Cameron sure has a point

I wish to defend British Prime Minister David Cameron, who has been criticised for eating a hot dog with a knife and fork. I am a card-carrying, red-blooded American (“USA all the way!”), with roots in the state of Maine all the way back to the Revolutionary War. The hot dog is practically the American national dish, so I think I may be considered an authority on the subject.
I like my hot dogs in a bun, with plenty of mustard. If I eat with my fingers, as is the commonly accepted norm, often the mustard gets slathered onto my fingers, my face, and sometimes even dribbles onto my clothing. Cutting a hot dog up in a plate with a knife and fork and eating the pieces with the fork would enable me to avoid such unpleasantness. It also presents a more elegant picture than stuffing the whole thing into my mouth with my fingers as the mustard oozes onto my face, fingers, and bodice. Prime Minister Cameron may not be just an ordinary working-class bloke (can we call him a posh tosh?), but on this issue I believe he has something to teach us.
Of course, if he had committed the sin of eating his hotdog with ketchup – or, worse, with mayonnaise – I would be the first to condemn him. I understand that in China it is possible to eat a hot dog with chopsticks, and that is something I would like to see. But I hope they don’t dip it in soy sauce.
Constance Beasley