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----- Original Message -----
From: Kim
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 7:54 AM
Subject: New Castle Coney Sauce
My name is Kim and I live in Ohio. As a child we would road trip to New Castle PA
where was and still is a New Castle Coney Island restaurant with a Coney Sauce
that is hot and quite a thin sauce. I have tried to find this recipe for 20 years.
I have been unsuccessful in duplicating the original recipe. Thank you for any
help you might lend.
Thank You,
Kim
Hi Kim,
The original is not, of course, available. The three recipes below all claim to be close.
Try them and let me know how close they are.
Phaed
New Castle Chili
One pound of ground beef
4 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon red pepper
one large onion chopped fine
1 tablespoon garlic powder
2 tablespoon vinegar
Cook beef and drain off the fat real good. Add the rest of the ingredients, cover with
water completely and simmer 2 1/2 - 3 hours. Keep adding water to keep it from drying out.
Then add 4 tablespoons corn meal with water to it slowly. Cook some more for 10 - 15 minutes,
stirring occasionally. Be sure it doesn't dry out. Cook on low heat.
You can alter the recipe to taste at your liking
I don't know what they meant by red pepper. I'm sure it's not red pepper flakes. I used
black pepper, although maybe cayenne pepper, but the black pepper did give it that kick.
I'm not sure about the vinegar....may leave that out next time and I did put some salt.
The onion also looked a little foreign. I don't remember seeing onion in the New Castle
Chilli of yesteryear, but I figured what the hey. I chopped it really fine and you couldn't
tell it was in there.
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Coney Island Hot Dog Chili
1 1/2 lbs of hamburger (lean)
1 onion (medium) chopped
Brown Hamburg and onion in large pan.
Then add 4 cups of water and one small can of tomato paste
Add:
3 tablespoons of black pepper
3 tablespoons of Chili powder
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of red crushed pepper
1/4 teaspoon of cayenne red pepper
1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder
Cook until a little thick you don't want it too soupy also you can adjust the chili
powder down if you want a milder chili sauce.
For More Spicier Taste Add :
3 tablespoons of spicy brown mustard
3 or 4 tablespoons of Vinegar
Then hang on.
Thank you Judith and enjoy.
This recipe is over 40 years old and a copy of my mothers original. We lived in
New Castle, Pa. the hotdog capital of the world.
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Coney Island Hot Dog Chili
brown in pot
1 1/2 lean ground meat
2 T ch onion
drain fat if necessary
Add:
1 T salt
1 T cayenne or more to taste
1 T black pepper
4 T chili powder
1 sm can tomato paste
2 qts water
Simmer till thick breaking up meat with potato masher-takes a while to cook,
but it's worth it. Freezes well
A reader sent this recipe.
Hi Unc!!
I grew up in New Castle - the Coney Sauce, found in the hot dog shops there, is
of Greek origin. There are no tomato products, vinegar or mustard, it's just meat
and spices and of course the secret ingredient. I was fortunate enough to get the
recipe from one of the cooks there many years ago. I converted it down from industrial
quantities for home use. It's a bit spicy with a pleasant heat - it's also what made
New Castle the Hot Dog Capitol of the world ;) I'm happy to pass the recipe along for
Kim in Ohio. Enjoy!
1 1/4 pounds ground hamburger (not chuck, you want the fat in this one)
3/4 cup cracker meal (plain, not seasoned)
4 1/2 tsp spanish hot chili powder
4 1/2 tsp ground red cayenne pepper
1 1/2 tsp ground oregano
1 1/2 tsp ground thyme
1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 clove garlic
1 small onion, minced fine
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbs ground black pepper
4 1/2 cups water
Brown the meat, onion, and garlic in a large pot until meat is cooked (do not drain)
Add the salt and black pepper and cook until fully integrated
In a small bowl combine the cracker meal and the rest of the spices.
Add to the meat mixture and cook until the cracker meal is browned.
Add 4/12 cups of water - simmer for 1 - 1/12 hours stirring often.
More water can be added as needed.
Lastly use an immersion blender to thoroughly emulsify your coney sauce.
(try a food processor or blender if you don't have an immersion blender)
Store in the refrigerator, it also freezes well.
original coney: bun, hot dog, yellow mustard, coney sauce, chopped onion
options: ketchup, shredded cheese, sliced pickle spears
----- Original Message -----
From: Ginny
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 12:42 PM
Subject: Lost Recipe Request
Hello Uncle Phaedrus!!!
i love your site and you have found a few wonderful lost recipes for me in the past.
I thank you!! Here is a new lost recipe I would like your help with:
Before I moved several years ago, I had a recipe for Easter egg hot sandwiches.
I have searched recipes files on the net and am unable to
locate the recipe. I remember it used left over hard boiled eggs, onions, cheese,
I think mayo, and more. It was on a short sandwich bun, like you would use for a porboy.
Each individually wrapped in alum foil and baked.
Ginny
PA
Hi Ginny,
Sorry, I cannot find a recipe that fits this description. I'll post the request - maybe
a reader can help.
Phaed
----- Original Message -----
From: Eileen
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 12:23 PM
Subject: Hawaiian Lei Cookies..
> My name is Eileen.....years ago (I'm talking the 1960's), there was a
> department store in Hammond, Indiana named Goldblatts. There was a bakery
> department in the basement. IF we were good (and we always were) my mom
> would buy us a Hawaiian Lei Cookie. It had a "cookie" base, some type of
> "fruit filling" on top - - I'm thinking orange marmalade..only not as
> "tart", coconut sprinkled on top of the fruit filling and ribbons of
> chocolate on top of the coconut. I've Googled "Hawaiian Lei Cookies"
> (there were no macadamia nuts in them)...I've Googles Goldblatts...No
> luck...Up to a challenge?
> Thank you!
> Eileen
> Georgia
Hi Eileen,
Sorry, no success at all. I do, of course, like challenges, but sometimes
they turn out to be more like fishing in an empty pond. I searched
everywhere and every way that I can think of. Not everything is on the
Internet (yet).
Phaed
----- Original Message -----
From: gloria
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 10:38 AM
Subject: RE: lost soup recipe from bon appetit magazine
ok. It was a mushroom soup recipe printed a decade ago ina Bon Appetit magazine.
The ingredients definitely contained dried mustard and dried savory. Neither are
common ingredients in mushroom soup. It also had diced ham in it.
It was a quick recipe so it may have have called for canned broth. I think it was
sent in to one of those columns that readers contribute recipes to . it served 4 to 6.
I remember it being at the beginning of the magazine.
If you need it to be more specific, please tell me what that would be.
Thanks again
Gloria
Hi Gloria,
Sorry, no success. I cannot find a mushroom soup recipe with those ingredients at all.
Phaed
----- Original Message -----
From: Leigh
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 10:56 AM
Subject: "Now That's A Chili" Recipe from Southern Living Annual Cookbook (95?)
Hi,
I am looking for a recipe for chili that I found in a Southern Living Annual
Cookbook from, I think, 1995. I made it once this summer from my Grandma's
cookbook but she has since moved to a smaller place and the book is packed away
somewhere. Plus she lives in NC and I live in NYC. I don't really want to
spend $40-50 on the cookbook for only one recipe, so any help you can provide
would be great. Here is what I remember about the recipe:
It was at the beginning of the cookbook, probably January, as it is organized
in ascending order by month. There is a section within the month devoted to
chili recipes and the recipe I want is toward the end of the section. It's
called "Now That's A Chili" because it has Italian inspired elements in it.
This is what I remember:
Ground Beef
Italian Sausage
Onion, Mushroom
Beer
Wine
Dijon Mustard
Oregano
Basil
Kidney Beans
2 or 3 kinds of canned tomato
I'm dying to make this chili again. It was so good. Thank you for your help!
Kindly,
Leigh
Hello Leigh,
Sorry, that recipe does not appear to be on the Internet. I had no success searching.
I found six other requests for the same recipe posted on various message boards,
and none of them had been answered with a recipe.
Phaed
Courtenay, one of my readers, found the below recipe.
now, thatsa chili
Measure Ingredient
2 pounds Lean ground beef
1 pounds Italian hot link sausage,
Casings removed
1 large Onion, chopped
1/2 cup Sliced fresh mushrooms
1-1/2 tablespoon Minced fresh garlic
1/4 cup Chili powder
2 To 3 Tbl Ground cumin
2 cans Italian-style chopped
Tomatoes (16-ounce cans)
1 can Kidney beans (16 ounces),
Drained
1 can Tomato paste (6 ounces)
? cup Beer
1/4 cup Chopped fresh parsley
1/4 cup Burgundy (or other dry red
Wine)
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon Dried oregano
1 tablespoon Dried basil
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Ground pepper
2 tablespoons Lemon juice
Grated cheese
Chopped green onions
Commercial salsa
Sour cream
Cook the ground beef and the sausage meat in a large Dutch oven until the
beef crumbles and browns. Drain the meat, then return it to the Dutch oven.
Add the mushrooms and garlic. Cook, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes. Stir
in the chili powder, cumin, tomatoes, beans, tomato paste, beer, parsley,
Burgundy, mustard, oregano, basil, salt, pepper and lemon juice. Bring the
mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally,
for 1 to 2 hours. Serve the chili with your choice of condiments. Makes 11 cups.
Southern Living; January 1995
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