Our feeling in ANC is that you should not eat hot dogs as they have been deemed onerous and fatiguing. Although, this effort has not been supported by our brethren in MEM, who continue to gobble down hot dogs at an alarming rate. We once thought that after 4 months of not eating a hot dog, it would be turned into a hamburger and would therefore be edible to the pilot group. However, via the VP/MEC hot dog resolution track we were made aware that a hot dog can remain a hot dog with authority from the Director of Flight Ops. Therefore, we are now eating some hot dogs in ANC that are technically called "hamburgers.'