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Let’s settle this hot dog debate once and for all.

Side-cut or top-cut hot dogs buns?

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Bkmtnittany1

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Moogy said:
A plague on both your house and your wiener. Or something. If I wanted any bunless bites of meat, I'd just grill some kielbasa.

If the buns aren't big enough to take my full wiener, I don't want any.

Now, back to the topic of hot dogs ...
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Especially if you just got out of the pool!
 
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Steve JG

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BobPSU92 said:
No, not that one. We all decided a long time ago that ketchup goes on hot dogs.

The debate that we need to settle is side-cut or top-cut hot dog buns.



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The O, The Original in Oakland used top cut, made holding the toppings more efficient.......chili, cheese, mustard, onion............cheese, pickle, ketchup.......
 
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Moogy said:
Not up here in Massachusetts. They're all over the place. They linger on store shelves, because even here, where the Irish palate has pretty much ruined most food, they know enough not to use top-sliced buns, unless there's no other option. The side-sliced and top-sliced options get about equal shelf space, but when it's cook-out time, the side-sliced are the first to go, and it's a serious consideration of "do I just skip hot dogs, or do I buy top-sliced and have to spend the rest of the day apologizing and explaining that the store only had top-sliced" if side-sliced aren't available.
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They're called New England rolls for a reason.
 
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BobPSU92 said:
No, not that one. We all decided a long time ago that ketchup goes on hot dogs.

The debate that we need to settle is side-cut or top-cut hot dog buns.



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top cut are chicago hot dogs, usually with poppyseed

I'm more of a new york, here's your dawg with mustard, next! kind of guy
 
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Moogy said:
Ketchup doesn't go on hot dogs. This isn't Soviet-era Russia. We are not this sad and disgusting as a society.

Top-cut hot dog rolls are an option, only if the store is out of real hot dog buns.

A hot dog that extends beyond the bun is blasphemous.

Kayem Hot Dogs are the best dogs out there, and it's not even close.

A hot dog IS a sandwich, but it's also unique enough for that to be largely irrelevant. Like chili - it's technically a stew, but it's just chili.
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Dirty Harry agrees on the ketchup thing...

 
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ApexLion said:
top cut are chicago hot dogs, usually with poppyseed

I'm more of a new york, here's your dawg with mustard, next! kind of guy
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I remember being at Windmill in Belmar, NJ sometime after closing time one summer weekend night with a group of friends. Place was jam packed, full of drunkards (guilty!!!). One of my friends asked for something non-traditional (can’t remember exactly what it was) on his hot dog and the guy working immediately yelled back, “No!!! Next!!!”. Very Soup Naziesque. My friend just stood there, kind of stunned. 30 years later it still makes me chuckle.
 
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Connorpozlee said:
I remember being at Windmill in Belmar, NJ sometime after closing time one summer weekend night with a group of friends. Place was jam packed, full of drunkards (guilty!!!). One of my friends asked for something non-traditional (can’t remember exactly what it was) on his hot dog and the guy working immediately yelled back, “No!!! Next!!!”. Very Soup Naziesque. My friend just stood there, kind of stunned. 30 years later it still makes me chuckle.
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Belmar, remember the days, PSU East during the summer. “Hey man , what exit you from?” “Where’s da hotties tonight?”
 
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BobPSU92 said:
No, not that one. We all decided a long time ago that ketchup goes on hot dogs.

The debate that we need to settle is side-cut or top-cut hot dog buns.



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I've never seen a top cut bun before. Isn't it essentially the same as a side cut?? Just because it's side cut doesn't mean you have to eat it like that. You turn the bun upright, put in the frank and condiments, then eat it that way. I've never seen anyone eat a hot dog with the bun slice toward the side. That'd be weird, and messy.

My guess is the top cut was started because it made production easier. I'm not an engineer but it seems to me a top slice machine would be less complicated than a side slice machine.
 
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NittPicker said:
I've never seen a top cut bun before. Isn't it essentially the same as a side cut?? Just because it's side cut doesn't mean you have to eat it like that. You turn the bun upright, put in the frank and condiments, then eat it that way. I've never seen anyone eat a hot dog with the bun slice toward the side. That'd be weird, and messy.

My guess is the top cut was started because it made production easier. I'm not an engineer but it seems to me a top slice machine would be less complicated than a side slice machine.
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It’s not that simple. There’s a difference that turning the top-cut on its side doesn’t eliminate. Side cuts you can open flat like a book, not so with top-cuts.
 
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