Homesick for Detroit Style Coneys for NYE
I've been away from The D for ~10 years now, and the back home foodstuff I crave the most is a late night Lafayette run. (always One with everything, chili cheese fry & vernors). I want to try to recreate them for a late night "this is going to hurt tomorrow" snack on New Year's Eve for a group of about 8 people. Problem is I live in Minnesota now, and after some research, I went to Koegel's...they don't sell the Coneys retail, don't make the buns, and the Chili comes only packaged in 6lb bags. I have relatives in MI who would be willing to drop ship me the supplies this weekend, but I need to instruct them on where to go in order to get the ingredients. HELP.
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They have a hot dog package mail order. I brought home some of the frozen chili and the skin-on weiners and bought buns and my own onions and mustard here and the flavors were right.
They have good stuff. I live in San Diego and will most likely do mail order before my next trip back in May. Can't wait that long.
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re: mnitchals
g rote
Dec 20, 2007 01:24 PM
Thumbs down on Uncle Franky's. Bullwinkle's is the closest, but it seems their dogs are a tad small. Gopher bar would be closest if not for the grilled bun slathered in butter...ends up almost like brioche. Adds a crust that disturbs the natural order of the coney dog...bun should be ever so lightly steamed, gently giving way to the pop/snap of the dog itself, followed by the warm ooze of the chili and crunch of the onions.
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