FYI - It's Cool To Put Ketchup On A Hot Dog. Nobody Actually Gives a Shit
Real quick thing here. Yesterday I threw up a quick blog about how Sammie’s Red Hots took a dig at Cody Parkey on the sign outside their shop:
I wrote it as if I were being soooooo Chicago saying it’s the ultimate low-blow to accuse someone of such a heinous crime. Truth be told? I couldn’t care less if people put ketchup on their hotdogs. I don’t do it if I’m getting an actual Chicago dog, but I’ll put them on a shitty Oscar Meyer if I’m just looking for a quick snack or something. With that said, I couldn’t care less if someone were to put ketchup on a Chicago dog. I did admit to not giving a fuck if people put ketchup on hotdogs on twitter last night, and people started coming out of the woodwork admitting the same:
But in Chicago some people and many restaurants act as if this is the biggest sin on the planet; a lot of true to the core Chicago people absolutely despise this move.
People like Eddie. He’s such a food hardo it’s hilarious. Cheese on a beef? Fuck you. Ketchup on a hot dog? Fuck you. He’s so by the book it’s incredible.
I love Eddie – he’s seriously the funniest kid I’ve ever met. I want to say he’s a character, but he’s not. He’s who he is. No embellishment at all. But… he’s a food hardo. The biggest food hardo I’ve ever met. He was so, so pissed on me when I told him I prefer Fatso’s Last Stand hotdogs to Gene n Jude’s. I love a good Chicago dog – but as Dente said, a hotdog is just a hot dog for the most part. Put whatever the fuck you want on it. I don’t care. Chicago dogs, NYC dogs, whatever. I love a good dog here and there but I wouldn’t go to war for them or judge you for what you put on them.
Actually – I take that back. I do care. Because I fucking love ketchup and am sick and tired of hot dogs’ crusade against it. From this point forward I’m going to make it a point to free peoples’ minds who love them some ketchup on a hot dog. Maybe we’ll even land a Heinz sponsorship because of it.
That’s all for today. Thank you