Is a hotdog a sandwich? Seriously!

[Brewer]

I came across a pickup yesterday that had a sticker in the back window saying, "hotdogs are sandwiches". At first I thought it was a political statement like "women are people" or something like that, but then I got to thinking about how I define a sandwich and it just blew up in my mind. For if you tend not to think of it as a sandwich because it has a hinged bun, you have a sub sandwich that does too.

So what do you this? What defines a sandwich?

 

[dfanonymous]

A protein between two carbs.

 

[Brathany]

Since hotdogs are meat, and sandwiches are named by the meat between or in bread, a hotdog in bread should be called a hotdog sandwich because like other meats they can be eaten without bread.

So, the window sticker is wrong.

 

[FireFlyFishing]

I'm going with sandwich…but only when eaten with a bun. Otherwise, it's just a hotdog.

 

[FEENIX]

Q: Is hotdog a sandwich?

A: Yes!

 

[med358-boise]

I think it depends on two things: 1) Does the individual hot dog identify as a sandwich and 2) Does the eater of the hot dog identify as a red blooded patriotic American. If either of those is not true then what you have is processed meat and other non-organic materials compressed in a cylindrical shaped object harnessed within a grain based edible handling sleave.

 

[Ol' Red]

I think it depends on two things: 1) Does the individual hot dog identify as a sandwich and 2) Does the eater of the hot dog identify a red blooded patriotic American. Even if either of those is not true then what you have is processed meat and other non-organic materials compressed in a cylindrical shaped object harnessed within a grain based edible handling sleave.

That would make it a sandwich. Meat with breaks a handle.

 

[Peddler 76]

Sandwich definition in the Oxford dictionary: an item of food consisting of two pieces of bread with meat, cheese, or other filling between them, eaten as a light meal.

Pictures look like a BLT and a Sub.

 

[med358-boise]

Somebody needs to organize a seance and ask John Monatgu the 4th Earl of Sandwich and Tad Dorgan inventor of the term hot dog.

 

[Varmint Hunter]

A "sandwich" requires two pieces of sliced bread. So, I say NO, a hotdog is not a sandwich. But does it matter? LOL