Who Uses Ketchup?

First of all, I'm sorry we've been such negligent bloggers lately. Been busy and preoccupied. But, I'll try to do better this week.

We had a nice weekend. The big question of the weekend, though, was about Chicago-style hot dogs. On Saturday we went to Lillian Vanderbeek's 1st birthday party, which was fun. Holly was in from New York so it was awesome to see her and catch up, and we got to see a bunch of other people we hadn't seen in forever. Lill was cute as can be all decked out with a hot pink tutu, a sash, a birthday wand and a rhinestone-studded "1" onsie. (As Holly pointed out, there's really not much difference between what a 1-year-old wears to a party and what a 20- or 30-something wears to her bachelorette party!) Lill is such a happy baby and was a great birthday girl. I can't believe she's a already a year old and getting ready to be a big sister in just a couple months!

But, back to the hot dogs. Jessica and Scott got Vienna beef Chicago-style dogs with all the fixings for the party, and Jessica mentioned that at the Vienna beef store, she saw something about putting ketchup on a Chicago-style hot dog. This was news to everyone. As any Chicagoan knows, ketchup and hot dogs just don't go. Supposedly, the Vienna beef people say that you can hide the ketchup in the bottom of the bun and load on the all fixings on top of it. Too weird.

So I looked into it further. The web site shows how to build a Chicago-style dog and it actually does list ketchup. But, there is a warning by the ketchup that says "WARNING: Limit exposure level." Personally, I don't think ketchup has any place on a hot dog, but I suppose those who want it can do it...as long as it's hidden. Wanna know how to building your own? Check it out here.

So what do you think? Will you be putting ketchup on your next dog?