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America's Melting Pot
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Cross-era - United States cooks and food communities connected to burger, fry, sandwich, and drive-in sauces.
Coney Sauce is a sandwich sauce with real American table personality: Spiced meat sauce for hot dogs, especially Detroit, Flint, Jackson, Cincinnati, and Greek-American diner traditions. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Difficulty
Easy
Prep time
10 minutes
Cook time
0 minutes
Total time
10 minutes plus chilling
Servings
About 1 1/2 cups
Region
The Midwest and Great Lakes
Era introduced
Cross-era
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United States cooks and food communities connected to burger, fry, sandwich, and drive-in sauces.
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Coney Sauce proves that the little things on the table can carry a lot of American character. Spiced meat sauce for hot dogs, especially Detroit, Flint, Jackson, Cincinnati, and Greek-American diner traditions. Across the country, recipes like this help define the meal: brightening sandwiches, dressing salads, crowning burgers, spooning over biscuits, or turning a simple spread into something people remember. It is practical, proud, and built for the kind of generous table where a sauce, jam, relish, pickle, dip, or dressing can steal the show.
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