Hot Dog Sauce???
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Jeez, we are missing out here in Australia. When you get a hot dog from a restaurant or cafe all you get is a hot dog bun, a frankfurt and tomato sauce. Unless you are in a city and go to a gourmet hot dog shop you can get a different assortment hot dogs.
One of the greatest things we have in this world: food.
So many variances of the same dish.
When I was in the Republic of Moldova I had a bowl of soup. It was so good and just what I grew up eating here in South Texas.
Fideo con papa
The reason I said chili for hot dog sauce is that’s what it reminds me of. It’s just milder. But they do sell hot dog sauce locally.
Great thread
So many variances of the same dish.
When I was in the Republic of Moldova I had a bowl of soup. It was so good and just what I grew up eating here in South Texas.
Fideo con papa
The reason I said chili for hot dog sauce is that’s what it reminds me of. It’s just milder. But they do sell hot dog sauce locally.
Great thread
In NC, it was a thinner type of chili.
I just remember the chili sauce the concession stand served during little league baseball. It was a runny meat sauce they called chili.
Soft steamed buns make a big difference. It doesn’t matter what’s on the inside, the bread is what can make an OK sandwich a great one.
NEPA, where I grew up, used a thin chili as well. Jimmy’s Quick Lunch in Hazleton has the best hot dogs around. If I go back to visit, I stop and see Jimmy before family. LOL
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shavefan
I’m not a fan
So my aunt called this afternoon. She found the recipe, and get this, it is the original and in my great grandma's own handwriting! Lol. Bad news is, the recipe was dog eared, faded, and parts illegible but we talked through it and here's what we came up with...
3 lbs ground beef
3 lbs diced onions
1 can ground (?) red kidney beans
1 can tomato sauce
2 cups ketchup
1 tsp hot sauce
1 tsp worcestershire sauce
3 Tbs chili powder
Now, I'm not sure this is exact but it's the best we could do with the deteriorated 60+ year old recipe. There were no cooking instructions but I think it's fairly obvious. I'll make it, if for nothing else, out of curiosity.
Ground kidney beans? Hmmmmm....
3 lbs ground beef
3 lbs diced onions
1 can ground (?) red kidney beans
1 can tomato sauce
2 cups ketchup
1 tsp hot sauce
1 tsp worcestershire sauce
3 Tbs chili powder
Now, I'm not sure this is exact but it's the best we could do with the deteriorated 60+ year old recipe. There were no cooking instructions but I think it's fairly obvious. I'll make it, if for nothing else, out of curiosity.
Ground kidney beans? Hmmmmm....
I can see that. That would be a good way to give the sauce a bit of substance and depth of flavor. I'd probably mash them.
Thanks for the recipe. That sounds like something worth trying
Back when I was a kid living in L.A. there was a company called XLNT who made chili. Ingreadents were tripe, other un-namable internal organs and about 40% fat/grease.
It came in a waxed and folded cardboard container as a 1 pound "brick" that was solid at room temp but melted into the best tasting chili dog chili.
I guess the "heath" craze caught up with them and they changed their ingredients to "better quality" big names bits. The new product is worse than the worst. Somehow they are still in business.
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That said.....
The closest in taste and consistency I have been able to find today is
Bunker Hill Chili
NOT hotdogs sauce
If you have not tried this brand, start looking. It is NOT found everywhere but it's worth looking for.
It came in a waxed and folded cardboard container as a 1 pound "brick" that was solid at room temp but melted into the best tasting chili dog chili.
I guess the "heath" craze caught up with them and they changed their ingredients to "better quality" big names bits. The new product is worse than the worst. Somehow they are still in business.
XLNT Foods - Home
That said.....
The closest in taste and consistency I have been able to find today is
Bunker Hill Chili
NOT hotdogs sauce
If you have not tried this brand, start looking. It is NOT found everywhere but it's worth looking for.
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I'd interpret 'ground' as mashed 'til no big pieces. We could always blend or food process, 60 years ago toys weren't as prevalent in the kitchen.
dave
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shavefan
I’m not a fan
I agree Dave, I foresee putting the beans in a processor.
The reason for the question mark in the recipe is that it (the beans) was the most illegible part. That and the quantity of tomato sauce and ketchup.
I like Spicy Brown Mustard and with Sweet Relish and sometimes chopped Purple onions. I like my dogs grilled and a lightly toasted bun.
Never confuse a chili dog with a coney.
I wonder if you could substitute canned 'refried beans' for the 'mashed beans'? They're semi-mashed & I've used 'em in 'chili' before, eh?
Maybe the fat free ones. Then they still have other stuff in them that may or may not work with the rest of the recipe.
garyg
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I did live in Cincinnati for three years back in the mid-70's. At that time there were more "Chili Parlors" in town than Club Mac - and in Cincy, they are called simply Coneys .. with their distinctive Greek chili topping.
In Toledo, made famous by Max Klinger, we had Hungarian Hot Dogs .. at Tony Packo's
Here in the Motown they call something slightly different a coney island dog .. eaten at a "Coney Island"
In Toledo, made famous by Max Klinger, we had Hungarian Hot Dogs .. at Tony Packo's
Here in the Motown they call something slightly different a coney island dog .. eaten at a "Coney Island"
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Garyg, that Detroit dog looks like soup. Flint/Jackson style is dry.
garyg
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It does - Of the three styles I've lived around, the DeeTroit style is my least favorite. Next time Up North I'll try and stop in Flint ..
Garyg, try Owen Road, Fenton, MI. I think it is called Mega Coney. Maybe 15 miles S of Flint at US 23.
Flint style, dry sauce, mustard, sweet onions, steamed bun.
Buy some Tums, too.
Flint style, dry sauce, mustard, sweet onions, steamed bun.
Buy some Tums, too.
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