Is a hot dog a sandwich?

[Calebark]

This is a topic which has sparked debate and violence for millenia...

Is a hot dog a sandwich?

I'll start: yes. It is a filling (the hot dog) with bread on both sides (the bun).

[jamonwindeyer]

Surely not srs?

The Hotdog is a cousin of the sandwich, part of the Roll genus of bread species

[heids]

A sandwich is made of two (or more, if you're snobbish) separate pieces of bread with filling between them. So clearly hot dogs are not sandwiches.

[Calebark]

These aren't mutually exclusive.

If you get a hot dog and place it between two pieces of bread, is it noth both a hot dog and a sandwich?

[heids]

It's not exactly either tbh.

It's not a sandwich because the filling is supposed to be spread out evenly/flatly, and it just isn't a hot dog because you have to wrap a sausage in bread for that.

Anyone who eats a sausage with two pieces of bread, unless they've sliced cold sausage, is a bogan and I hereby relegate them to purgatory eternally.

[zhen]

Using my trusty pal google I found this definition. A sandwich is an item of food consisting of two pieces of bread with a filling between them, eaten as a light meal. So, since hot dogs typically consist of one piece of bread, it isn't a sandwich.

[jamonwindeyer]

It's not exactly either tbh.

It's not a sandwich because the filling is supposed to be spread out evenly/flatly, and it just isn't a hot dog because you have to wrap a sausage in bread for that.

Anyone who eats a sausage with two pieces of bread, unless they've sliced cold sausage, is a bogan and I hereby relegate them to purgatory eternally.

Where do you stand on one piece of bread folded over?

[sweetiepi]

Hot dogs \(\neq\) sandwiches. That is all.

[Joseph41]

You know what?

In the broader scheme of things, a hot dog is definitely sandwichy. Like, it's absolutely more sandwichy than, say, a chair.

That's what you were asking, right?

[brenden]

Okay but like, OP's argument was that if you had it like this:

 

These aren't mutually exclusive.

If you get a hot dog and place it between two pieces of bread, is it noth both a hot dog and a sandwich?

So that's:

BREAD
sausage
BREAD

Then that's a sandwich,  claims the OP. Two breads, one sausage.

Y'all are saying a sausage isn't a sandwich becuase there's only one piece of bread, but OP is saying "fk u guys" and putting his sausage between two distinct slices of bread.

My contention is that EVEN IF you do put a sausage in between two pieces of bread, it's STILL not a sandwich, because the surface area/width of the sausage hardly constitutes a filling. Like, it's not like if you put a BBQ'd patty in between bread and you've got yourself a rissole sandwich, because a  rissole actually takes up a fair chunk of the bread's surface area, but when all you've got is a stupid meat stick and some sauce, it's a downright offence to the nation to go ahead and call it a sandwich.

But even if you did just use a hot-dog bun. It's not a sandwich, because it's a bloody hot dog. Which is definitionally not a sandwich....... because it's a hot dog!

[jamonwindeyer]

My contention is that EVEN IF you do put a sausage in between two pieces of bread, it's STILL not a sandwich, because the surface area/width of the sausage hardly constitutes a filling.

That's a famous result from the great Mathematician, Sam Widge:

[Joseph41]

Okay but like, OP's argument was that if you had it like this:

 
So that's:

BREAD
sausage
BREAD

Then that's a sandwich,  claims the OP. Two breads, one sausage.

Y'all are saying a sausage isn't a sandwich becuase there's only one piece of bread, but OP is saying "fk u guys" and putting his sausage between two distinct slices of bread.

My contention is that EVEN IF you do put a sausage in between two pieces of bread, it's STILL not a sandwich, because the surface area/width of the sausage hardly constitutes a filling. Like, it's not like if you put a BBQ'd patty in between bread and you've got yourself a rissole sandwich, because a  rissole actually takes up a fair chunk of the bread's surface area, but when all you've got is a stupid meat stick and some sauce, it's a downright offence to the nation to go ahead and call it a sandwich.

But even if you did just use a hot-dog bun. It's not a sandwich, because it's a bloody hot dog. Which is definitionally not a sandwich....... because it's a hot dog!

Bro, you're reading it wrong.

A hot dog isn't just a sausage, because, well, that's just a sausage! A hot dog is a sausage in a hot dog bun. So really, the OP was arguing:

BREAD
SAUSAUGE IN HOT DOG BUN
BREAD

And I think we can all agree that that's just a whole lot of carbs.

But definitely a sandwich (just a fkn weird one).

[Joseph41]

That's a famous result from the great Mathematician, Sam Widge:

I love it when you talk all mathsy.

[brenden]

BREAD
SAUSAUGE IN HOT DOG BUN
BREAD

You've literally just invented the most disgusting thing in the entire world.

[spectroscopy]

Technically speaking, a hot dog is a type of sausage. So when asked if a hot dog is a sandwich, the answer is unequivocally no, it is a form of sausage originating from Frankfurt. It just so happens that when we want to eat or order a hot dog, the customary method of serving is inside bread roll, but 'hot dog' ISN'T the name of the whole bread+sausage+sauce, hot dog just refers to the meat, with the bread and sauce being how it is customarily served. There are places where you can order a 'hot dog' and all you get is a hot dog skewered on a stick (at festivals and stuff). so i think the question itself is flawed. if you ask someone whats the different between a bunnings snag and a hot dog, the difference is the meat, not the bread/how it is served. so hot dog definitely just refers to the meat, so the question of whether a hot dog is a sandwich is mute.