ShadowsDad
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Post by ShadowsDad on Mar 28, 2013 20:59:38 GMT -6
I like to know what's in my hot dogs, and I know what's in a Sabrett (NY) hot dog. You wouldn't eat it before it was ground up. Fat Mikes in Teterboro NJ once made (40yrs ago) a great HD and Sabrett wanted to buy his recipe but he wouldn't sell becasue he used nothing but good stuff in it. He knew what Sabrett would do with the recipe.
When my source for Red Hot Chicago dogs dried up another source of a Boston HD opened up, and they were just as good as the RHC dogs. Neither my wife or I could detect any meaningful difference. I wish I could remember the name, but I can't. They were made from good cuts too, no byproducts or other unmentionables.
Now I make my own sausage and very soon my own hotdogs. But homemade dogs have a coarser texture since the meat isn't homogenized into something that can't be recognized as anything but pink.
But all of that was to answer the NY vs Midwest dog. Definitely not NY. Basically ingredients and taste and that means a Chicago dog (good ingredients) or those Boston dogs, but I'm going to prefer my own once I get going on them.
I wish I could remember what I paid for the RHC or the Boston HDs... $7/lb? Not cheap but made out of good stuff and that's not inexpensive. Worth every penny.
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Post by Possum on Apr 5, 2013 4:31:12 GMT -6
Give me a Coney Island style hot dog any day of the week. Never had a "Coney Dog" until my freshman year in college (LBJ was in the White House then). Went to a local spot in New Castle, Pa. for Coney Dogs, hand cut fries, and a drink (too young to legally get a beer).
What made these Coney Dogs so outstanding was the chili sauce. Hot, hot and no beans. Made by a Greek guy who owned the place. Had his kids working with him learning about the business. Now adays I still make a "Coney Run" to get some hot dogs and about a gallon of the chili sauce. 100 miles one way but worth the trip. Do this 3 times a year. And one of the owner's boys is still there. He owns the business now and has a son who manages another location just north of New Castle.
By the way, take the dog, wrap it in a hot dog bun and then apply an ample amount of yellow mustard, then nicely diced white onion, and finally a big spoon full of the chili. That is a hot dog made in heaven.
As for the Chicago Dog, well have had a chance to have a genuine Chicago hot dog and did not like it. Too much junk from the garden on it.
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Post by ShadowsDad on Apr 5, 2013 12:35:45 GMT -6
Possum would you like a recipe for chili dog sauce? I also have another called Northern NJ chili dog sauce or some such. It's so good I've seen folks taking it and eating it by itself.
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Post by Possum on Apr 9, 2013 4:11:29 GMT -6
Nope, have tried many other chili dog sauces and none can beat the Coney Island chili sauce from New Castle, Pa.
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