Philosophically, a hotdog is a sandwich. It has two slices of bread around a piece of meat. But a hot dog is not a sandwich in spirit. instinctually, when you look at a sandwich you don't think "wow that hot dog looks tasty." So basically a square is a rectangle but a rectangle isn't a square. A hot dog is technically a sandwich but in every other conceivable way, it is not.

A hotdog is most definitely not a sandwich! While the Merriam Webster dictionary defines a sandwich as, two or more slices of bread or a split roll with a filling in between. The British Sandwich Association goes on to define a sandwich as, any form of bread with a filling, generally assembled cold - this includes traditional wedge sandwiches, as well as filled rolls, baguettes, pitta, bloomers, wraps and bagels. Additionally, the Merriam Webster dictionary defines a hotdog as a frankfurter with a typically mild flavor that is heated and usually served in a long, split roll. So here already these definitions are providing evidence that a hotdog and a sandwich are not the same, besides the visible physical appearance that we can clearly see for ourselves. Also, another very important difference to note here between these two is that a sandwich in most instances has a cold filling and a hotdog in most instances has a hot or heated filling. What’s more, the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council makes a good point in noting that we are limiting a hotdog’s significance by saying that it is just a sandwich – equaling it to calling the Dalai Lama ‘just a guy’. I mean, this is a really good point since there are specifically hotdog eating contests/challenges and then sandwich eating contests/challenges, respectively. Here then, are actual findings based on evidence that a hotdog is most definitely not a sandwich. Especially with the British Sandwich Association confirming that around 57% of all commercially bought sandwiches are made with traditional square sandwich bread. They even go so far as clarifying that burgers and other associate products are not considered to be a sandwich or fall under the sandwich category. Sources: 1) Definition of SANDWICH https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandwich [accessed January 21, 2021]. 2) Definition of HOTDOG https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hotdog [accessed January 21, 2021]. 3) Is A Hot Dog A Sandwich? https://www.hot-dog.org/culture/hot-dog-sandwich [accessed January 21, 2021]. 4) What is a sandwich? http://www.britishsandwichweek.com/index.php/facts-figures/2-what-is-a-sandwich [accessed January 21, 2021].

**TL;DR** — **It is meat between bread - if that is not a sandwich then what is?** In simple terms, a sandwich is ["two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between”] (https://www.allrecipes.com/article/is-a-hot-dog-a-sandwich/). By that definition, a hot dog is a sandwich. Some will quibble that a hot dog is in a category of its own, but it nevertheless comes under the general rubric of a sandwich. Some will also say that a hot dog is not a sandwich because it is only one piece of bread cut in half. Well, could we not say the same about a ham and cheese roll for example? The roll is cut in half to form two halves, but people are not saying that is not a sandwich. A hot dog satisfies the most basic conditions of a sandwich and so we should categorise it thusly.

It’s actually a taco.

A sandwich is where there is bread above and below the middle contents. A hotdog had bread to the side of the middle contents. If you want it to be a sandwich, eat it sideways.

A hot dog is not a sandwich. Origin: German immigrants brought their culinary traditions, including these sausages, to the United States in the 19th century, where the modern hot dog was developed and popularized. A hot dog is something that tends to give people who eat them, thoughts, or thoughts and memories of the usa. Compare a hot dog, with lettice and a slice of ham in between buttered bread. One does not excite the imagination the other does. It would be like calling a pizza a bit of baked dough with interesting stuff on top. Instead a pizza is, a dish of Italian origin, consisting of a flat round base of dough baked with a topping of tomatoes and cheese, typically with added meat, fish, or vegetables; that is typically shared. One excites the imagination of it's Italian origin, and social significance, the other leaves a person unexcited by it's social aspect. Consider your reaction, when you picture an american vendor in the sidewalk of a busy american street, preparing a hotdog for a customer and saying: "Do you want mustard on that?" What the vendor said, brought the scene and sense of a hotdog alive in your imagination didn't it? A hot dog is not a sandwich.