On Feb 1, 5:37 am, Andy > wrote:
> Michael O'Connor said...
>
> > I spent three years in Detroit in the mid 90's and at a lot of
> > Michigan Coney Dogs at National Coney Island. Those were quite good.
> > It consisted of a hot dog bun with a slice of american cheese on it,
> > then the hot dog, and then loose meat (browned hamburger meat) and
> > beanless chili on top, with onions and mustard on top. Very messy;
> > for best results use a knife and fork to eat it. I went thru the
> > Detroit airport a couple years ago and they had a National Coney
> > Island there, and of course I got the Coney Dog, but was disappointed
> > in that they topped it with some type of Cheese Whiz instead of the
> > slice of cheese.
>
> > Spent a few years in Cincinnati and used to eat the chili dogs at
> > Skyline and Gold Star and those were great.
>
> Michael,
>
> The National Coney Island dog sounds good (and your recipe) although
> airports are notorious for dumbing down traditional local cuisine! Don't
> EVER buy a Philly cheesesteak at Philadelphia International airport (PHL)
> and form an informed opinion about our famous claim to fame! OK?
>
> Best,
>
> Andy

I never much liked hot dogs - cheap sausage, bun, stripes of ketchup
and mustard.

Then, I spent the second half of my life in Chicago. It's hard to get
a bad dog; even the crappiest stands seem to follow the Vienna rules,
from the poppy seed bun to the celery seed on the salad.

Chicago vs. Nathan's - they're both good, just very different.

Now I'm near Detroit. The third half of my life. What Michael
O'Donnel (or maybe I misremebered the name) described as a Coney is
nothing like my experience. The thing with canned chilli, stripe of
red (ketchup?) and the yellow that I couldn't desiide was supposed to
represent mustard or cheese that I've been served at my last forays
into this arena.

Bulka