As the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council celebrates its 25th anniversary, we’re teaming with the Beef Checkoff to highlight 25 of our favorite quotes about hot dogs.
- "A hot dog at the ballgame beats roast beef at the Ritz."
- "I just wanna lie on the beach and eat hot dogs. That’s all I ever wanted."
- "Nobody, I mean nobody, puts ketchup on a hot dog."
- "We have beaten you to the moon, but you have beaten us in sausage making."
- "The use of an iconic food in an act of violence against an iconic golfer like Tiger Woods is reprehensible -- and a violation of hot dog etiquette. Some might call the thrower a 'wiener,' but we'd say that's too high a compliment. Hot dogs are meant to be enjoyed -- not weaponized."
- "Hot dogs and Red Vines and potato chips and French fries are my favorite foods."
- "Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs."
- "Noblest of all dogs is the hot-dog; it feeds the hand that bites it."
- "…A hot dog with an interesting person is an amazing meal."
- "It is not acceptable past the age of eight."
- "I’m more American than apple pie. I’m like apple pie, with a hot dog in it."
- "For the past 45 years I haven’t eaten anything but kosher salami, kosher bologna, corned beef, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, pizza, and, like I said, French fries. My concession to the vegetable family."
- "I love a Hebrew National hot dog with an ice cold Corona – no lime. If the phone rings, I won’t answer until I’m done."
- "If you were to [walk] into any vendor of fine hot dogs, and ask for a hot dog sandwich, they would probably report you to the FBI."
- "Now I have been known to say, "I need a new set of screwdrivers. I need a new wrench. I need some hammers," and of course I don’t need any of those things; what I need is a deep fried hot dog and I just don’t know how to say it."
- "You look like the Fourth of July! Makes me want a hot dog real bad!"
- "My favorite meat is hot dog, by the way. That is my favorite meat…"
- "I can’t tell you how many hot dogs I’ve eaten in my life. We had these inventive ways of making them. It looked like Wolfgang Puck, but it was two hot dogs."
- "My real love was Chicago street food, specifically Chicago-style hot dogs, like Portillo’s serves."
- "If I’m out of town and I’m in a situation where I have to be creative, it has to be hot dogs because that’s my comfort food."
- "When your kids LOVE sushi and hotdogs, you get creative."
- "I always look for a hot dog wherever I go."
- "It is my life long dream to have a private presidential hot dog lunch."
- "Oh, I love a good hot dog. It doesn't get old. Just like running doesn't get old to people who like to run. I just love to eat."
- "Limiting the hot dog’s significance by saying it’s ‘just a sandwich’ is like calling the Dalai Lama ‘just a guy’. Perhaps at one time its importance could be limited by forcing it into a larger sandwich category (no disrespect to Reubens and others), but that time has passed."
How Do You Say...?
Traveling abroad soon? You'll never be hungry again with the following translations.
- Spanish - Perrito Caliente
- Italian - Caldo Cane
- French - Chien Chaud
- German - Heisser Hund, or Wurst
- Portugese - Cachorro Quente
- Swedish - Korv, or Varmkorv
- Norweigan and Danish - Grillpolser
- Czech - Park v Rohliku
- Dutch - Worstjes
- Finnish - Makkarat
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