we're through the sandwich looking glass here for sure
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 31 July 2015 14:45 (eight years ago) link
it's sandwiches all the way down
http://content-img.newsinc.com/jpg/1171/28437689/18772360.jpg?t=1422290460
― j., Friday, 31 July 2015 14:47 (eight years ago) link
We have got onto slippery ice. Back to the rough ground meat.
― jmm, Friday, 31 July 2015 14:50 (eight years ago) link
This question has already been considered by Judge John Hodgman and he made his ruling here: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/05/04/magazine/04-one-page-magazine.html
He says: If your friend’s hot dog is a sandwich, why doesn’t he just cut it in half? HE CAN’T, CAN HE? Because it is not a sandwich, but a hot dog, indivisible and sui generis — a culinary anomaly so compelling that we actually eat it, even when it is cooked in a tank on a cart.
― Modern French Music from Failure to Boulez (askance johnson), Friday, 31 July 2015 14:54 (eight years ago) link
your mom
― e-bouquet (mattresslessness), Friday, 31 July 2015 14:56 (eight years ago) link
wtf, of course you can cut a hot dog in half
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n289/billyboy71_2006/NJ%20Hot%20Dog%20Tour%202009/IMG_0104.jpg
this is like some reverse-king-solomon shit
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 31 July 2015 14:57 (eight years ago) link
(i realise those aren;t halves of the same dog but you get my meaning)
xp how is it reverse, he cut the baby in half just like that
― j., Friday, 31 July 2015 14:58 (eight years ago) link
not so sure he did tbh
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 31 July 2015 15:00 (eight years ago) link
any particular reason you've chosen hot dogs for this question j? literally everything can be categorised as either a sandwich or not a sandwich
your mom is
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 31 July 2015 15:06 (eight years ago) link
A hot dog sandwich is always a sandwich. A hot dog is sometimes a sandwich. A cheese dog is never a sandwich. A chili dog is two sandwiches, surprisingly enough.
― You open your face and all that comes out is garbage. (Old Lunch), Friday, 31 July 2015 15:10 (eight years ago) link
what about a corn dog?
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 31 July 2015 15:14 (eight years ago) link
like a 360-degree sandwich
Negative sandwich.
― You open your face and all that comes out is garbage. (Old Lunch), Friday, 31 July 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link
I have seen quasi-serious discussion of whether a hot dog is, or is not, a taco.
http://the-toast.net/tag/is-a-hot-dog-a-taco/
I have not seen (until now) discussion of whether a hot dog is a sandwich.
This raises (not begs) questions like: is a sandwich a taco? Is a taco a sandwich? The world awaits.
If stuff-in-a-pita is a sandwich, then why not a quesadilla or calzone?
― Ye Mad Puffin, Friday, 31 July 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link
A pizza folded in half is basically a taco.
http://www.midcenturymenu.com/2013/02/frankfurter-loaf-1967/
― hunangarage, Friday, 31 July 2015 15:19 (eight years ago) link
stunned
― j., Friday, 31 July 2015 15:20 (eight years ago) link
a copernican revolution
#notallbeef
― how's life, Friday, 31 July 2015 15:21 (eight years ago) link
https://my.vanderbilt.edu/johnmcjunkins/files/2013/02/nicolaus-copernicus.jpghttp://www.indypartyrentals.com/items/Gold_Medal_Lil_Diggity_Hot_Dog_Roller_Grill/gm8023%5B1%5D.jpg
― j., Friday, 31 July 2015 15:21 (eight years ago) link
And a taco folded in half is... a messy shirt.
― Ye Mad Puffin, Friday, 31 July 2015 15:22 (eight years ago) link
so if you take a couple of slices of frankfurter loaf and spread some egg salad between them that's definitely a sandwich right
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 31 July 2015 15:23 (eight years ago) link
yes
― dead (Lamp), Friday, 31 July 2015 15:24 (eight years ago) link
a taco folded on itself several times is heading into like a savoury baklava situation imo
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 31 July 2015 15:25 (eight years ago) link
Pass gravy and barbecue sauce.
This got me a trip to the emergency room once.
― rack of lamb of god (WilliamC), Friday, 31 July 2015 15:25 (eight years ago) link
Is this a sandwich y/n
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5pssQET93R4/UIy7YH7DPzI/AAAAAAAADgk/_B9MamkIRng/s1600/011.jpg
― You open your face and all that comes out is garbage. (Old Lunch), Friday, 31 July 2015 15:26 (eight years ago) link
sure why not
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 31 July 2015 15:27 (eight years ago) link
ftr I was composing my poll while on a conference call and completely missed mattressless's post
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 31 July 2015 15:28 (eight years ago) link
damn this is a hot topic in 2015
john hodgman and hannibal buress and now ILX weighing in
― Bouncy Castlevania (Will M.), Friday, 31 July 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link
on the menu at the O hot dogs are listed in a separate category from sandwiches, this answers the question, praise be to God
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 31 July 2015 15:31 (eight years ago) link
xp greasy finger feeling around in the forearm fat for a faint pulse
― j., Friday, 31 July 2015 15:31 (eight years ago) link
euler surely you of all people must see that that could be a merely verbal distinction
― j., Friday, 31 July 2015 15:32 (eight years ago) link
back to the meats themselves!!!
tbh I just want a plate of fries from the O
the objectivity of the sandwich is not affected by the fact it is a matter of our arbitrary choice which part of all the food on the earth we mark off and elect to call "the sandwich".
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 31 July 2015 15:59 (eight years ago) link
the sandwich fusion
not to be confused with a fusion sandwich
― j., Friday, 31 July 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link
The Weather Report Reuben
― You open your face and all that comes out is garbage. (Old Lunch), Friday, 31 July 2015 16:06 (eight years ago) link
is a hot dog identical to a hot dog in a bun
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 31 July 2015 17:04 (eight years ago) link
well how could it be if a bun is not nothing
― j., Friday, 31 July 2015 17:09 (eight years ago) link
Is a hot dog on a bun more or less of a sandwich if the bun it is on is not a hot dog bun?
http://assets.kraftfoods.com/recipe_images/New_Orleans_Curly_Dogs.jpg
― You open your face and all that comes out is garbage. (Old Lunch), Friday, 31 July 2015 17:17 (eight years ago) link
What about a Tornado?
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G2OrSefHCLM/TyKhleTOeyI/AAAAAAAAE4k/9kLgcDl8Oxw/s1600/photo.JPG
― how's life, Friday, 31 July 2015 17:23 (eight years ago) link
this might be a good thread if it were possible to argue that a hot dog is a sandwich, but seeing as it is impossible, no one has taken it up to do so & thus the thread sucks
― Songs that sound like SimCopter (sleepingbag), Friday, 31 July 2015 17:26 (eight years ago) link
not unlike the foregone conclusion of a thread polling whether you suck then
― j., Friday, 31 July 2015 17:27 (eight years ago) link
oh my goddddd. someone lock this shit and bump the viking thread plz
― Songs that sound like SimCopter (sleepingbag), Friday, 31 July 2015 17:29 (eight years ago) link
what even is a sandwich really i mean
― You open your face and all that comes out is garbage. (Old Lunch), Friday, 31 July 2015 17:37 (eight years ago) link
"hot dog" is ambiguous about whether it has a bun imo
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 31 July 2015 17:40 (eight years ago) link
trying to define the problem away eh
― j., Friday, 31 July 2015 17:42 (eight years ago) link
a sandwich is something with another two somethings on the outsides of it
the kfc double down is called a sandwich ffs
XXP come on we're talking about a hot dog in a bun like regular people eat, we're not asking if a hot dog cut up and put in macaroni and cheese is a sandwich, don't add fuel to this not-a-sandwich truther nonsense
― Bouncy Castlevania (Will M.), Friday, 31 July 2015 17:42 (eight years ago) link
But is a hot dog piece between two macaronis a sandwich? Is that just a plateful of mini sandwiches? Things that make you go hmmm.
― You open your face and all that comes out is garbage. (Old Lunch), Friday, 31 July 2015 17:47 (eight years ago) link
You know that JUNKYARDPOPSTAR (@HEFFYRAPS) is not really a chef right
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Saturday, 20 July 2019 08:26 (four years ago) link
completely disgusting foods our parents ate
― ☮ (peace, man), Saturday, 20 July 2019 11:43 (four years ago) link
#notallhotdogs
― pomenitul, Saturday, 20 July 2019 11:50 (four years ago) link
In much the same way that a corndog is unquestionably a popsicle, anyone who's willing to breach all bounds of human decency in preparing a hot dog is a chef in my book.
― My nephew accidentally swalled five quarters and thee dimes. (Old Lunch), Saturday, 20 July 2019 12:30 (four years ago) link
https://buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich/archive/notable-sandwiches-89-hot-dog/
Of course, this is one of the defining debates in Internet history—it’s been addressed by everyone from Ruth Bader Ginsberg to John Hodgman, with associated verdicts by myriad major publications and many winking, smarmy Twitter-trend pieces besides. It’s been the subject of frenetic and often tedious contention for over a decade now.But, dear readers, I wanted—no, needed—to seek out wisdom from higher authorities, rather than simply glean gristle and leftover bits of pre-prepared content and stuff them into the sausage casing of this column.So I emailed thirty professors of semiotics, linguistics, ontology, psycholinguistics, information science and other pertinent disciplines, and encouraged these academics to get in touch.
― jaymc, Monday, 18 March 2024 23:41 (two months ago) link
I had two chicago dogs for dinner at home last night. Great sandwiches.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 12:50 (two months ago) link
Tea is soup
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 13:03 (two months ago) link
Soup is tea probably more accurate.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 13:26 (two months ago) link
I'm just going to refer to anything edible as "food" from now on and not bother being more specific
― silverfish, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 13:27 (two months ago) link
hot dogs are a Christmas movie are not a sandwich
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 15:41 (two months ago) link
"Sometimes a hotdog is just a hotdog (by the way, this must be written as one word, as it is a compound noun; "hot dog" describes a dog… that is hot). "
people who think English is German:
Sarah Stroup, Philologist and Professor of Classics, University of Washington Jesse Sheidlower, Lexicographer, Columbia University; Former Editor-at-Large, The Oxford English DictionaryFrankie Huang, Consulting SemioticianJ.D. Connor, Associate Professor, Media Studies, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern CaliforniaJim Lohmar, Senior Lecturer of Classical Languages, College of Charleston
― adam t. (abanana), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 15:48 (two months ago) link
hot dog describes a sandwichhotdog describes skiing
― adam t. (abanana), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 15:51 (two months ago) link
I'm on Team 'It's a Weird Sandwich, But Close Enough', in part because if it ain't a sandwich, then it's a freak of nature.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 15:53 (two months ago) link
I think in degrees of sandwichness. A hot dog is more of a sandwich that than a chair is a sandwich.
But a BLT is more of a sandwich than a hot dog is.
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 18:52 (two months ago) link
Please see this story in which a man in New Zealand and a man in Spain Noth placed bread on the ground at the same time. For a brief time, the earth and everything on it was a sandwich.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a30633840/earth-sandwich/
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 19:55 (two months ago) link
Last night I was thinking that a definition of "sandwich" might be: some sort of protein wrapped in some sort of carbs, which would make you, dear reader, a sandwich—and I am a sandwich, as well.
This is funny, and this may be an idiotic question, but which part of the human body is a carb now?
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 20:14 (two months ago) link
mmmm parts of yr liver really and that's about it
― gbx, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 20:17 (two months ago) link
You are meat in a skin casing. You are a sausage.
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 22:00 (two months ago) link
“You’d expect supermarkets around the world to have the exact same kind [of bread],” Naude told The World. “Apparently not.”
― visiting, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 22:11 (two months ago) link
What?
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 00:33 (two months ago) link
this debate is a clear broth
― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 02:29 (two months ago) link