Hienz takes on: NO CATSUP ON HOT DOGS!!!!

[Model35mech]

"There are some Chicago restaurants that will show you the door if you ask for ketchup.

But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Heinz is helping out ketchup-loving Chicagoans by putting up small billboards that dispense the condiment outside famous local restaurants that refuse to serve ketchup.

Passersby will be able to smack a ketchup bottle attached to the boards, and packets of Heinz ketchup will fall out, according to a Heinz news release. The dispensers go up Tuesday and will be available through April 9 outside the Wieners Circle, 2622 N. Clark St., and by Navy Pier, among other spots, a Heinz spokesperson said."

https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/03/29/heinz-is-putting-up-ketchup-dispensers-to-tempt-chicagoans-with-forbidden-condiment

If you know native Chicagoans you know this is a violation of God's 11th Commandment.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. No ketchup on anything!

I can’t stand the stuff.

[Model35mech]

3. I grew up in Elgin, a nw suburb of Chicago... we put "ketchup" and yeller mustard on

the dogs.

We did not put "sport" peppers, giardiniera, or tomato wedges on hot dogs. But then, we had never heard of THE Chicago Dog.

Sometimes we put on pickle relish, sometimes we added diced sweet onions.

I've lived with a fiercely Chicagoan Chicagoan for over 20 years. No tomato catsup on dogs, also no thousand island dressing on the fries.

[TexasBushwhacker]

9. It's good with horseradish

to make cocktail sauce for shrimp.

[Model35mech]

18. Yep. Somewhere along the way I discovered it's the same as Cocktail Sauce

which costs a whole lot more.

[ProfessorGAC]

39. Fries Ok

No meat

[NanaCat]

40. I don't like it on much myself

The uses I have for it are pretty limited: Onion rings. Sweet potato fries. Need it to make meat loaf and sloppy joes. Even then, we only use Whataburger Spicy ketchup that Mum mails us from Texas.

Otherwise, I can live without it. Takes us forever to go through a bottle of the stuff.

[xmas74]

60. You can order it online through Walmart

If you ever need it.

[Celerity]

74. I love it.

Great ketchup here in Sweden.

[PlanetBev]

2. My parents were from Chicago

They turned us kids on to Chicago hot dogs early on. Yum…..nothing like ‘em.

And yes, Ketchup on a hotdog is an atrocity. The only thing I put ketchup on is fries.

[Model35mech]

5. Try Thousand Island Dressing (aka Mormon Fry Sauce)

Of course, gravy is fine, as is melted cheese as is Mayo (But NEVER Miracle Whip!)

[NanaCat]

41. Ew

Not a fan of Thousand Island.

[Model35mech]

91. To each their own preferences...

[debm55]

92. Yes, I am a MW and I would use it on hot dogs. And no ketchup on the dogs.

[codfisherman]

4. YumYum Hotdogs and Icecream

Maybe they are still in business in Greensboro, NC. Used to devour those things with ice cold bottled Coke between classes. Ketchup, mustard,slaw, and mystery chili. Not sure why anyone cares what condiments are put on ground up pig lips,eyeballs, assholes, and feet.

[Abnredleg]

54. I live in Greensboro and they're still going strong /nt

[codfisherman]

57. Hallelujah!

The Beef Burger and Yum Yums were the cornerstones of my nutrition thirty years ago.

[Abnredleg]

64. Unfortunately Beef Burger closed last year /nt

[doc03]

6. I like both ketchup and mustard on my hot dogs. nt

[Deminpenn]

32. Me too

nt

[NanaCat]

42. So does my husband

He's from California. That must be the reason for it.

[shrike3]

95. Same here.

[ITAL]

7. Never cared for mustard

I can take or leave ketchup - I kinda enjoy hot dogs plain to be honest. I don't like mustard on anything though.

[Earth-shine]

8. Chicago thinks their pizza is better than New York pizza.

I can't believe a thing they say. Mmmm, pizza.

[Model35mech]

11. I would NEVER put Mustard on a PIZZA!!

Catsup? I might consider that. I did that sort of thing towards the end of the month when I was in grad school.

White bread, catsup, Mrs Dash Italian seasoning, maybe diced Puffballs if they were in season.

[FHRRK]

24. It's a fucking casserole

https://m.

&pp=ygUZam9uIHN0ZXdhcnQgY2hpY2FnbyBwaXp6YQ%3D%3D

[Model35mech]

26. If you can FOLD your pizza it should be thrown in deep frier

and come out as Ponza rotta! Waukesha Wisconsin's favorite pizza

[Gidney N Cloyd]

49. THIS is a Chicago pizza, not the deep dish:

Note that it's thin crust and cut into squares because Chicagoans like to set a pie down in a group so they can all have pieces and socialize, not grab a slice, fold it, and walk off like a stunad.

[NickB79]

59. That's also how we eat pizza in Minnesota

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis-style_pizza

[xmas74]

61. Tavern cut

Yummy

[Prairie Gates]

48. You've never seen somebody look down their nose like Napoletani looking at ANY US

pizza variety.

Hell, they don't think the pizza from Bari is vera pizza.

I like both NY style and Chicago style pizza. I like Detroit style, too. I can do without that Quad Cities shit with the malt crust. But any American thinking their pizza is authentic (like New Yorkers tend to do) is deluding themselves. We all eat extremely goofy derivations of Neapolitan pizza, and we should embrace them.

True story, though. Chicago hot dogs are just better than NYC. Like, literally any small hot dog joint in Chicago will make you a better hot dog than you can get in the toniest hipster dawg place in NYC, much less the dirty water variety with that nast-ass relish.

[Earth-shine]

50. It's a race to the bottom if you want to talk about hot dogs.

I wish I could say I didn't eat them. One day, my wish will come true.

Pizza, and many other dishes, are different in Itali.

[Celerity]

81. Chicago deep dish is not at all good IMHO. Most overrated pizza style on the planet.

Also, the whole 'no ketchup on a hot dog' posturing is just silly. If you like some combo, who gives a toss.

Btw, Sweden has, overall, close to the worst pizza in the western world (Asia, on balance, is far worse, same for Africa). We have a some good places (Salta has good Argentinian style, Meno Male and 800-Grader are good as well), but on balance it is utter shit.

[Brother Buzz]

10. Heinz needs to hire Hunter Pence for an ad campaign

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/11972381/hunter-pence-talks-hunter-pence-signs-interview-issue

[tinrobot]

12. The Chicago Mustard Mafia would hate me.

Glad I live in a tolerant state that embraces all condiments equally.

[Model35mech]

15. Isn't Texas planning on banning Condomints in school cafeterias?

[Blue Owl]

13. The only place ketchup is allowed in Chicago is on tRump Tower

[Model35mech]

16. But you have to scrape it off the wall? Right?

[Kennah]

14. Enjoying a Monte Cristo hot dog sandwich

Hot dog sliced into thin stripes, cheese, and strawberry jam on toast

[Model35mech]

17. I use Frank filets, Brat filets and filet of Polish in my Wurst Salad

It's not the worst thing!

[Ohio Joe]

19. I guess Chicago knows about dogs like they know pizza

Fuckin Chicago

[Model35mech]

22. Ya, Chicagoans don't go for that heavenly thin foldy crust of almost nothingness

They are citizens with big shoulders, Hog butchers to the WORLD, etc

People who measure a meal not by the piece, but by the lb.

[johnp3907]

20. Love ketchup!

Food nazis I can do without.

[bedazzled]

21. I put ketchup on my tofu dogs

Otherwise they don't taste like anything!

[Basic LA]

23. Save the ketchup for eggs.

Especially scrambled. Caution: could illicit side-eyes in some precincts.

[Model35mech]

25. No mustard on my scrambled egg wraps, but salsa! Yum.

[Lochloosa]

65. That doesn't work in the south.

Cause when you mix your eggs into your grits, ketchup gives it a funny taste. We use hot sauce instead. 😋

[Basic LA]

67. This yankee discovered that in the mess hall.

What did I know?

[LeftInTX]

101. Hubby does this....ewww....

He's Mexican and loves his hot sauces, but he puts ketchup on eggs....It's the only thing he puts ketchup on. No ketchup on fries, no ketchup on hamburgers...only puts ketchup on eggs...

[Buns_of_Fire]

27. Says the company that once sold green ketchup...

[Model35mech]

28. Catsup refers to it being a puree not the tomatoes.

It's just hard to find people who will buy things like prickly pear catsup

[Buns_of_Fire]

33. I'd try it. Heck, I eat mustard sandwiches, so I'll try almost anything once.

Although I found that sliced Slim Jims in scrambled eggs didn't work all that well.

Makes you wonder what the first person to eat a raw oyster was thinking.

[Model35mech]

35. Which came first? The bullock oysters, or the ocean oysters?

If I knew the answer to that, I'd have an idea what the first person to eat one was thinking

[enid602]

36. Mustard Sandwiches

Have you tried poor folks’ turkey sandwiches? Mayo, salt and iceberg lettuce on Wonder Bread.

[NanaCat]

44. My equivalent of the mustard sandwich

Is mustard toast.

[3catwoman3]

77. And who figured out that artichokes had...

...something inside worth all the bother to get to?

[cloudbase]

29. If you're over ten years old and put ketchup on a hot dog,

that's a capital crime. Same with putting yellow mustard on anything.

[Model35mech]

30. Ketchup and Mustard are the foundation ingredients for my stir-fry

brown sauce. Reinforced with garam masla, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, and either Fish Sauce or Hoisson they work together pretty well.

[kcr]

62. Food snobbery is so obnoxious n/t

[PCIntern]

31. I understand this parochial horseshit...I'm from Philly

But literally hundreds of millions of bottles of ketchup or catsup are sold annually, so apparently SOMEONE likes it. Just because an individual does not like it does not invalidate the tastes of those who do. I’m just saying that it’s really narrow to denigrate a foodstuff just because you don’t like it. I despise broccoli and cauliflower but if others love it, then terrific for them.

Jeez….

[Model35mech]

34. It's really all about "Identity", and in the US Identity is huge for politics, communities

religion, sports, consumer desires etc.

[NanaCat]

47. I'm with you on hating broccoli, cauliflower

And I also hate kale, brussels sprouts, and turnips.

I'm a supertaster, though, and zero tolerance for bitter things is common for us. Why I don't drink ale and beer--can't stand the bitter flavour of them.

[ThoughtCriminal]

37. They need to make stealth ketchup that you can smuggle on your hot dogs

Why does anyone care what other people put on their own food?

[ret5hd]

38. ketchup in a PBR bottle!!!

[Prairie Gates]

45. Please

Heileman's Old Style.

[Chainfire]

43. I don't care how they do it in Chicago. I like catsup on my dog with brown mustard and lots of onions.

[Trueblue1968]

46. I . . . LOVE . . . catsup on my hotdogs along with mustard. Picklrs and sliced onions

[petronius]

51. Chicago? I think I've heard of it - it was a musical or something? Like Cats?

[Bettie]

52. Why would you care

what other people put on their hot dogs, hamburgers or whatever? Seriously.

[Hassler]

53. If I ran for Preznit, it would be my campaign slogan:

No ketchup on dogs!

[ZonkerHarris]

55. My hot dogs have ketchup or chili. Fuck you mustard.

[TheKentuckian]

56. You can cover the gross things with gold and it still will be

a nasty hotdog.

There is no polish that will fix those turds.

[Srkdqltr]

58. Heinz is smart. People are talking.

[Mr.Bill]

63. Trump puts ketchup on steak (well done).

That's all that needs to be said.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

66. Hot dogs should be rescued and fostered in air conditioned homes, not splattered with condiments.

[JustAnotherGen]

68. Just don't put it on your

Buttered roll - or Taylor Ham/Pork Roll.

[tavernier]

69. Mayo,mustard and skin on dog.

Chips and diet Dr.Pepper.

Perfect.

[brooklynite]

70. I wouldn't care if Chicago actually sold hot dogs...

sausages in a poppy seed bun with a dozen add-ons are not hot dogs.

[LeftInTX]

86. LOL

[pansypoo53219]

72. i only use ketchup on hotdogs. i am not a huge mustard fan.

[chouchou]

73. Any person that uses Ketchup on hotdogs is simply uncivilized.

[Blue Owl]

75. Chicago dogs rule

No ketchup req’d — just yellow mustard, neon-green sweet pickle relish, chopped white onion, tomato slices, a dill pickle spear, pickled sport peppers and celery salt on a poppy seed bun.

[betsuni]

76. Pretty sure the international image of the American hot dog has to have ketchup.

The sweetness announces I'M AMERICAN, and the more saucy wet things to drip and stain your clothing, the better.

I have some huge beautiful potatoes I'm going to fry and serve with a big bowl of ketchup/hot mustard/smoked mayo and feel very American.

[bluesbassman]

78. I worked in a tomato cannery while in college.

Tomatoes come from the fields in “boats” on top of flatbed trailers. They’re washed out into a sluice that floats them to a conveyor belt that goes into the cannery. They make their way around the cannery and are processed into various types, whole, diced, stewed, etc. The very last stop is catsup. Whatever is left on the belt after all the other products are canned is what they process into catsup. It’s not very pretty.

[Jeebo]

79. I hate ketchup.

When I eat at a restaurant, I erect a small barrier using the napkin dispenser, hot sauce bottles and salt and pepper shakers, and hide the ketchup bottle behind that barrier so I don't have to look at it.

Pat Sajak sometimes criticizes Vanna White on Wheel of Fortune because she puts ketchup on hot dogs. I'm on his side. I put sauerkraut, onions and mustard on my hot dogs, or chili, onions and mustard. But ketchup on hot dogs? Yuck.

In the movie "The Martian", when Mark Watney runs out of ketchup, I rejoice. He's putting ketchup on baked potatoes. Ketchup on baked potatoes? Yuck. Okay, I admit that he doesn't have many options, but still, ketchup on baked potatoes?

I have visited Belgium twice. They put mayonnaise on their french fries. I'm okay with that. Incidentally, I believe Belgium is the origin country of french fries. Please somebody correct me about that if I'm wrong.

Did I say, I hate ketchup?

-- Ron

[EX500rider]

80. Thanks you Hienz! No ketchup on hot dogs sounds like a Communist plot!! lol

[Skittles]

82. I would not dine anywhere that made that decision for me

and I cannot STAND ketchup

[Permanut]

83. Well, according to Ronald Reagan .

Catsup/ketchup can be counted as a vegetable in school lunches, so technically you don't have to put it ON anything, just have it in a bowl.

[GaYellowDawg]

84. KETCHUP IS AWESOME

Ketchup is the best condiment, period. It's better than mustard. It's not even close. Ketchup is better than mayonnaise. Far better. Ketchup is better than sriracha. Yeah, I said it. Better than sriracha. Better than hot sauce. Soooo much better than habanero. Better than aioli. Better than truffles in anything. The only condiment that comes close to ketchup is Worcestershire sauce.

If you turn up your nose at ketchup, you're a damn snob who's denying themselves one of the best inventions in human history just to be a damn snob. It's stupid. If Chicagoans hate ketchup, then they deserve to be permanently mired as America's Second City behind New York. Hell, they deserve to drop below Detroit.

Ketchup is awesome. That's all.

[MurrayDelph]

85. Don't yuk someone else's yum

I put mustard and ketchup on my hotdogs (and corndogs). I don't put pickles or onions on them because I don't like the first and am allergic to the second. If you like pickles and onions on a hotdog, more for you.

Some people question whether pineapple belongs on a pizza. It doesn't on mine, but if you like it, just don't make me eat or pay for it.

And for the record, while mayonnaise on corned beef or pastrami may be considered a crime against nature, I like having it on my bacon cheeseburger during Passover.

[tirebiter]

87. I have no idea what catsup is.

Ketchup I can take or leave depending on what I may be putting it on.

[murielm99]

88. No ketchup on hot dogs.

Period. End of story.

[Niagara]

89. I haven't visited Chicago in over 25 years so I didn't know that this was a thing.

Anyway, I wanted to mention that as we all gracefully grow older that there are several items that effect how we eat.



It's not always limited to family, stress, social or economics. Sometimes how we eat is due to our allergy/food intolerance's, environment and health. Sometimes our tastes change as well.


I use to consume ketchup and now since I've restricted my diet (AKA adjusted my lifestyle) I no longer consume ketchup. I use to have this weird thing that happened to me after I consumed ketchup, the upper part of my nose would get hot and sweaty. My now deceased maternal grandfather and my son had/have this reaction to ketchup as well. My mother doesn't have this reaction at all.


When I first moved to Buffalo, I use to eat at Ted's Hotdogs frequently. This was way before I discovered that I had a gluten intolerance/sensitivity. There on every table at Ted's Hotdogs was a clear oil style condiment bottle. I asked my partner what is this? He replied that it was vinegar. At the time I thought it was a weird condiment to have on the table.


Since I've lived in Buffalo for sometime now, I put a tiny splash of vinegar on my homemade french fries instead of ketchup. I don't eat ketchup at all anymore, but in my youth and young adult days I had to have that stuff on everything that a person would normally put ketchup on.

[Prairie_Seagull]

90. Damn, I want a hot or sausage dog now.

Stone ground mustard onion and relish. I miss the home depot dogs they used to have in Seattle SODO

[Happy Hoosier]

93. I'm in the "eat what you like" camp.

Except for well-done steak. That’s not just heresy… it’s vandalism.

[LudwigPastorius]

94. I stopped putting ketchup on hot dogs when I was six years old.

The thought of it now makes me slightly queasy.

This is my go-to mustard for a dog:

[GaYellowDawg]

106. I stopped putting mustard on hotdogs when I was eight.

Mustard is childish and unsophisticated, and no actual adult should consider using it.

See how that goes?

[Model35mech]

96. Here is the thing that no seems to have picke up on...

A corporation wants to confront the local culture of Chicago for said corporation's access to a market turned off by the use of its product in ONE particular instance. The use of tomato catsup on hot dogs

I really don't care WHAT you put on your hot dogs, or where you put them before they go into your mouth. Those are personal choices, that IMO should be respected.

But here we have a megacorporation that without an invitation, wants to change the prevailing culture of America's 3rd largest city.

If you support this, don't complain to me when corporations decide you can't wear pants or mini-skirts over the age of, let's say, 45 years.

If you've got a product, please do feel free to market it. But, consider doing it in a way that isn't a confrontation to local culture. Maybe a remake of something popular like the "Anticipation" song commercials of the late 70's.

[LeftInTX]

97. Heinz is just gonna distribute ketchup packets free of charge outside venues.

People can bring packs of ketchup into restaurants.
I hardly see how ketchup packets in Chicago violates local culture.

No one is having ketchup forced upon them. They are free to bring a ketchup packet into a restaurant.
Knowing that Chicago doesn't serve ketchup, whether Heinz is on the streets or not, I will bring my own.

Texas is an anti-ketchup state and I'm always having to fight to get ketchup around here. So, if I bring packs of ketchup into a Texas place that doesn't service ketchup am I violating the culture of Texas?

Is it culture misappropriation to serve ketchup in Texas?
Or if we screw with the culture of Texas, is it OK because it's Texass anyway???

[Model35mech]

98. Well, that depends on how sensitive you are to IN YOUR FACE

presentations of challenges to your way of life.

I supposed.

But then people never seemed to notice it. Mostly they just wanted to push their own food preference.

[LeftInTX]

99. Well, I read it was the Vienna Beef that banned ketchup anyway. So, does Vienna beef control me?

[Model35mech]

102. They would, if that's true. But I don't claim to know.

I've never much cared for Vienna sausage... too Italian/garlicy for me. But I was born in "Chicagoland, not Chicago".

In the small small world I inhabit I think Hebrew National and Nathan's reign supreme as great hot dogs (usually served on a soft roll, with mustard, green pickle relish and diced onion).

I like Brats, but not charred/burned black, served on a Semel roll with stone ground mustard. But, you know, my tastes aren't too representative of the midwest. I also like a breakfast of "Groats mit Fleisch", which is basically Haggis flavored pork and ground beef that is NOT pushed into a sheep stomach. I've done Haggis, and don't like the 'wrapper' or the under current taste of sheep lungs. Not At All.

[LeftInTX]

104. I like brats with tons of sauerkraut and a bit of ketchup

Now smoked brat beef brats are an abomination, because smoked beef brats = smoked sausage. Brats must be pork and not smoked for 12 hours.

[Model35mech]

105. Interesting, we do the local Johnsonville Brats which are 100% beef

I don't know if that's a concession to people whose food discipline excludes pork. But Johnsonville is this WI house's go to brat

We get the version that isn't precooked. Because of pork related parasitic issues that may be why they are beef, but I don't know,

We do brats on semmel rolls a few times a summer, and then in the winter we do sliced Brats once or twice a month, without buns, along with pickled beet, and cucumber with diced green onion garnish. Sometimes also with small polish sausage.

[LeftInTX]

108. They sell pork brats here, but they're very expensive.

Johnsonville used to have pre-cooked pork, but I don't know what happened. I'm from Wisconsin. Sheboygan brats...LOL


I noticed Johnsonville's pre-cooked pork skyrocketed...WTF? $39.99 for six brats....

https://www.johnsonvillemarketplace.com/products/beer-brats-cooked-bratwurst-6-pack

The smoked beef "brats" are only $4.64 at my grocery store.

[Celerity]

111. Not 6 brats, 6 PACKAGES with 6 in each package

Six packages of Johnsonville Beer Brats, Cooked Bratwurst. (14oz)

Here is the per package price at Kroger

$4.69
SNAP EBT
Johnsonville Cooked Stadium Bratwursts
14 oz

https://www.kroger.com/p/johnsonville-cooked-stadium-bratwursts/0007778202396?searchType=default_search

[LeftInTX]

112. LOL...LOL...OMG!!!!!!!

[LudwigPastorius]

117. Hot Links are superior to Bratwurst

That's not just American jingoism. Even when I was in Germany, I didn't think much of their brats.

[LeftInTX]

118. But Earl Campbell's is beef smoked sausage. A dime a dozen in Texas.

Never had Earl Campbells, but the smoked sausage section at my local HEB is kinda huge. Kiolbassa (yeah that's the actual name of the family..LOL) makes the best local smoked sausage.

[betsuni]

116. We must stand up to Big Ketchup and Big Wieners!11!!!!!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

100. Eat whatever you want there's no hard rule

I'll do both mustard and ketchup on my hotdog for a sweet and sour contrast.

The weirdest thing I've ever seen as far as a hotdog goes is a Seattle dog which has fried onions and cream cheese. To each their own

As far as the Chicago dog goes I like them fine but most New Yorkers would never pile that much on a hotdog,

[Model35mech]

103. we agree, people should eat dogs they way they want.

And corporations should keep their market interests out of the mix.

[Xavier Breath]

110. I go for both mustard and ketchup as well

though in my case I prefer dijon to yellow/stadium mustard. I have never understood the derision for ketchup on a hot dog, how some people act so superior for not eating it that way. It's a bunch of nonsense.

[MenloParque]

107. Trump likes ketchup on his hot dogs! So foul!

[Backseat Driver]

109. I'm from Cleveland where the only thing foodie PC folks put on "dogs" is still brownish, spicy Stadium Mustard!

https://stadiummustard.com/our-story/

Good for Heinz to recognize diversity in Chicago. Now--are those packet billboards going to be stocked w/Heinz "organic" ketchup?

[Conjuay]

113. I'm fine as long as you don't ask for pineapple on a pizza

Just like Chicagoans with catsup, don’t place pineapple on a pizza:
A New Yorker will look at you accusingly and say, “You from out of town?”

[DemocraticPatriot]

114. Actually, I prefer barbecue sauce myself, on both hot dogs and hamburgers...

That came about after some 'Western Burger' special item from Burger King, back in the late 80's or early 90's...

I don't mind ketchup for french fries, but I'll eat them with BBQ sauce also--- or sometimes vinegar.

[DiverDave]

115. Catsup and mayo

On my hotdogs. Sometimes with Guildens spicy brown. Yum.
I know mayo on dogs is weird to alot of people. But I'm a bit strange.

[Renew Deal]

119. You should be thrown out of restaurants for putting ketchup on a hot dog.

The restaurants are right.

[LeftInTX]

120. Unleash the ketchup nazis!!!

[Renew Deal]

121. Mustard purists

Get your facts right!

[LeftInTX]

122. Mustard elites!!!!

[Renew Deal]

123. I for one am an East Coast Mustard Elite