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Topic Author: Don Ward

Posted: 5:01 PM Jul 2, 2009

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Americans will down 7 billion hot dogs over the summer, 150 million of them just on the 4th of July. That's a whole lot of .....whatever's in hot dogs.

Those numbers come from wiener-maker Oscar Meyer. The company also talks about, not what's in hot dogs, but what's on them. It turns out, not surprisingly, that mustard is the number one dog-topper, followed by ketchup, onions, relish and cheese. Around the 11 news studios, we asked, informally, if you could only put one thing on the dog, what would it be.

Me - ketchup

Shannon Brinias - ketchup

Brian Blesdoe - onions

John Owens - ketchup

Betty Sexton - mustard

But, if given the freedom to stuff the bun with more than one, I would include onions and cheese, (no mustard, I try not to eat anything yellow.) Brian would slop on some of the ol' K & M, John would add mustard and sweet relish (oh-so-sweet relish). Betty says it has to be a turkey dog under her mustard. And Shannon? Shannon says ketchup, and nothing else..don't even offer it. She would rather not have the hot dog than have anything else on it! You've got to like a woman who knows what she wants.

Oscar Meyer says lots of folks love chili on their dogs, as well as the very popular sauerkraut. I don't understand the whole 'kraut thing. Based on the smell, I would liken eating sauerkraut to consuming my own gym socks. I could be wrong.

All this hot dog talk reminds me of my days in Cincinnati. I spent three and a half years there as the weekend morning anchor at WLWT-TV. I got to work at 4am on Saturdays and Sundays and 9:30am on my other work days. Consequently I spent three and a half years perpetually tired. A great comfort/fatigue food is Cincinnati Chili.

It's spaghetti noodles covered in a chili meat sauce with double secret special ingredients (widely rumored to be tiny amounts of cinnamon and chocolate). It's really good. You can top it with cheese, onions, crackers, and other stuff. The Cincinnati chili parlors also sell things they call coneys. They're small hot dogs that also come with the same choice of toppings, including that Cincinnati style chili. They are really good.

Our 10 p.m. producer Mark Lammers is from Cincinnati; I was just a long-term visitor. Mark says you have to have coneys with chili, cheese, onions and mustard. He ought to know, it's his town.

So bottom line, I hope you have a few hot dogs made just the way you like them this holiday. I'm going to do my part to get us up to that 150 million for the day. I really wish I could have a Cincinnati coney.

We'll talk again soon.

Don

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by DonWard Location: KKTV on Jul 5, 2009 at 03:59 PM

Hi Jim, thanks for your comment. I suppose lots of food choices change when you add beer to the equation! Still don't get the sauerkraut though. Ketchup as a sin..hmm, I did once get in trouble for ordering ketchup with a steak at a nice place in Europe. My parents weren't too pleased, and I wouldn't do it now. I hope you had a great 4th.

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by Jim Location: Colorado Springs on Jul 2, 2009 at 08:47 PM

I like variety with my hot dogs although that seldom included ketchup. My mother used to say it was a sin to put ketchup on a dog. She was strictly a mustard gal so I followed suit. I like chili, cheese and onions all together or separately. I can also do mustard and relish or mustard and sauerkraut. The Kraut dogs have to be washed down with beer though. I got hooked on those at football games on the east coast.

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