chili on dogs

Hello all,
I think we missed something.. not beans in chili, but the chili you put on hot dogs.
In my area, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, most chili is made with beans. But chili that
is placed on a hot dog is beanless.
Take Care,
Fieldthistle

While I prefer beanless chili, I'll eat it with. However, when it comes to hot dogs, it's gotta be beanless.

Beans no more belong on hot dogs than lentils, limas, or sweet peas.

Lentils on hot dogs....hmmm....combine that with my idea of a Spanish-American War themed hot dog place, and I think we have a winner!

Move over Ben's Chili Bowl, there's a new wiener slinger in town!

We'll call the lentil topped hot dog, "The Armada Dog."

...and I'll have an imitation lobster topped dog, and call it "USS Maine Dog." (imitation lobster, 'cause we all know the truth about the Maine)

We'll get a liqour license and sell Mojitos. It'll be the only place in the city that sells hot dogs and mojitos together in one combo meal.

ahhh....I can see the headlines "The Armada sinks the competition...in other news, DC health officials worried about recent spike in sewage at water treatment facility"

Chili on hot dogs should have some beans, not a lot, but some. Also, you can't have a good chili dog without yellow mustard, dill pickles, chopped onion and shredded cheese.

I prefer beanless on a dog. At the risk of adding to an age old raging issue, I just got back from cooking at the Terlingua International Chili Cook Off in Texas and met more than a couple Texans, both native and more recent converts to the religion, that had never heard of chili w/o beans. As an East Coast cook I've been told over and over that no self respecting Texan would eat, or cook beans in chili, though I've personally come to enjoy it both ways. Having ventured south of I10 now, the reality seems a little different, at least to non-purists perhaps.
My question now would be whether the beanless thing is more true of older generations, while younger folk have come to accept the otherwise noble legume in the bowl of blessedness?

Vayo con Queso

Beanless chili on a dog, because on a dog its a thick sauce and not a stew. Beans would unbalance the chili on a dog. I wouldnt refuse a beaned up chili dog but it wouldn't be my preference.