Neither it's a taco
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What holiday features hotdogs as it's traditional food?
Memorial day, 4th of July, etc. Not that hotdog is the only traditional food. But is one of the foods typically eaten on those days.
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A hot dog is not a sandwich because most people do not call a hot dog a sandwich.
The definitions of words exist based on how we use them to communicate, not to fit into perfectly logical and consistent boxes.
I find US Americans to be unreliable narrators when it comes to bready foods. They'll often shoehorn foods from different cultures into their narrow categories.
"Any object or objects that is "sandwiched" (i.e. surrounded in the middle) by another object or objects can be classified as a sandwich."
Tacos, hotdogs, burritos, hell even sushi, are all sandwiches.
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yup
Only the Earl of Sandwich may designate what is or is not a sandwich. The original Sandwich sandwich was Roast Beef. Anything else is just sparkling white bread.
I strongly believe that two (or more) separate pieces of bread are what defines sandwichness. Therefore, no, a hot dog generally uses a bun.
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If it is, so am I - I'm wearing a jacket.
Given that a sub isn't a sandwich (no it isn't you uncultured filth sandwich is exclusively for the rectangle bread, the normal bread is a bocata, you call it sub) a hotdog isn't either. It's a sub for sure tho.