Title: Is Ketchup on a Hot Dog Good or Bad? - Chowhound
Headings: Why Does Ketchup on a Hot Dog Piss People Off?
Why Does Ketchup on a Hot Dog Piss People Off?
Ketchup Is Kid Stuff
Or, It’s Baseball Vendor Bias
Chicago Feels Strongly About This
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Content: Maybe that’s because ketchup is so sugary, and you’re supposed to be over that as an adult and into good ol’ salty meats with chopped onions, vinegary mustard and sauerkraut, or chili. You want to enhance the all-beef dog, not camouflage it. Ketchup is what parents smother over everything to make kids eat their food, after all. Or, It’s Baseball Vendor Bias
Another idea: The dislike goes back to the early days of baseball, when to protect patrons from sugar-loving yellow jackets and flies, hot dog vendors only carried mustard with them. Thanks, guys. Chicago Feels Strongly About This
People are pretty frank about the horror that this pairing creates, perhaps none more so than Chicagoans. “ Ketchup on your hot dog is the end of the world,” says Bill Savage in the Chicago Tribune. Savage once gave a “Ketchup: The Condiment of Controversy” talk at the Chicago Hot Dog Festival.