Chicago Dogs

One of things that we enjoy about being here is the comical way that India often fails so completely to copy American culture. One example would be the "All-American Salad" that is often served at lunches. It consists of several different sliced sausages and lunchmeats covered in some sort of "dressing." We've never seen anything like that served in America before.

Another fine example of this phenomenon is the recent hot dog stand where saw "Chicago BBQ" hot dogs being sold. Now, of the standard list of condiments usually found on a Chicago dog (yellow mustard, chopped white onions, neon green relish, peppers, tomato, a dill pickle spear, and celery salt), the stand got one partially right.

We didn't have the heart to explain to the vendor that such a hot dog would never be served in Superdawg, Portillo's, Demon Dogs, or any other Chicago restaurant. He just gave us a funny look as we took a picture of his sign.

Dave and Beth