmacies handing out free drugs today?

 

[The87Dodge]

How is it not. It's bread with meat and toppings in the middle.

 

[coryclifford]

No way, it's a hot dog on a bun.

 

[W3H5]

Has to be a sandwich. How can it not be?

 

[Liquid]

Are the pharmacies handing out free drugs today?

This is the sort of thing which starts wars and religions. I anticipate a future clash between the pro-sandwich Hot Dogma bunlievers and the anti-sandwich heretics.

 

[Valkyr1313]

No, it's not a sammich, just like a burger is not a sammich. They form a sub category of the finger food group which includes greats such as corn dogs and thkse huge turkey legs they serve at Indy Motor Speedway

 

[W3H5]

No, it's not a sammich, just like a burger is not a sammich.

Typed in Google - "Is a hamburger a sandwich?"

"A hamburger (also called a beef burger, hamburger sandwich, burger or hamburg) is a sandwich consisting of one or more cooked patties of ground meat, usually beef, placed inside a sliced bun."

First thing that came up.

 

[Joel]

Hot dogs (and sausages on a bun) are clearly sandwiches. A sub is indisputably a sandwich and there's nothing materially diffefent between a sub and a hot dog.

No, it's not a sammich, just like a burger is not a sammich. They form a sub category of the finger food group which includes greats such as corn dogs and thkse huge turkey legs they serve at Indy Motor Speedway

Hamburgers are sandwiches.

 

[TS050]

It clearly is.

 

[TB]

That 1/4" of uncut bun keeping the meat from falling out keeps it from being a sandwich.

 

[Danny]

I feel like this really needed a poll option for It's Some Bread Giving A Hot Dog Sausage A Much Needed Hug To Remind It That Everything In This World Has Value because 'No' doesn't feel specific enough Joel you idiot.

 

[The Stig Farmer]

What kinda goddamn sandwich is this? No If I want a sausage sandwich I put some sausages between two slices of bread. But if this is supposed to be an Italian sausage sandwich....

....which is clearly a hot dog....

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The real question is open face sandwiches. Which defeat the point entirely

 

[Danoff]

Yes a hot dog is a sandwich (the meat is sandwiched between portions of bread). A layer cake is also a sandwich, as is a pizza, a pita, a taco, a burrito, and a twinkie. Most food is a sandwich.

 

[Formula1269]

Cooked pink slime sandwiched between 2 slices of bread. It's a sandwich.

 

[Adamgp]

Thinking about this has ruined my productivity for today, and will likely keep me up all night tonight.

 

[W3H5]

I think @Danoff nailed it with the use of the word "sandwiched".

I think you just prevented the start of WWIII.

 

[Casey]

I think it is a sandwich...

 

[The87Dodge]

This question is like asking, If it has four wheels, a motor, and drives on paved road, is it a car?

 

[TB]

This question is like asking, If it has four wheels, a motor, and drives on paved road, is it a car?

To which the answer is, perhaps, but not necessarily.

 

[Sage Ages]

To me, a sandwich consists of a food item that is placed between two barriers consisting of bread or a similar product. However, these two barriers do not need to be seperated and may consist of a single loaf of bread partially cut down the middle, to allow easier one-handed consumption. As such, I would consider the hot dog a sandwich.

 

[coryclifford]

http://thecomeback.com/food/poll-survey-says-hot-dog-isnt-a-sandwich.html

 

[Dennisch]

When stuff like this happens we call it komkommertijd.

 

[AOS-]

How is it not. It's bread with meat and toppings in the middle.

That's a little too vague to classify it. Here's an example.

This is a pork bun from Chinese bakeries. It's bread with meat in the middle, yet it's considered a bun and not a sandwich.



But if I had to answer this, I'd it is a sandwich under the context that a hot dog bun is shaped similar to other baguettes.

 

[Robin]

I think if the contents are enveloped in an unbroken bread shell then it's a bun, if the contents can be seen in any way as with a Hot Dog it is a sandwich IMO.

First world problems....

 

[Joel]

That 1/4" of uncut bun keeping the meat from falling out keeps it from being a sandwich.

Would you say the same thing about subs?

 

[catamount39]

 

[opelgt1969]

Hot dogs and Hamburgers are listed under "Sandwich" on most restaurant menus.

 

[Leadfoot530]

That 1/4" of uncut bun keeping the meat from falling out keeps it from being a sandwich.

What happens if you accidently rip the bun in two? Is it a sandwich then?