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Ketchup on hot dogs isn't terrible.

Raw onions on hot dogs >> fried onions on hit dogs.

My basic dog is mustard, onion, and kraut if I can get it.  Just M&O is adequate.

I've taken to buying more expensive hot dogs, I think they are better.

Yeah I knew that ketchup would get you blacklisted/shot, which is why I asked.

I don't like ketchup on a dog either, but if I had to pick between that and an actual slimly tomato... I'm choking it down with ketchup.

Is it impossible to get a proper Chicago dog outside of Chicago, like it is with the Chicago pizza?

Lou Malnati's has locations outside of Illinois - Arizona, Indiana, Wisconsin.

Can also order here. They (and many other Chicago spots) ship to where you live.


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I've done quite a bit of this.

The Yella mustard is a little disappointing. I had just assumed that it would be brown mustard.

I would also want cheese on a dog.

A friend of mine married a Brazilian girl, and we like to get together with them to watch international soccer.  Our first time over, she made us "Brazilian hot dogs" and we were hooked.  Now we insist on them every time.  She's okay with it, as long as I bring plenty of cachaca.

What the heck is on that monster?

Corn, green peas, tomato and onion stewed mixture, shoestring fries, grated parmesan cheese.  They put all sorts of crazy stuff on them down there, they'll add bacon or ham or even ground beef (think, taco filling).  Their street vendors serve you the wiener and bun, and then they have a huge assortment of condiments to add.  The dogs themselves are stewed with the onion/tomato mixture.

On that picture that I just pulled off the internet, I can't tell if that's sour cream or a ton of mayo.  I've never seen sour cream on one, though, my friend's wife doesn't serve them that way, anyway.  She does eat hers with both mayo and mustard, so that's how I eat them, too.

They're different, but really tasty. 

Yeah I knew that ketchup would get you blacklisted/shot, which is why I asked.

I don't like ketchup on a dog either, but if I had to pick between that and an actual slimly tomato... I'm choking it down with ketchup.

Is it impossible to get a proper Chicago dog outside of Chicago, like it is with the Chicago pizza?

Pretty close to impossible, unless it's a shop owned by a transplant. That's how I found ONE legit deep dish joint here in SoCal and ONE good Italian Beef shop.

But at least Portillo's now has a location out here in SoCal so I can get my hot dogs.

If a place doesn't get Vienna Beef, it's not a real Chicago dog. Pretty much every other ingredient can be found locally in most of the US.