“In Northeast Ohio, nothing is given. Everything is earned. You work for what you have. I’m ready to accept the challenge. I’m coming home. – LeBron James” -Aaron Dole
After a long hiatus, I’ve decided to resume my blog activities. I have to go to work in an hour so I don’t have time to think of a clever “I’m back” line like when LeBron James rejoined Cleveland. Instead, I’ll steal his line like Michael Scott stole Wayne Gretzky’s “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” line in The Office.
Is a hot dog a sandwich? This has been and will always be the hottest debate amongst my friends (proof), so I’m going to tackle this in my first post since returning. Before going into detail, we must define several terms: hot dog, sandwich, bread, and bun.
A hot dog is a grilled or steamed food where the sausage is served in the slit of a partially sliced bun. A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, sliced cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein bread serves as a container or wrapper for another food type. It’s worth noting that Wikipedia changed their definition to rid of the word “sandwich.” Its original definition stated that a sandwich is placed on or between TWO slices of bread, and I will use that for my argument. Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour and water, usually by baking.Finally, a bun is a small, sometimes sweet, bread-based item or roll.
It’s important to understand that a hot dog is traditionally served in a partially slit bun. It’s one piece of bread (not taking into account the travesty of the bun fully splitting). Since a hot dog is not sandwiched between two pieces of bread, it can be eliminated from the sandwich discussion.
A hot dog in its traditionally-served form is NOT a sandwich.
There are two ways a hot dog could be altered into a sandwich:
- The bun fully splits leaving 2 pieces of bread
- You split the hot dog and serve it on two pieces of bread (toast, hamburger bun)
There are two main counter-arguments that are typically used for this debate. First, “if a hot dog is a sandwich when it splits, is a taco? What about a sub/hoagie?” This argument takes into account the number of pieces and ingredients. The answer depends on whether you consider a tortilla bread. In my opinion, a corn tortilla is not bread, while a flour tortilla is. Therefore, a taco can be a sandwich if it’s made with a flour tortilla that fully splits into two separate pieces of bread. The sub answer is the same as above. As long as it’s split between two pieces, you can call it a sandwich. Otherwise, it’s just a sub, not a sub sandwich.
The other argument focuses on ingredients. For me, it doesn’t matter what is sandwiched between two pieces of bread. An example is an ice cream sandwich. These are typically made with ice cream sandwiched between two biscuits. A biscuit is a flour-based baked food product, so I consider that bread. Ingredients have no bearing on whether something is a sandwich. The sandwich alignment chart below is a great visual representation of this debate.
According to the sandwich alignment chart, I can be found at the intersection of structure purist and ingredient rebel. Where do you fall in the sandwich alignment chart?
m only 23, but he’s already my favorite Indian of all-time. In his first full season, he boasted a batting average of .301, with 182 hits, 99 runs, 78 RBIs, and 19 stolen bases. While his offensive ability is potent, his defense is the best in the MLB. His awards include ninth place in the AL MVP vote and a Gold Glove at shortstop. Fortunately, Lindor seems to be improving every minute.
ould have given him $100 million. He rebounds the basketball on offense at the most critical times and gives maximum effort, something that a simple statistic won’t be able to show you. This has become apparent after years of watching him. And if that’s not enough, he has now played in over 400 straight games for the Cavaliers. He’s the Joe Thomas of the Cavaliers: Mr. Reliable. TT’s 2016-2017 PER sits at 15, compared to LeBron’s (26.5) and Kyrie’s (23).
full-time wide receiver. He racked up just over 1,000 yards on 77 catches. Pryor averaged 13 yards per reception, totaling 4 receiving touchdowns. With hard work and dedication, next year will be a season to remember. I expect him to move right up this list into the top 10 next year.
He was the laughing stock of the team, where many fans said he was THE WORST draft pick in the history of the Browns. I was not feeling confident in his abilities after last season, but he made vast improvements to his game. From 2015 to 2016 (16 games each), he went from no sacks to 1.5, 19 tackles to 32, and 17 assists to 27. He’s only 23 years old and the potential cannot be overlooked. As much as I harp on Cam Erving, I hope he takes the year of experience and uses it to his advantage. I’d love to see him become a solid offensive lineman for the Cleveland Browns.
t into words, but he’s the most reliable closer the Indians have had in a while, all while doing everything in his power to make it seem the opposite. He had 32 saves in 35 save opportunities, pitching 67 innings with an ERA of 2.51. Allen averaged over a strikeout an inning.
my list if he didn’t continuously have off-the-field problems. He checked into rehab and I’m glad he did, so long as he truly needed and received help. It wouldn’t shock me if it was just a publicity stunt, but I won’t start accusing anyone of that. I really want him playing with the Browns next year because he would add to what I think will be a tremendous receiving core alongside Pryor and Coleman, but that’s up to him and the NFL.
y people in the area. Half of Northeast Ohio was squished into the various bars and restaurants by Quicken Loans Arena, where a watch party of around 20,000 people was taking place. To make a long story short, we missed most of the first half just trying to find somewhere to stand outside and watch the game through a window.
The decision. It goes on and on. It can all be erased with one win. There will be a name for it. The game. The difference will be the
nty Fairgrounds. He lived very close to Lou Groza, one of the players on the Cleveland Browns’ Mount Rushmore. One of the greatest kickers of all-time, Groza had his #76 jersey retired by the Browns and is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. My dad used to babysit Lou Groza’s kids and the whole Groza family was close to mine. It was a unique relationship, one that afforded me the opportunity to meet Lou Groza and his family on several occasions. Lou died in 2000 and I attended his wake in Berea. I was only seven years old. From what I remember, he was a strong, tall, handsome, and down-to-earth man that touched the lives of many people.
Living in the Six-One-Four 