Who puts canned corn on their hot dog?

Seriously. While browsing through Wikipedia, I found this under hot dogs:

Throughout the world, there are numerous variations in hot dog condiments from region to region. The most common are mustard, ketchup, chili, sauerkraut, cole slaw, pickle relish and chopped onion. Others include mayonnaise, chopped lettuce, tomato (chopped, sliced, or in wedges), pickle spear, celery salt, cheese, canned corn, deep-fried potato sticks, and hot peppers, and usually served in a bun.

I've heard of people putting mayo on dogs (which sounds completely weird to me, almost as strange as ketchup, and just short of chocolate syrup on the inappropriate condiment scale), but canned corn? I've never heard of such a thing. Are any of my fellow LTHers aware of such a practice? If so, in what part of the country or world do they do this?

And what's with the deep-fried potato sticks? Is that just a fancy word for fries? And who does this? (Not that it sounds like a particularly bad idea or anything.)

Binko wrote:I've heard of people putting mayo on dogs (which sounds completely weird to me, almost as strange as ketchup, and just short of chocolate syrup on the inappropriate condiment scale), but canned corn? I've never heard of such a thing. Are any of my fellow LTHers aware of such a practice? If so, in what part of the country or world do they do this?

A good friend of mine who lived in Brazil for many years told me that potatoes and canned corn on hot dogs is very common there.

Best,
Michael

Canned corn does sound weird, but corn relish (chow-chow), though probably not what I'd opt for on a hot dog, does not seem out of the realm of possiblity.

Interesting.
I may just have to try that one day.

Of course, there's always the much beloved and maligned corn dog, though using canned corn to make one would be a bit strange.

Maybe we could do it all Mexican corn style with mayo, corn, lime, and cayenne pepper.

Damn, that's almost beginning to sound good.

Oh my, those Brazilians are adventurous.

They even put canned peas on their wurst.


edit:

I’m not sure I completely remember what went on this dog — but I can see see mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise, peas, corn, carrots, onions, potato stix and parmesan cheese. According to the concession vendor, if you were in Brazil, you’d likely have twice the amount of stuff on it.

If Chicago style is dragged through the garden, then Brazilian style is forced kicking and screaming through a 70s-era-smorgasbord-salad bar.

Binko wrote:Maybe we could do it all Mexican corn style with mayo, corn, lime, and cayenne pepper.

Damn, that's almost beginning to sound good.

Perhaps a little parmesan-type cheese, as is added to elotes. Might not be bad at all. Slice of cucumber. I'd eat it.

Here's
a hotdog pic from Toronto with "corn relish."

-ramon

I'm not convinced by the corn relish, but the hot dog itself looks extraordinary.

Binko wrote:
If Chicago style is dragged through the garden, then Brazilian style is forced kicking and screaming through a 70s-era-smorgasbord-salad bar.

Now that's a quote if I've ever read one!

Flip

Hi,

About 15 years ago, we had a visitor from Czech Republic who was there to improve his English. Every meal we had together he had to add various condiments to his food. One we sat down to scrambled eggs, he brought a jar of tartare sauce and began dressing his eggs. We must have been caught with shocked expressions, because he calmly informed us, "Why everyone in Prague does this."

We did a mental inventory of everyone we knew and found nobody who would have done this.

Of course I know a Californian who travels with suitcases filled with ketchup take-out packets. No matter the cuisine, it all gets doused with ketchup.

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,

About 15 years ago, we had a visitor from Czech Republic who was there to improve his English. Every meal we had together he had to add various condiments to his food. One we sat down to scrambled eggs, he brought a jar of tartare sauce and began dressing his eggs. We must have been caught with shocked expressions, because he calmly informed us, "Why everyone in Prague does this."

Interesting. I haven't spent that much time in Prague, but I don't remember every seeing this in Eastern Europe. Tartar sauce on breaded, fried cheese? Yes. Scrambled eggs? No.

However, speaking of corn and Eastern Europe, for some reason, "American pizza" invariably meant "now with corn!" out there. It's always interesting to see how cultures interpret each others food. Also, there was a popular mayonnaise-and-frozen-corn salad that I'm sure Parisians wouldn't be caught dead eating called "French salad."

Binko wrote:Seriously. While browsing through Wikipedia, I found this under hot dogs:

Throughout the world, there are numerous variations in hot dog condiments from region to region. The most common are mustard, ketchup, chili, sauerkraut, cole slaw, pickle relish and chopped onion. Others include mayonnaise, chopped lettuce, tomato (chopped, sliced, or in wedges), pickle spear, celery salt, cheese, canned corn, deep-fried potato sticks, and hot peppers, and usually served in a bun.

So... do we start a wiki-war by, on a daily basis, removing ketchup from the article? Or at least get it listed as something like "Ketchup, while occasionally used on hot dogs by children and the mentally ill, ought never be put on a hot dog."

Of course there are other condiments: Superdawg's pickled green tomatoes, the occasional un-pickled cucumber, grilled onions, foie gras...

Binko wrote:I'm not convinced by the corn relish, but the hot dog itself looks extraordinary.

Is it the hot dog or the painted toes?

-ramon

JoelF wrote:So... do we start a wiki-war by, on a daily basis, removing ketchup from the article? Or at least get it listed as something like "Ketchup, while occasionally used on hot dogs by children and the mentally ill, ought never be put on a hot dog."

Actually, Wikipedia does a pretty good job of this:

Some Americans believe that a properly made hot dog should never be topped with ketchup.[citation needed]

Citation needed? Isn't there something in Exodus about ketchup and hot dogs?

The National Hot Dog & Sausage Council, in its tongue-in-cheek recommendations for proper Hot Dog Etiquette capitulate only slightly to the public's general regard for ketchup, saying, "Don't use ketchup on your hot dog after the age of 18."

"Tongue-in-cheek"? This is very serious business here.

Binko wrote: just short of chocolate syrup on the inappropriate condiment scale), but canned corn?

And yet, I can remember a place in Hawaii (in Honolulu) that was offering hot dog sundaes with chocolate syrup. The sign said "don't knock 'em until you've tried them." Thanks, but I'll pass. But anyway, even chocolate syrup has made it onto a hotdog.

Binko wrote:And what's with the deep-fried potato sticks? Is that just a fancy word for fries? And who does this? (Not that it sounds like a particularly bad idea or anything.)

A photo of a "Brazilian hot dog" on this blog page illustrates fried potato sticks and corn in situ -- you will see they aren't fries.

French's, who sell the fried onions that go on many a green bean casserole, also sell potato sticks. This google image search shows a few other purveyors as well. Actually, I think they would make a good sandwich topping, although maybe more like on a burger than a hot dog...

(sung to the tune of "On Top of Old Smokey")

The top of my hot dog

is no longer bare.

It now has a topping

I didn't want there.



I ordered my hot dog.

ordered it plain,

without any toppings.

I ordered in vain.


Well, I started eating,

Then looked up in the air,

and I saw a sea gull,

which gave me a scare.


I covered my hot dog

a second too late.

What fell from that sea gull

is too gross to relate.


The top of my hot dog

is no longer bare.

It now has a topping

a sea gull put there.



from:
http://lolpoetry.com/funny-poems/funny- ... t-dog.html

This has happened to me. Only it was a sandwich and a pidgeon.

-ramon

Binko wrote:Citation needed? Isn't there something in Exodus about ketchup and hot dogs?

There ought to be!

corn on a dog does sound weird, as also (does to some)...

slaw, kraut, chili, bacon 'n cheese and/or with a generous dollop of 'cool whip'.

ok... i made the last one up, but the point here is - the most versatile of all wieners, nestled in a soft comfy bun - is 'regional' game to anyone with a hungry and wide open gullet.

As a kid, there was a German handyman in our building (5050 N.Troy) who would always eat knackwurst for lunch, and always with canned corn on the side. I ate these with him many times, and to this day always reach for a can when knackwurst show up on my plate.

stevez wrote:

Binko wrote:Citation needed? Isn't there something in Exodus about ketchup and hot dogs?

There ought to be!

It's in Leviticus.

While in Seattle, some of my local friends took me out for some post-drinking eats to a hot dog cart downtown. I asked the guy dishing out the dogs to do whatever is customary to a Seattle hot dog.

I got a hot dog. With cream cheese. And some other red substance, possibly salsa. I looked blankly at the bastardized weiner, then him, and he smiled and said "Now put some hot sauce on it" and handed me a bottle of Sriracha.

I would be shot for saying this in Chicago, and I'll blame it on being stupid drunk, but that hot dog was GOOD.

gmonkey wrote:While in Seattle, some of my local friends took me out for some post-drinking eats to a hot dog cart downtown. I asked the guy dishing out the dogs to do whatever is customary to a Seattle hot dog.

I got a hot dog. With cream cheese. And some other red substance, possibly salsa. I looked blankly at the bastardized weiner, then him, and he smiled and said "Now put some hot sauce on it" and handed me a bottle of Sriracha.

I would be shot for saying this in Chicago, and I'll blame it on being stupid drunk, but that hot dog was GOOD.

I approve of the Sriracha--I've seen that up in Madison. But cream cheese? Wow.

For years, when we went back to Bridgeport, CT (where my dad was born and raised) he would take us to Kuhn's Korner, where he used to hang out and eat hotdogs as a teenager. We always got our hotdogs the way my dad ate them -- liberally covered with mustard, relish, bacon and sauerkraut. Kuhn's finally closed and I haven't been back to Bridgeport since my grandmother passed away in the mid-80's.

I've never had a hotdog with condiments like that since, but then again, I rarely eat them and never order them when I'm out. We don't even cook them at home.

Suzy

sdritz wrote:For years, when we went back to Bridgeport, CT (where my dad was born and raised) he would take us to Kuhn's Korner, where he used to hang out and eat hotdogs as a teenager. We always got our hotdogs the way my dad ate them -- liberally covered with mustard, relish, bacon and sauerkraut. Kuhn's finally closed and I haven't been back to Bridgeport since my grandmother passed away in the mid-80's.

I've never had a hotdog with condiments like that since, but then again, I rarely eat them and never order them when I'm out. We don't even cook them at home.

Suzy

Suzy,

Sounds very similar to how I topped (minus the bacon) my Nathan's natural casing hot dogs last night. I was very happy to find these during my excursion out to Woodman's last weekend.

Flip

I remember in grade school downstate there used to be an item on the lunch menu called a "sno cap". It was a boiled hot dog with a scoop of mashed potatoes on top and then sprinkled with shredded cheddar cheese. It really wasn't that bad. Some of the other kids would then proceed to cover it in ketchup and mustard and then things got a little gross.

Corn sounds intriguing.....