Is The Hot Dog A Sandwich? Debate Brews On Internet

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It’s a quintessentially American food inextricably intertwined with many American pastimes—but is the hot dog a sandwich? Debate rages on.

It's an age-old debate that's getting new life on the Internet. 

Is the hot dog a sandwich? Opinions differ.


Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell took the side of Yes recently on a radio show:


"If you eat a hot dog without the bun, it's not a sandwich, obviously. But if you use the bun, I think that it's just a different type of sandwich, but it's still a sandwich. The bread to me would be the key." 


Rendell's comments put him on the same side of the debate as comedian Hannibal Buress:


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