The Great Aussie Hotdog

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I walk past this every day and, honestly, something needed to be said.

This is "The Great Aussie Hotdog"?

It's a bit shit, really. Isn't it?

Just a sausage in a bun with a line of mustard and a line of tomato sauce?

I'm disappointed.

In Chicago, they serve a hotdog with chopped onions, sliced tomato and pickles.

In New York, they include sauerkraut, sweet onions and a special tomato sauce.

New Jersey hotdogs are made with pizza bread and include sautéed onion and crispy potato chunks.

All we have is mustard and sauce? Really?

You used to be able to buy chillidogs here. They came piled with beef chilli, corn, guacamole and cheese. I haven't seen them in years though.

Surely the "Great Aussie Hotdog" should be a bit more than just mustard and sauce?

Every Aussie sausage sizzle serves their sausages on sliced white bread with grilled onion. Surely that would be closer to this so-called "Great Aussie Hotdog"?

I mean, really, if it's just mustard and sauce, I think it's time to let go of all delusions of greatness and call it what it is: "The Piss-weak Aussie Hotdog".

And, to be quite honest, I'm entirely okay with that. It's not like I was going to buy one anyway. And doesn't that capture something of the Aussie spirit even better?

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(Yes, I am well aware that theories like this are how conspiracy nuts get started, but I'm willing to risk it.)

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The following photographic evidence does not really capture the experience adequately.

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