Now that the summer homework is over it's time to ask the REAL question. Is a hot dog a sandwich?
Looking at the facts, a bun holds the meat in between it. Some may say that because the meat rests between two pieces of bread means that a hot dog is a sandwich case closed. However by slowing down and looking at the real facts this is not always true. Look at a hot dog bun, separate it so that there is a space in the middle. Does it fall apart? No, because this bread is connected, meaning that that hot dogs only use a single piece of bread. If a sandwich is defined as an item with 2 pieces of bread then a hot dog can't be one. Some people believe that because the dog is surrounded by bun on two sides then it qualifies as a sandwich. A hot dog is built systematically different that your normal sandwich and does not meet the qualifications for one either. What do you think? Is a hot dog a sandwich? Why? Also is cereal a soup?
-Not a sandwich, Jeremiah Simpson
I very much believe that hot dogs are not a member of the sandwich family. Just like you stated, for a sandwich to be a sandwich it must have two separate pieces of bread with contents like meat and cheese in between. The key word there is separate. A hot dog bun is one singular piece of bread folded in half with a cylindrically-shaped piece of meat lodged in. Unless you have weak buns that break in half when the dog is inserted, a hot dog does not qualify as a sandwich.
ReplyDeleteAs for cereal being a soup, I would say no because the definition of a soup is "a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.". However, you eat cereal the same way you eat soup, it has many similarities to soup, so you may as well call it a soup. It for sure isn't an omelette or a soufflé, so unless you invent a new category of food specifically for cereal, cereal is a soup for now.
Jeremiah, Carter, a hot dog is most definitely a sandwich. There is no rule that says the bread must be separate. There is also no rule that says a sandwich has to have two pieces of bread. What about open-faced sandwiches? What about club sandwiches?
ReplyDeleteI think you're defining "sandwich" too narrowly. And I thought young people were supposed to have open minds.
I'm not even going to comment on the cereal/soup thing. The intelligence ceiling on this conversation is already so low that none of us could actually stand up straight. Let's try to retain some dignity here.
You're right I was defining a sandwich too narrowly and the hot a sandwich debate is a little silly. However I believe that my post and Carter's comment can be seen as well placed satire of people who actually take this debate seriously. The first thing that pops up when you search this debate is a website dedicated to "hot dog culture", USA today did an article about it, I mean even the dictionary had a take in this. My intent of the post was actually to be lighthearted compared to other blogs throughout the summer but I will take pride in making a layered joke. Upon more research on this debate, I see that a hot dog is a sandwich and the only real reason anyone would think otherwise is because hot dogs have been called hot dogs and in normal conversation no one would bring up that a sandwich is actually a genre of food and a hot dog is a sub section of it. And when people are brought new knowledge it's in their nature to reject it at first glance. In the future I will try to keep it at debates that are intellectual at face value and not hidden behind humor.
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DeleteActually, this is a teachable moment. I see that Jeremiah used the following premise: "If a sandwich is defined as an item with 2 pieces of bread then a hot dog can't be one." Well, I cannot accept that premise, so the entire argument fails.
ReplyDeleteBooya.