Food chronicles: Wiener Schnitzel - not a hot dog!

At very nearly every meal with friends, it's pretty funny how the comparison of regional food names never fails to come up.  In larger groups there are more regions of Austria and Germany represented, and this conversation goes on longer.  But I top them all when I say that Wiener Schnitzel in the US is a hot dog.

Thanks to the fast food chain, millions of people, myself included, grow up thinking that a Wiener Schnitzel is a hot dog.  Nobody over here can believe this.  Wiener (Viennese) Schnitzel is actually a boneless cutlet, usually veal but it can be chicken or turkey, breaded and fried.

These things are large; they are pounded flat so they spread out a bit, but sometimes you can't see the plate below your Schnitzel. Squeeze lemon over it and dig in...

This photo is actually of a schnitzel I had in Wien (Vienna) on a different trip.  Impressive, yet not super appealing, right?  It's tastier than it looks, but it is pretty rich.  That's potato salad in the bowl on the side - mmm, tangy.