Are you a mustard person or a ketchup person? It was an easy question or so I thought. But after much consideration I’m not too sure. Hand me a burger and I’ll likely put both condiments on. Hand me a hot dog and then it’s definitely Chicago style, meaning you never put ketchup on a hot dog. What crazy person puts ketchup on a hot dog? Hey I’m not alone in that thought. Just ask Anthony Bourdain, President Barack Obama and the fine folks of the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council. And that goes the same for corn dogs — all mustard, no ketchup. By the same token most sane people I know (all two of them) use ketchup when making meat loaf. I top my meatloaf with a can of tomato sauce, somewhat the same, but definitely not mustard. If I am marinating a pork butt, however, I’ll smear that sucker with mustard. Somehow ketchup on that just seems wrong. But hand anyone a pile of French fries and their first pick is usually a squirt of ketchup on top or on the side for dipping. Don’t b...
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