HOT DOGS V. TACOS

Tacos by a million miles.

First of all...I'm not always so good with the wheat, and tacos are gluten free! Usually.

And I ate at Hot Doug's in Chicago yesterday. It was pretty great, but wasn't as good as the cemita I had at Cemitas Puebla, and that wasn't even a taco, but I reckon if you put the contents of that pastor cemita in a corn tortilla instead of on an awesome crusty sesame bun you'd have a hell of a taco.

seriously u gotta be some kind of boring asshole to pick hot dogs

dan you ever try a taco arabe from there?

yes because surely liking hot dogs more than tacos is an ethical decision.

I picked hot dogs, though i am using a somewhat broad definition i.e. "encased meat in a bun," therefore all of the glories of hot dougs would be included.

seriously u gotta be some kind of boring asshole to pick hot dogs

I am someone who will order a hot dog in a nanosecond and this still seems like the truest thing ever written

do people DEEP FRY the hot dog bun ever? no, they do not.

never been to Glasgow, eh?

LA-style bacon wrapped hot dogs and Chilean-style completos make this really, really hard...but still I have to end up in the taco column. Cuz at the end of the day, a hot dog is still a hot dog & a taco can be something special.

seriously u gotta be some kind of boring asshole to pick hot dogs

It could be my pining away for all things northeast again (see: bagels); and while I haven't had an amazing h-dog in a while, a taco just doesn't bring me to that omega-point of pleasure. There's something about stuffing that last third of a hot dog in your mouth that's uniquely satisfying.

Difficult one except when I think about it I always get Kielbasa from the hot-dog cart. Tacos then because they are good for every meal and so versatile.

http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images/239/320994.jpg

^this is a most superior taco stand in austin.

we all know Glasgow doesn't count, john

dan you ever try a taco arabe from there?

No, just the pastor cemita. Being on vacation and hitting some food spots, and yet to hit Hot Dougs, I really didn't want to overdo it. Fact is, we had flown in and due to weather and being re-routed to Grand Rapids, ended up having a 7 hour flight from NY to Chi, so when we arrived friday we were starved and went straight to the Red Apple, polish all you can eat buffet, and the rest of the trip involved walking a difficult line between wanting to pig out midwestern style and wanting to not be totally sick and miserable the entire time!

We had seen Cemitas Puebla on Diners Dives and Drive-ins and it looked like the real deal and it was really great.

the taco is the domain of the cumdad

There's something about stuffing that last third of a hot dog in your mouth that's uniquely satisfying.

― pj, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 15:34 (2 minutes ago)

yeah ok, I can see picking hot dogs if your answer is solely based on an oral fixation.

The thing is, you can do esoteric things to a taco and I'm all "YUM YUM GIMME MORE" but if you even put chili on my hot dog I will punch you in the neck. Stop fucking up my hot dog with bullshit; I only want ketchup, mustard, relish and MAYBE SOMETIMES chopped onion on it.

it's funny you mention "bullshit" on a hotdog, and then have ketchup

the taco is the domain of the cumdad

― (╬ ಠ益ಠ) (cankles), Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:39 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i can't tell which way you're voting from this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5JIpT4GkyM

+sport pepper
-ketchup

xpost

And even if I think of hot dog as meaning ANY kind of encased meat topped with anything on any kind of bun, Tacos still win. Now, I REALLY love processed meat, but the purity of a good pork taco, with it's crunchy bits and soft bits and fatty bits and juicy bits and questionable bits, all the textures, is just a wonderful thing.

voted hot dog - a great taco is hard to eff with, but great tacos are tougher to make/find

it's funny you mention "bullshit" on a hotdog, and then have ketchup

I know, that is the only spot where I deviate from hot dog purity.

I think they featured their taco arabe on DD&D, too. Further evidence of the taco's versatility: tacos arabe have a unique taste, and i find myself craving one once a month or so. (usually i get a cemita AND a taco arabe, and don't have to eat for the rest of the day. or weekend)

wtf where do you live? that is just insane.

New Orleans isn't the greatest taco town, but all the C. American laborers after the storm brought in a big influx of taco/pupusa places. I probably eat tacos twice as often as hot dogs, too. The hot dog is just a higher high. What can I say, I'm a mystery meat kinda guy.

for instance, u need some freshly made tortillas for a truly pimpin taco experience; a poppy seed bun is about as fancy as u need 2 get w/a hot dog, and even then it still doesnt really matter as long as u got ur mustard and a frank.

sauerkraut on hot dogs is special tho

but tacos own this completely

Has to be the right mustard though, plain ordinary yellow doesn't, erm, cut the mustard really.

Sorry dudes but British people aren't allowed to have opinions on hot dogs or tacos. We don't come over there and opine about the proper brand of mint jelly to stuff in your pudding for tea.

ketchup and onion is all i need on a dog. anything more and you're overshadowing the meat. i don't know where this no ketchup fatwa came from, but it's highly bullshitty.

went straight to the Red Apple, polish all you can eat buffet

This place isn't that great, but if you are starving, I bet it gets the job done.

i. a vote for tacos is basically a 'i'm gonna move to CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!!' vote. go back to russia, ivan

ii. there is not a goddamn thing wrong with neon yellow mustard. is it ideal? no. but it is mustard and it is pimp as hell.

Sorry dudes but British people aren't allowed to have opinions on hot dogs or tacos.

u can add pizza to this too

ketchup and onion is all i need on a dog
opinion highly suspect

i like a god dog but c'mon, tacos in a walk

― velko, Tuesday, June 23, 2009 1:54 AM (8 hours ago)

^^^^^

Even expanding "hot dogs" to include all kinds of sausages on a bun, it would still be tacos.

http://www.playa.info/images/al-pastor.jpg

^does this ever happen after ordering a hot dog? NO IT DOES NOT.

don't know what tacos is sorry

voted hot dog

RE: Red Apple...it hit the spot in a junky polish food way. I've had better kielbasa and stuffed cabbage but it did the job.

ketchup and onion is all i need on a dog. anything more and you're overshadowing the meat. i don't know where this no ketchup fatwa came from, but it's highly bullshitty.

go ahead, argue with dirty harry

I have had people look at me funny for putting mustard on my hot dog while theirs was slathered in chili and cheese; I don't really pay attention to these people.

Sorry dudes but British people aren't allowed to have opinions on hot dogs or tacos. We don't come over there and opine about the proper brand of mint jelly to stuff in your pudding for tea.

― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 10:51 (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

In your country criticising your comestibles.

you can't put cheese and peanut butter on a taco.

WHO THE FUCK PUTS PEANUT BUTTER ON A HOT DOG

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06162/697385-34.stm

PENNSYLVANIA YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO ANSWER FOR

In any case, I am with your president in liking the spicy mustard.

I put cheese and ketchup on my hot dogs alla times, if I can get it. Don't rly see the point in eating a dog that is not a cheese or chili & cheese dog. A serious sausage like kielbasa or something, then yes, it haz a taste that is worth tasting. But a standard dog does not.

Also, can't believe anyone wd argue on this one but: best dog ever is blackened over an open flame.

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

http://www.post-gazette.com/images4/20060611tt_Peanut_450.jpg

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06162/697385-34.stm

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― get money fuck witches (HI DERE), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 11:04 (26 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

definitely lives beyond the bottom of the hill.

you can't put cheese and peanut butter on a taco.

good point except yes you can.

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/recipes/2009/06/01/thai-tacos/

Both can taste awesome, but only one can taste awesome and still be remotely healthy, ie could feasibly be eaten on a daily basis without evetually ending up with myocardial infarction.

possibly lame reasoning, but there you go. Tacos.