Is a hot dog a sandwich?

[David]

This is amazing

 

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=24729

[imb]

This question has shut down my entire newsroom

[Banedon]

Technically, probably. But in actual everyday life, no.

 

It's like...a tomato is technically a fruit...but nobody thinks of it as a fruit.

[Gilby]

I laughed pretty hard at Breslow's answer. That was great.

[rocket]

only if it has ketchup on it. yum.

[George Hayduke]

A few years ago, my office got derailed for like an entire week with an ongoing debate about whether cheesecake is really a cake or a pie.

[jersey cubs fan]

A few years ago, my office got derailed for like an entire week with an ongoing debate about whether cheesecake is really a cake or a pie.

that is not a debate.

[Sammy Sofa]

A few years ago, my office got derailed for like an entire week with an ongoing debate about whether cheesecake is really a cake or a pie.

that is not a debate.

 

It's pie.

 

This article is great.

[Guest]

A few years ago, my office got derailed for like an entire week with an ongoing debate about whether cheesecake is really a cake or a pie.

that is not a debate.

 

It's pie.

 

This article is great.

 

I think the Sanchez one is my fav.

[Sammy Sofa]

A few years ago, my office got derailed for like an entire week with an ongoing debate about whether cheesecake is really a cake or a pie.

that is not a debate.

 

It's pie.

 

This article is great.

 

I think the Sanchez one is my fav.

 

Definitely. The "*maniacal laughter*" part was pure gold.

[DiamondMind]

this question dominated conversation at work for a solid ten minutes

 

the verdict? no

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

http://i.imgur.com/WuEIFUB.gif

[ScrubMD]

I bet hotdogs are considered sandwiches in France.

[treebird]

is a hamburger a sandwich? i say no. sandwich = bread, no bun

 

hot dog isn't even close

[Sammy Sofa]

They mix it up even more by serving what are basically hot dog-sized pigs in a blanket in the boulangeries. Sooooooo good, but they have even less bread openings than a hot dog.

[CubInOK]

is a hamburger a sandwich? i say no. sandwich = bread, no bun

 

hot dog isn't even close

Hamburgers can definitely be sandwiches.

 

Hotdogs... No.

[Sammy Sofa]

I think putting it on a bun changes things up. Calling a slab of chicken on a bun a "chicken sandwich" seems off; that thing is a chickenburger. A sandwich needs to be slices of bread.

[Guest]

they're all sandwiches you dolts

[Sammy Sofa]

Racist.

[XZero771679666304]

I think putting it on a bun changes things up. Calling a slab of chicken on a bun a "chicken sandwich" seems off; that thing is a chickenburger. A sandwich needs to be slices of bread.

 

What then if it is served between two end pieces from a loaf of bread? That's essentially a bun. Does it cease to be a sandwich then?

 

I like Breslow's answer. The hot dog bun is wide open, like an angle. It doesn't want to close. It's no more a sandwich than a pita pocket, perhaps less. But then is a sub only a sandwich if it is open along both lengths of the bread?

Edited September 28, 2014 by XZero77

[Sammy Sofa]

I dunno; a bun is a bun and sliced bread is sliced bread even if it's end pieces. It just seems different enough.

 

Of course, you throw some eggs and cheese and meat on a couple of bagels and it's a breakfast sandwich, so yeah, they're all just sandwiches in the end. Saying a hamburger is a sandwich just feels like some steamed hams-type nonsense.

[Banedon]

I dunno; a bun is a bun and sliced bread is sliced bread even if it's end pieces. It just seems different enough.

 

Of course, you throw some eggs and cheese and meat on a couple of bagels and it's a breakfast sandwich, so yeah, they're all just sandwiches in the end. Saying a hamburger is a sandwich just feels like some steamed hams-type nonsense.

 

I don't think you can nitpick the bread types though. What about a sub sandwich? It's bread is closer to a bun than sliced bread.

[Sammy Sofa]

Nah, that's still a loaf of bread. A bun is a roll.

[Derwood]

Per bun/bread rules, Mojo thinks that pulled pork, sloppy joes, etc. are not sandwiches

[Sammy Sofa]

Well, yeah; you call a sloppy joe a "sloppy joe" like you call a hot dog a "hot dog;" they're their own entities.

 

Now a pulled pork sandwich runs into breakfast sandwich territory, where the term "sandwich" is being used despite key non-sandwich structural components.

Edited September 29, 2014 by Sammy Sofa