this weekend holds two momentous occasions for me.
saturday, is my one year anniversary to my wonderful husband ROF. i’m going to give that it’s own post. on the 25th it will be the anniversary of my dad’s death. it will be 6 years on sunday. it’s not sad, just i remember back to everything that happened that you can read here.
this story i found on-line on a flint, michigan website. i’m in michigan now and i think of this with every coney place i pass. it’s one of my favorite and something that was passed around on email FOREVER. it so has my dad’s way of telling a story which i miss so much:
Famous Coney Sauce
Passed on by Barbara Bacon Ewing
From Jim Krause….R.I.P.
Good Evening folks! Since we all spent at least one afternoon in beautiful downtown Flint, this should bring back some memories.
This has been a secret of mine for years that I have been unwilling to share. However, in my present state, I am hoping that if I can share so much joy for so many people, the good Lord will say this man needs to be saved. OK, I know it is a long shot, but worth a try.
A LITTLE HISTORY:
No matter what you may have heard, I grew up in the Coney Island hot dog capital of the world. (Flint, Michigan.) As a youth, a perfect evening would be taking a date home and then going directly to your favorite Coney island restaurant. In my case, it was the Original Coney Island located on Saginaw Street down from the Durant Hotel by the railroad tracks. You could pull right up in front in the no parking space as long as you were just running in for “two to go”. At 1:00 AM the place was full of drunks and hookers but that had no bearing on the Coney Islands. I would get two with onions and head for home. The plan would be not to ever try and eat a Coney in the car. However, about two blocks away the smell would be just too much. I would say to myself, I will very carefully eat one on the way home. No matter how carefully you tried, those onions and sauce would drop between my legs and sometimes fall on the floor. They were also known to ruin a great new tie. It didn’t seem too serious at the time, but the next day when you opened your car door after three hours in the sun, those Coney’s had a different smell.
Now, some people will tell you the key to the Coney island mixture is the Koegel hot dogs that are only available in Flint or online. However, you can still make a great Coney with regular hot dogs.
Before, I give you the recipe, this is the way to fix the Coney Island Dog on a soft hot dog bun, steamed bun would be best, mustard to taste, much Coney island mix, and then top with a generous portion of chopped onions.
Cheese is optional. If you are on a diet, do the same thing without the bun. (low carbs)
I can usually get about two dinners, four lunches and one late night snack out of a mixture. After six days and seven warm ups you sometimes get a little green tint to the meat. That tells you it is time for a new mixture. But DO NOT throw out the old mixture, just mix it in with the new and therefore none is wasted.
Here is the recipe:
1 tb butter
1 tb margarine
1 1/2 lb LEAN ground beef
2 md onions finely minced
1 clove garlic finely minced or equiv garlic powder
3 tb chile power
1 tb prepared mustard
1 6oz can tomato paste
1 6oz can water
10 skinless hot dogs
salt and pepper to taste
Do NOT brown beef before using!!! Combine all except hot dogs and simmer until thick. Grind up the skinless hot dogs or chop in food processor.
Stir in and cook 15 min longer. The big secret in this recipe is the ground up hot dogs.
DO NOT SEND MONEY………………JUST ENJOY!
