A debate that leaves a room in an uproar and disagreement–is a hot dog a sandwich?
A simple question that is so complex and yet is still an unsettled decision. With the research that I have found, yes, I believe that a hot dog is a sandwich.
The inventor of the hot dog may agree with that too. Charles Feltman came upon the invention of the hot dog by trying to serve frankfurt sausages to passerby beach goers and made it more convenient for them. With that, it is believed that Feltman’s intentions were on making the popular German frankfurt sausage into a frankfurtersandwich for easy convenience to customers by putting sausages between a bun.
The actual definition of a sandwich according to the Merriam Webster dictionary is “two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between.” So easily, with the given definition, that could be enough to prove that a hotdog is a sandwich, but yet I think there is still more to argue. Here is the question you have to ask yourself, is a sub a sandwich? Yes, it is. It matches the definition of a sandwich and set side by side, a hotdog is in a way a sub. Both are split rolls, with meat, and depending on your likings, many condiments and fillers; which is another way a hotdog can be perceived as a sandwich.
No, you aren’t going to say “I’m going to go get a sandwich” and come back with a hot dog. That isn’t right; however, it is the category I am trying to debate here. Hotdogs should be categorized as a sandwich. It’s like a tomato being a fruit, it’s weird but it is indeed a fruit for some odd reason.
Basing my opinion on the given points on a hotdog, such as the definition, comparisons, and Feltman’s possible intentions, a hotdog should be categorized as a sandwich.
