Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?

[UKMikey]

Here are 15 examples of sandwiches with no bread:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/ailbhemalo...ead-sandwiches?utm_term=.nrzb9x3Q4#.wwZkDa6m9

Here are 13 more:

http://www.minq.com/food/19649/13-ways-to-make-your-favorite-sandwiches-without-using-bread/#page=1

The lists go on and on. Of course I think you're wrong to classify the ice cream sandwich as not a sandwich - given that it's ice cream sandwiched. I also think the dude holding the sandwich board is a sandwich.

You can define only a "traditional" sandwich as a sandwich, but you'd be ignoring over a century of common usage. Once sandwich became a verb, anything resulting from the verb can be nounified from the verb. So although a sandwich originally was meat and bread (as apparently coined by Mr. Sandwich), once "to sandwich" referred to everything under the sun which has been smooshed between anything else, you can then referred to anything which has been "sandwiched" correctly as a "sandwich" referring to the verb.

Sounds like the wiki article I referenced may require a total overhaul but at least now we know that if nounified sandwiches without bread are sandwiches then a hot dog most definitely is a sandwich and the thread can be resolved.

I think that century of common usage includes some very loose definitions of the word though. It's interesting that the first article's title specifically referred to "no-bread" sandwiches. If bread were not part of the typical sandwich definition there'd be no need to say "no bread".

 

[dxm8975]

Hmmm.... I'd say No, just because we don't usually(at least Japanese) eat sandwich breads with a sausage flavoured with ketchup and mustard.

 

[LM7325]

Yes it is a form of sandwich. But weiner sandwich doesn't sound very appealing. Hotdog is so much faster to say also.

 

[mister dog]

Sounds like the wiki article I referenced may require a total overhaul but at least now we know that if nounified sandwiches without bread are sandwiches then a hot dog most definitely is a sandwich and the thread can be resolved.

I think that century of common usage includes some very loose definitions of the word though. It's interesting that the first article's title specifically referred to "no-bread" sandwiches. If bread were not part of the typical sandwich definition there'd be no need to say "no bread".

Bored at work huh?

 

[dxm8975]

Yes it is a form of sandwich. But weiner sandwich doesn't sound very appealing. Hotdog is so much faster to say also.

Hm that's strange.... but either way the combination of the sliced breads and a Vienna sausage is way too foreign to most of us ^^;

 

[Danoff]

If bread were not part of the typical sandwich definition there'd be no need to say "no bread".

It's an uncommon variety. I'm sure I could also have searched for a no-meat sandwich.

 

[UKMikey]

It's an uncommon variety. I'm sure I could also have searched for a no-meat sandwich.

Fringe definitions aside, no meat sandwiches are a lot easier to find. Jam, PB...

For a more common definition which doesn't include ice cream wafers and people in sandwich boards I've decided to lean towards the New York State tax department:

https://www.tax.ny.gov/pubs_and_bulls/tg_bulletins/st/sandwiches.htm

Admittedly the example list provided above is incomplete but at least hot dogs are included so the answer is yes, for tax purposes at least.

 

[Matej]

I think hot dog is a special type of sandwich, much like cars are special type of vehicles.

 

[PARAGON GT]

Well, the way I see it is a hot dog is essentially the same thing as bologna as they are both emulsified sausage.
And bologna is considered a deli meat.

Jimmy Johns and Subway serve their sandwiches on bread that is cut similar to hot dog buns. Slit from the side, about 80% through. And those are considered sandwiches. (or subs)

So essentially a hot dog is just a un-sliced fun size version of a bologna sub sandwich.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Isn't Bologna in Italy?

 

[polysmut]

Isn't Bologna in Italy?

Bologna = place
bologna = food named after place
Probably.

 

[W3H5]

It's a sandwich, get over it, people.

 

[Saidur_Ali]

IsAHotDogASandwich.com

YES

 

[05XR8]

Not in New York. We named it the "dirty dog"(I've been to a factory in Hunt's Point. ). I guess it's "some antics". Hot dog on a bun.

 

[GT_Saint]

I realized that hot dogs were sandwiches when sub sandwiches were served with hot dog buns at my school cafeteria. Two days later they managed to stuff a hot dog in flatbread and I haven't looked at the world the same ever since.

 

[eran0004]

A sandwich is when sliced bread is added to contain a food so that you can eat it with your hands without embarrassing yourself too much. Hamburgers and hot dogs are therefore sandwiches.

 

[W3H5]

A sandwich is when sliced bread is added to contain a food so that you can eat it with your hands without embarrassing yourself too much while playing poker and other card games. Hamburgers and hot dogs are therefore sandwiches.

 

[Obelisk]

Just saw this at work.

 

[catamount39]

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Just saw this at work.

They were talking about it on NFL Live too.

 

[Northstar]

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Just saw this at work.

Not sure what's worse, the fact ESPN is just now jumping into this played out "debate" or the fact you are forced to watch ESPN at work.

 

[Obelisk]

Not sure what's worse, the fact ESPN is just now jumping into this played out "debate" or the fact you are forced to watch ESPN at work.

Well, the remote is free to use. I was just eating before my shift and noticed it when I looked up from my phone.

 

[Chrunch Houston]

After much thought I finally voted yes. If you pulled out the hot dog and replaced it with an Italian sausage link, and some peppers and onions, it would be called an Italian sausage sandwich.

So, someone said the other day the cereal and milk is soup. Now I am stumped again.

 

[Jimlaad43]

The hot dog is actually a Taco.

 

[kolio]

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The hot dog is actually a Taco.

Good thing tacos are sandwiches.

 

[RainbowBlade]

Frankfurter. By itself, no; it's just sausage. It's only a sandwich if it is encased in some form of wrap, even if that wrap is a sheaf of iceberg lettuce (yuck-90% water is only good for GI regulation). Also, 'beanie-weenies' is not a sandwich, but a stew.

Soup == more fluid parts than solid parts
Stew == more solid parts than fluid parts
Sandwich == wrapped food item of some kind

Good thing tacos are sandwiches.

But Taco Bell is traaaaassshhh...lolz

So, someone said the other day the cereal and milk is soup. Now I am stumped again.

They are wrong. The way most people eat cereal, myself included, is to use 1/3 milk and 2/3 cereal. That would qualify it as stew.

 

[kolio]

But Taco Bell is traaaaassshhh...lolz

Don't even bring TB into this. That's my go-to fast food joint.

 

[TexRex]

Don't even bring TB into this.

He's been in it since the first half of the first page.

 

[kolio]

He's been in it since the first half of the first page.

Sigh, I knew somebody would bring the poor guy into this. I almost added a disclaimer to the bottom of that post.

Welp, he's in it for the long haul now.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Interestingly, that image seems to suggest that Cereal is either Soup or a Salad

 

[kikie]

I prefer pizza. No hot dog for me.