New Zealand Family Try CLASSIC AMERICAN HOTDOGS For The First Time! 

Fellow Americans! We need to rally together to sponsor an America vacation for them! That way we can properly present them with the authentic brands and products for them to try!

As a red (white and blue)- blooded American, I can't even imagine what it's like to have gone my whole life without tasting a hotdog. Congrats for trying them for the first time.

I work as a mechanic for Oscar Mayer, one of the popular producers of Hotdogs in the United States. I have been with the company for 29 years. I still like hotdogs even after all of these years.

I'm proud of Denzel willing to try things even with preconceived tastes. As a father of 4 it can be hard to get kids to try something new or give things a chance.

When we have hot dogs in the south, we cook them on our grill outdoors, along with hamburgers. Side dishes are potato salad, baked beans, deviled eggs, potato chips and fruit salad (chunks of watermelon, cantaloupe, grapes, strawberries and blueberries. No dressing, just the natural fruit juices.) We don’t call it a BarBQ, we call it a “cook out.” We also like chili cheese dogs, a hot dog with no-bean chili, cheddar cheese, onions and yellow mustard. You should try a Frito Pie. It’s a layer of Fritos corn chips topped with chili, cheddar cheese and onions.

Texan here... Lays regular chips are a must when eating a hot dog. I prefer mustard, onions, relish, and a side of baked beans. Chili dogs are incredibly good too. The raw onion is best on hot dogs, cooked onions for sausages. Green peppers with the sausage as well on a roll. Let the roll sop up the grease. There are so many versions of hot dogs but I think you nailed the basic American hot dogs. Awesome!

My family is from New York. When we have hot dogs, we put sauerkraut with spicy brown mustard/ketchup. Sides with our hot dogs are generally french fries, baked beans or cold salads, like potato, macaroni or coleslaw. Drinks would be beer, ice tea, lemonade or soda. Loving your videos!

In America tomato sauce and (tomato) ketchup are very different! Tomato sauce comes in a can and is basically pureed tomato, it's used in lots of different recipes including spaghetti sauce. Ketchup though comes in a bottle and has much more added to it, we use it as a condiment

So, the reason most "Classic American" foods seem like camping meals is, well, because they are. Our history, while starting on the east coast in the colonies, really came to life during the Great Expansion, the way to the west. Long trips across wide open terrain, camping under the stars with your wagon train. Many of the older countries think we have no culture. They just don't understand that our culture was forged on rugged trails, in dirt and dust, in some of the harshest situations is all. Hotdogs are 2 ways for me. - NY style: All beef frank, mustard, ketchup, sweet relish, onions, and sauerkraut. - Chilidog: All beef frank, beef chili (with beans added), cheddar cheese, rough chopped onion. You guys should DEFINITELY do chilidogs!!!

In America "Tomato Sauce" typically means the Italian tomato-based sauce you would typically put on spaghetti.

We use pickle relish on our hot dogs and round pickle slices on our hamburgers. One of our favorites in the summer is to go to the local drive up hot dog stand. Most people around here like the chili cheese dog, sometimes with a root beer. I am in Logansport, Indiana. By the way, I can't tell if you have an Indiana sticker on your US map. I was trying to see it on one of your mail delivery videos.

When we eat hotdogs, we have barbecue staples: chips, salads of all sorts, soda of choice (floats go well with them), etc.

Having grown up in SW Ohio, I can't help but feel hotdogs should be covered in chili and cheese.

Typically served with potato chips at least, often with sides like potato salad, baked beans or cole slaw. I'd say the typical hot dog plate for a summer cookout like 4th of July or Memorial day would be a couple hot dogs, some potato salad and chips and a nice slice of watermelon. It doesn't get much more universally "American" than that whatever state you're in.

The wonderful thing about hotdogs is that there are so many quick and easy ways to cook and eat them. I love to try different combinations, but my favorite is grilled with raw onions, cheddar cheese, ketchup and mustard. The NZ sausage looks like what we call a bratwurst in America. They come in many flavors like jalapeño, cheddar, bacon, or regular. We serve them a lot of different ways just like hotdogs.

I lived in North Carolina, USA most of my life. It's a small state on the East Coast. There are two types of hot dogs we have here. mainly speaking the toppings. We have your classic Ketchup mustard, Slaw, Sweet Pickle relish, Raw onions, Or a Carolina style chili dog, which is chili, mustard, raw onions. Of course, there are different combinations of all of that. But those are the two most common.

Baked Beans, Potato Salad, Coleslaw as sides. Makes for a full meal!!! Love from the USA!!!

We would have baked beans, mustard potato salad, coleslaw, or cream corn as sides. We would also make one can of chili if anyone wanted chili dogs. The chili dogs we had would consist of (in order of layers) the dog, chili, cheese, mustard, onion. The hotdog dinner was a staple for our family as we were never very wealthy. But the sides above, are my favorite sides for hotdogs.

A butter toasted bun off the grill will take it to the next level. Toped with chilli, cheese and raw onions is made for football game day.

Howdy New Zealand Family! I’m a few months late to this video, but you asked what we have with hotdogs. If I’m making them at home, I’ll usually just serve with potato chips and deviled eggs. This helps spread food around. If you guys haven’t ever tried deviled eggs, it’s a must. Served as a snack or side at many cookouts or family events, deviled eggs are a wonderful addition any meal. Well maybe not with breakfast. In the US there are multiple variations of deviled eggs, but classic (in my opinion) is egg yolks, mayonnaise, mustard, diced dill pickles and pickle juice. Fills the eggs and top with paprika for garnish. Enjoy!

Next time try chilli dogs with shredded cheddar cheese!♥️

You should try biscuits and gravy! It is pretty easy to make and you should be able to find all the ingredients there. Biscuits and gravy are a behemoth of the "southern" breakfast world. As long as you make the biscuits and the sausage gravy both from scratch I'm sure you'll love it. It sticks to your ribs and makes you feel all cozy inside. If you pencil in nap time too that one is definitely one to try.

Hotdog goes good with chips, macaroni salad, potato salad, pasta salad, fruit. I personally like mine cooked on the stove like you did with mustard and ketchup, purple onion, with any of the sides I listed above. Usually it’s with chips because if I’m eating a hotdog I’m normally in a situation where the meal is meant to be quick and easy. Chili dog is good with purple onion and mustard, with shredded cheddar cheese.

Serve with potato chips, baked beens, potato salad, coleslaw, or macaroni and cheese. Wased down with soda pop or beer or water. I never heard of any American using milk but to each his own. Start your own New Zealand tradition.

This family is SO freaking cute.

You've got to try a Corn Dog next! Note: We split the bun through the side of the bun, not down from the top too. Doesn't change the taste, just the looks Need some Potato Chips on the side too. Cheers!

My family love baked beans or pork and beans with potato ruffled potato chip for dipping our beans…classic fun food.

In Cincinnati we eat them with Greek chili and finely grated cheddar cheese (also sometimes onion or beans). Common sides are usually a beer, chips, or French fries…. Not so much a milk shake. They are frequently purchased and eaten on the street or a fair or a ballgame.

I don't eat meat & haven't for 30 odd years or so but when I was a kid I remember we always had potato chips with our hot dogs

Would love to see you guys try chili cheese dogs! I like mustard, onions and shredded cheese on mine 😀

I am a pure Texan and I do hotdogs in a pot of boiling water. Then when finished put mustard down on the bun and hotdog and then chili on top with diced onion.

Usually we use relish, which is a pickle based condiment. My favorite hot dog are the ones from the Costco food court. $1.50 gets you a dog and a coke. Another popular topping is saurkraut. And yeah... eat from one end. People would look at you funny otherwise.

Texas here!!! I love watching you guys enjoy our foods🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

New Yorker here. I like my hot dogs with mustard, sauerkraut and red onions (which are white onions cooked in a tomato based sauce).

Yes, you definitely need to grill the hot dogs. Another style is to hold the hot dog on a long handled fork ( for grilling) over an open fire. Keep turning it, when it splits open it’s done. Then you need to have a chili dog with diced raw onions or a chili cheese dog. Relish is good, definitely dill, not sweet. Yes, the sides can be potato salad, baked beans, or chips.

Firstly, the most common side with hot dogs would have to be chips (crisps). Potato salad is also common is you’re having it as a sit-down, picnic-type meal. But most of the time hot dogs are available at fairs or ball games or other on-the-go events, so it may not always have a side. And it’s usually just mustard on hot dogs for me. 😁

There are so many versions to try with hot dogs, but that's what makes it so special, the variety ! If you can, try rinsing the onions in some water in a colander and draining 2 or 3 times then rest until somewhat drier and smell if they are still strong to your nose... you'll find them much more appealing and milder. You can also take the chopped, washed onions and put them in some cider vinegar or white vinegar for a few minutes, or even overnight for a pickled onion, great on many dishes like tacos, chili, sandwiches, dips etc and not just hot dogs. You'll no doubt get around to this version, a Chicago Dog with similar ingredients EXCEPT for the ketchup which is forbidden ! he he Look up Chicago Dog and "dragged through the garden" it's the best version.

love the show I am in American and am glad to see a family so engaged. I am from south Carolina and we have chili mustard and onion on our hot dogs.

*Hot dogs (and marshmallows) while camping* are traditionally cooked over the camp fire on a fresh cut green tree branch, providing both food and entertainment. *Cooking a marshmallow* to expand evenly and as large as possible and turn light tan in color, with a crunchy shell and soft inside, without catching fire or falling off the stick, is an art.

Try a Chicago style hot dog. So good! They're made up of an all-beef hot dog on a poppy seed hot dog bun and topped with yellow mustard, sweet pickle relish, tomato slices, diced onions, a kosher pickle spear, spicy sport peppers, and a sprinkling of celery salt.

In Western North Carolina where I live a classic hotdog has chili (without beans), coleslaw (which is grated green cabbage mixed with a little mayonnaise, vinegar and a slight amount of white sugar), diced raw onions and yellow mustard. If you got to a diner and get one you order it "all the way".

American here from New England. I have never seen anyone put a pickle on their hot dog before, like a straight up pickle. We do use a sweet pickle relish. When I eat my hot dog, I start at one side and continue on that side. When we have hotdogs at home, it's usually in the summer and we have coleslaw or potato salad, sometimes baked beans. And yes, they are definitely a camping staple! Have you ever tried the soda Moxie? It's definitely an acquired taste. With a hotdog or picnic foods, to drink I would have lemonade, a glass of wine, or a hard cider (because I am not a beer fan), be it I do believe that a beer is the number one go-to beverage with a hot dog.

Being from Wisconsin, hot dogs are usually eaten off the grill or BBQ. We usually have potato chips, potato salad, macaroni salad and baked beans with it! With a beer of course! I like mine with ketchup, raw onion and saurkraut! A very popular way to eat them here!

The one thing about Americans is that we love our combinations, everyone styles foods in different ways based off of their individual tastes. So some ingredients might be put on or left off depending on what people like. Some people keep it simple and some people like to load them up with a lot of different things. And this accounts for any foods not just hot dogs.

I (63f) was taught to boil the hot dogs in a saucepan of water. Boil the water, add the hot dogs, turn the heat to low and simmer the hot dogs for 5 minutes. Drain the water out of the pan and serve the hot dogs on hot dog buns.

I absolutely love chili cheese dogs with a Pepsi or Coke. I tend to pair my dog with either French fries or potato chips. If I do a regular dog, it's ketchup, mustard and sometimes mayo or relish.

When you asked about sides, Lays Potato Chips immediately came to mind. And by the comments it looks as though a lot of my fellow Americans feel the same way! And that New Zealand style hotdog looks like something we'd call bratwurst here in the states.

Mustard & Sauerkraut were the classic topping when I was growing up especially if you got them from the Hot Dog Cart.🌭 A Summertime Cook Out was the typical time my mother made Hot Dogs and the kids usually liked Catsup & Relish because it was sweeter, adults went for the Mustard & Sauerkraut. Typical sides were Potato Salad & Baked Beans... If it was just a quick weeknight meal she would boil them & serve with canned Pork & Beans & maybe Potato Chips/Crisps if we had them on hand... Sometimes she made Beenie Weenies where you just sliced them up in rounds & added to the canned beans, heat & eat. Kind of a childhood classic...

My 2 fav ways ... both start with "Ball Park Beef" (bun length) Dogs, #1 ... (chili dog) Ketchup, Mayonaise, chili, cheese, and onion. #2 ... (pizza dog) pepperoni, a little cooked ground beef, mushrooms, onions, Pasta (spaghetti) sauce, and mozzarella cheese

Too funny...I sat down to eat my dinner--a hot dog with mustard and mac-n-cheese on the side--and the first video to pop on my RU-vid was this one! My favorite is a chili dog with cheese and onion with some tater tots! You might want to try roasting some dogs over a camp fire; so good!

Sweet relish instead of pickles. You can also boil the dogs. We cook them on a grill usually but boil or fry them indoors. Love watching you.

I love the expressions on their faces. They act like they have never seen Food before.

My favorite way to enjoy hotdogs combines a nice evening campfire, a long cooking stick, a package of bun length hotdogs, a package of hotdog buns, a bottle of mustard, and a few cold beers to help settle things in.

There is a difference between a sausage and a hotdog (wiener). Hotdogs are already cooked and can be eaten from the bag cold if wanted. Most sausages are raw and must be cooked before eating. I prefer the beef hotdog with mustard only. Hotdogs are also served with pickle relish, usually not bare pickles. Baked beans and beer go with hotdogs.

Here in Canada, weiners for hotdogs are never fried. Typically they are boiled or grilled. Whistle dogs are one of my favorite classic hotdog varieties. That's a hotdog with cheese and bacon

It's all about the the toppings. A couple other toppings is cheddar cheese, sauerkraut and mustard, baked beans, you can add potato chips in the roll for a little crunch.

Hotdogs are a must for camping. They’re so easy and WAY better with a little black on the outside from an open flame.

We usually have chips, baked beans and coleslaw with our hotdogs! So happy you enjoyed your American dogs!

Hot dogs are cooked on a outside grill, or inside, boiled till hot clear through. Never seen them fried in a pan. But love you guys and thank you for sharing your lives with us all. 🙋🏼‍♀️ NZ ☺️

In North Carolina, we like hot dogs with mustard, ketchup, chili, onions, and slaw! Try that! :)

N.Z. Family, cook your dogs on a barbecue grill! Then top with cheese, chili & onion. Atlanta, mix about 3 parts water & 1 part vinegar, add a pinch of salt & a spoon of sugar, stir. Add raw onion & in no time flat it takes the "bite" out of the onion. Maybe your brother would like that better. Here in the South, we love these quick pickled onions with our greens & beans!

Sauerkraut, raw onions and pickle relish with Lay's wavy chips and a Pepsi is my basic dog, but chili dog, french fries and a vanilla milkshake when I'm feeling fancy.

At picnics we usually have baked beans, potato salad and potato chips as side dishes with the hot dogs. Hot dogs 🌭 can be grilled, boiled or fried. Some people split the hot dog length wise and fry it. I like my hot dog with pickle relish, diced onions, mustard and ketchup. Many Americans feel that ketchup should never be put on a hot dog, only mustard. Thanks, as always for another entertaining program. Your family is a joy to watch. Enjoy your weekend. 👍🤗❤️🙏🌎

Sweet pickled relish is a common topping on hot dogs here in Florida, we always bring hot dogs on our camping trips bc they’re so fast & easy to prepare, we typically have different flavored potato chips with the hotdogs, y’all are awesome! Love your videos ❤❤

Hotdogs with lots of mustard, lots of onion, pickle or relish, cheese, cheddar or jack, sauerkraut. For side dish, potato chips are the classic but doritos or any kind of chips, baked beans, potato salad, macaroni salad. Then you have chili dogs which are a whole species in itself

At my house growing up, and to this day we have baked beans, potato salad, french fries any side dish you want to add. But always have baked beans. If you find raw onions too strong try getting a sweet onion instead of the regular white or yellow onion. xoxo's Sandie

I’m from NC and our signature “Carolina style” hot dog recipe includes the toppings of: chili, mustard, coleslaw, and raw onion. Throw that on a buttered/toasted bun, along with the “dog,” and you’ve got yourself a meal!

Such a happy & enthusiastic family.

You can have anything with a dog, chips “crisps”, fries “chips”, Mac and cheese, Mac salad, potato salad, pasta salad, it all depends on the occasion to be honest. Dogs are also all about the meat to bun ratio. My favorite bun is potato bread.

Our family loves Hebrew National All Beef Hot Dogs with Martin's Potato Bread Hot Dog Buns. All the toppings and for a side - potato salad, watermelon, or just potato chips.

A grandma from West Virginia here. I love hot dogs. In West Virginia, there are two types of hot dogs. In the southern part of the state, they put chili (no beans) ketchup, mustard and cole slaw. Here in northcentral West Virginia we do the same, except no cole slaw and we add raw onions. With hot dogs, must have potato chips and baked beans and Mac n cheese

You need to make chili dogs, aka "Coney Islands" everywhere except New York use no-bean chili, and melted cheese or mustard, or whatever you want also, look up "italian hot dog", with sweet peppers, onions and potatoes, a NJ specialty if you want to be authentic, you need sweet relish, not pickles the great thing about hot dogs is that you can put anything you want on them it's not like some french chef is going to appear and scold you for doing it wrong the usual side with hot dogs is potato salad and/or potato chips (crisps?) french fries (chips?) cole slaw and definitely try grilling them if I run out of other stuff, I will chop up a hot dog and fry it with eggs for breakfast, but otherwise grilling is best in a pinch, you can also just nuke them, but they do tend to explode if you don't keep an eye on them when you get to the USA, go to 7-11 and get a hot dog for a dollar. Then fill up the container with free chili and nacho cheese and eat it with a spork. that's probably not very healthy, but it's good.

a reason they feel like camping food is that most food that is classified as American is comfort food, so quick easy and tasty, like hotdogs, burgers, pancakes, and so on, all easily doable camping food

An upgrade to a hot dog is a Brat (Bratwurst). Johnsonville makes pre-cooked ones filled with cheese and stuff. I like to take the Beer Brats, and cover it with melted white Queso cheese, like what Tostitos sells. I call it a Queso Dog, can be eaten with or without a bun, but make sure you toast it first.

Great job guys. I'm a 72 yr old hotdog fan. Review: We have actual hot dog buns that are slightly slimmer and are cut horizontally. Hotdogs are one of the most individually distinct foods we have. Some want only ketchup or only mustard; some don't like onions. We also have a sweet pickle relish that many MUST have. Utensils aren't used with hotdogs except in special dishes like chili dogs which are smothered in chili - go figure. We have a wide variety of hotdogs including regular, plump, foot long and ones that "plump as you cook them." They are made of different meats and blends of meats. Hotdogs are a major item to have at sports games, picnics and campouts. Picture a park with a group of 50-100 people on a summer afternoon. Hotdogs, potato salad, baked beans, a wide range of sodas and someone is always bringing some special item that's part of "the family heritage." These are a few tidbits I can think to share at the moment. I don't know if group picnics are part of the NZ lifestyle but in the US they tend to be potluck. As well as grilling "dogs" we also boil them, especially if we're needing to make a lot of them quickly for a group event. That's it for now. Happy munching - Oh, potato chips are almost mandatory with hotdogs; some even crumbling them up and sprinkling them across the bun along with all the other condiments. The chip routine seems to be slowing dying in the face of growing focus on health. Okay, now I'm really done.

In American culture the two beverages most commonly consumed with hot dogs are soda (drinker's choice of soda) or beer. Not being a beer drinker myself, it's always some kind of soda. Enjoyed your video as usual!

i love the children. they are so bright and wholesome.

Texas here! At baseball games, it's hotdogs! It's not that messy. At a BBQ, it's chili cheese dogs with your preference in condiments and dressings, like relish or onions. I personally like mine with just mustard, chips, and a sliced pickle on the side. It's the bomb!!

hot dogs are popular in many places as you said, you were correct, baseball games, rodeos, state fairs, camping, any sports games. we love our hotdogs lol. My favorite way to eat them is grilled 🤤

I love how laid back, carefree and just enjoy family fun !!! It's enjoyable to see how respectful your kids are but you let them have their own personalities and enjoy their fun 😊

Outside of the amazing chili and cheese on top of a hotdog. When I want a quick hotdog at home during my lunch hour, what I do is I put a piece of cheese in the bun, hotdog on top of it and then sauerkraut mustard and a lot of pepper. I stick it in the microwave for 20 seconds to warm the bun and melt the cheese and it’s the best.

Grill the hot dogs and lightly warm the buns. I’ve recently discovered slicing my hot dog down the center / easier to stuff with the condiments. Put slice of cheese (pepper Jack) first, the hot dog, ketchup, light mustard, dill relish, diced onions (vidalia onion), chili with beans. How to eat? From one end to the other - never both ends. Sides - deviled eggs, potato salad, baked beans & lays regular potato chips Also discovered when I lived in North Carolina that coleslaw makes unexpected appearances in food - like hot dogs, BBQ sandwiches, meatloaf- etc. it became a running joke when I ordered out to specifically state - no coleslaw in or on anything. Coca Cola or lemonade (fresh squeezed) Watermelon slices

I’m so stoked for this. My kids love hot dogs and love your channel. They are gonna get a kick out of this.

As an American I like my hot dog one of three ways. First the regular with mustard ketchup and sweet pickle relish. Second is the chili dog with cheese. And third with a little sauerkraut and mustard. But I've never been into the raw onion pieces Edit: fried in a pan, even boiled is okay...but cant beat cooking over the campfire on a stick.

Usually hotdogs are out side cookout food, a side that Usually goes well, is baked beans. Chips. Mac n cheese, and potato salad

Here in America, we have the sausages you compared, but they are called brats, & they are prepared on the grill, with sauteed onions & bell peppers, then eaten on a brat bun with mustard. Tomato sauce in Anerica, is what we mix with ground beef, & put over spaghetti. Catsup or ketchup is totally different. The long hotdogs are called footlong. We put hotdog chili sauce on hotdogs also. The regular hotdogs here, are usually boiled in water, just 'til hot, not fried in a skillet.

You should have some of your New Zealand friends (who wouldn't have ever tasted it before) try the American food with you! It would be very interesting to see their reaction compared to your own. Love this Channel love from Massachusetts!!

So im originally from southern europe and living in USA for over a decade and I consider myself a proud American, you guys are doing a service for the American people lol. For the past couple of years folks here only listen how awful usa is or how bad etc. So it's nice to see people living outside of usa who appreciate American culture. Peace Love and Hope 😄

Either simple with just mustard and chopped onion, or make a meal out of it with meat chili sauce, chopped onion, and melted Velveeta cheese. Always served with a fermented half-sour garlic pickle, a scoop of coleslaw and potato salad.

you can boil hotdogs till they puff up and start to split open or on the grill. and you can add no bean chilly and cheese or also add coleslaw/chilly/onions/cheese or muster and heated up sauerkraut. cut your pickles like u did your onions or buy relish and with add mustard. If he dont like onions raw u can cook them. you can also cut up the hot dogs and put them in mac and cheese or baked beans.

Hot dogs without the bun are frequently fed to children as a simple lunch. They can eat them with hands or a fork and dip the hotdog in ketchup to their heart's content. It was one of my kids' favorite weekend lunches, served on paper plates with a side of potato chips 🌭

Atlanta looks so comfortable in the kitchen - she's definitely a natural - and I'll predict that there's a good possibility that she'll end up a professional chef!

In the US tomato sauce is what we use for things like a red sauce on pizza, pasta, or the base or Marinara sauce. Ketchup is just called Ketchup. They look different, taste different, and yes the base is cooked down tomatoes the rest of the ingredients do vary. Some hotdog purists believe you should only put one of two stripes of mustard and pickle relish/ sauerkraut on a hotdog. No ketchup. Sautéed onions on a hotdog does sound good. Denzel may like Sweet Vidalia onions. I’m not a big fan of regular onions or red onions, Vidalia onions are a specific kind of sweet onions grown in a particular area of South Georgia. The soil causes the onions to be sweeter than your typical onions and even your standard sweet onions. Usually when I buy onions for cooking/ using at home I look for Vidalias.

Boiled weiners or frankfurters, lightly steamed buns, with sweet green relish and yellow mustard, and freshly chopped onions becomes my favourite hotdogs.

You should try chili, cheese and coleslaw on your hotdogs in addition to the onions and other items you had on them this time. Those are my favorite toppings here in Georgia, USA. :)

Hot dogs from the baseball stadium are the best! Sending love from Cali ☀️😎

The classic American hot dog is in a hot dog bun with mustard, relish, and the cheese is optional. The classic American chili dog is chili and cheese with onions being optional since that technically turns it into a Coney Dog.

You are my New Zealand family. Love your videos

An American from Missouri giving his recommendation. Next time you cook hotdogs try it on the cast-iron if you dont have a BBQ pit. It adds a slight burn to them that is delicious. Loved the video can't wait for the next one.

The hotdog and bun are the blank canvas. There are dozens of toppings that can go on a hotdog. Onions, tomatoes, relish, jalapeno, cheese melted or not, chilli con Carne for a chilli dog, sour crout, crispy bacon, ketchup, mustard and so on. When used to make hotdogs in America I would use Oscar Meyer hotdogs which are like Sizzlers here.