Yellow Mustard on Dogs

Roadfooders were asked, “Mustard On a Dog: What Kind?”  Yellow beat brown by a little less than two-to-one.  We’re not sure but we think this may be a regional thing.  Brown mustard is big in the New York area, probably because it marries so well with the flavors of a garlicky, Kosher-style all-beef hot dog.  Franks made with pork, or pork and beef, perhaps take better to the sweet-and-sour effect of yellow mustard.  On the other hand, yellow is the color found on a Chicago all-beef dog, so maybe we’re totally off-base.

Our personal tastes cry out for brown mustard, no matter what kind of dog we’re eating.  But when we’re eating a top-quality, natural-casing, garlicky all-beef dog, we often go mustardless, the better to savor the taste of the hot dog.  Katz’s and Nathan’s (if it’s natural casing, and long-cooked) come to mind.