Americans reveal their favorite summertime foods ahead of Fourth of July

In households, backyards and parks across the US this weekend, odds are high that families will be grilling up hamburgers and hot dogs, washing it down with a tall glass of iced tea, and that ice cream trucks will be running out of cookies ‘n cream ice cream.

Because according to a recent survey carried out by crowd-sourced restaurant guide Zagat, those are among the most popular, quintessentially American foods favored in a poll of 1,000 diners across the US.

The results of the survey revealed a few predictable truths, and fundamental regional divides when it comes to condiments.

For example, when it came to identifying the most iconic Americana dish, more than half of respondents named the burger, which was followed by hot dogs, fried chicken and fish tacos.

With 37 percent of the vote, the most popular summer beverage in the US is iced tea, with that figure spiking significantly in the south.

Likewise, the poll revealed that, predictably, while beer is the preferred alcoholic beverage of choice among men, women are more apt to choose a frosty margarita.

Meanwhile, of all the possible ice cream flavors in all the land, cookies ‘n cream eked past vanilla and mint chocolate chip to be named the all-American flavor.

Where things get heated in the survey is the hot dog. With just three percentage points to separate them, respondents gave the New York street dog a slim boost ahead of Chicago as the nation’s favorite street meat.

And, in what could be construed as an affront to New Yorkers, half of Zagat respondents said they routinely squeeze both ketchup and mustard on their dogs -- a major violation on NYC hot dog culture, which dictates that dogs can be slathered with mustard and sauerkraut and stewed onions, but never both condiments at once.