On Hotdogs

[amberfocus]

So the hubster and I were having an argument over the proper topping for a hotdog. Mostly because I'm nauseated and trying to keep my food down and he's eating something gross. Hence my totally unbiased poll.

[Poll #1810819]

Comments

[emraldeyedauter.livejournal.com]

Is Ketchup the same as tomato sauce? Because in Australia most people put sauce on a hot dog. Alternative might be mustard, onions, cheese. That's my favourite combo anyway.

[apurplepatch.livejournal.com]

Yep, we call Ketchup tomato sauce.

[othermewriter.livejournal.com]

Technically their different things because Ketchup has a lot more sugar and in some cases other other spices in it then straight tomato sauce which is extremely pureed and thickened tomatoes. That said tomato sauce is quite close to tomato paste in consistency but like the sauce doesn't usually have either the sugar or spices for which ketchup is known to have. All that said, there isn't a huge difference unless your using them to cook.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Well, and ketchup has vinegar in it as well. Regular tomato sauce or paste does not. Though it might in Australia.

Don't you love the English language? Four countries, divided by a common language! Actually, no five. New Zealand is a country, too, not just an island, right?

[wendymr.livejournal.com]

What countries are you including? I grew up in Ireland and had to re-learn some vocabulary when I moved to England. And I had a friend from South Africa for a while: Afrikaaners have some different terminology as well :)

I'm sure if we thought some more we'd come up with other English-speaking countries with more language differences *g*

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

I was including the ones who speak it as their primary language, U.S.A., Canada, England (well, the whole U.K. to be honest even though Wales, Scotland, and Ireland all have their own languages as well), Australia and New Zealand. I know Canada has dual languages but they still primarily seem to speak English over French.

[apurplepatch.livejournal.com]

I've just been up to my pantry and read the labels - my "Big Red Sauce" has sugar, salt, spice and "acidity regulator" in it - looking up the code the acidity regulator is acetic acid which is basically vinegar.

You can buy things called Heinz "Ketchup" (instead of the "Big Red Sauce" I have), but I don't have a bottle handy today to check and we'd still call them sauce anyway.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the Heinz stuff is what I'm talking about. For us, tomato sauce is basically tomatoes, salt and ascorbic acid made into a thin, runny mess.

[apurplepatch.livejournal.com]

Easier to call it all sauce ;) - that's us taking the easylazy route.

My Nana makes a tomato chutney too that's basically tomatoes, sugar, spice and vinegar - we call that sauce too ;)