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Larry LaMere[_1_]

On Tue, 22 May 2007 22:52:01 +0000 (UTC), (Steve Pope) wrote:

>So I just returned from Quebec, and among the many food items
>I had there was the ubiquitous so-called "Hot Dog Michigan".
>I understood this to be something along the lines of a chili dog;
>what it proved to be was a hot dog smothered in what I would
>estimate to be a 50-50 mixture of commercial chili sauce and
>the same dark roux that they use on poutine.
>
>Not bad, actually.
>
>My question is, does this resemble anything actually served
>in Michigan (where I've never been), or is the name just a put-on?
>
>Steve

Not really, the closest is the coney island hot dog There used to be a place in Bay
City called Caris' Red Lion that had good 'uns.

I expect the coney island sold in Michigan has no resemblance to anything sold on
Coney Island either.

Larry in Lansing