Chili dog

{{see also|Texas Tommy (hot dog)}}

{{Anchor|Texas hot dog}}In New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the "Texas hot dog", "Texas chili dog", "Texas hot", or "Texas wiener" is a hot dog with chili or hot sauce; it is served in variations with assorted condiments. The Texas wiener was created in Paterson, New Jersey, before 1920{{cite book|last=Stern|first=Jane and Michael|title=Roadfood|year=2002|publisher=Broadway Books|isbn=0-7679-0809-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=roCHEntpvMMC&q=Roadfood&pg=PA98|page=98|access-date=2020-11-25|archive-date=2021-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810191206/https://books.google.com/books?id=roCHEntpvMMC&q=Roadfood&pg=PA98|url-status=live}} and in Altoona, Pennsylvania, by Peter "George" Koufougeorgas in 1918{{cite web|last=Mincin|first=Jimmy|title=Hot doggin' it|url=http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/515838.html?showlayout=0|work=Altoona Mirror|date=February 5, 2009|access-date=February 15, 2014|archive-date=February 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223101817/http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/515838.html?showlayout=0|url-status=dead}} and originally called Texas Hot Wieners. The "Texas" reference is to the chili sauce used on the dogs. It is considered a unique regional hot dog style, partly because in addition to the chili or hot sauce, the hot dog itself is always deep-fried.{{Cite web |date=November 7, 2022 |title=The Hot Texas Wiener and Its Preparation |url=https://www.loc.gov/collections/working-in-paterson/articles-and-essays/patersons-hot-texas-wiener-tradition/the-hot-texas-wiener-and-its-preparation/ |access-date=November 7, 2022 |website=Library of College Digital Collections}} From its origins, the invention spread to the Pennsylvania cities of Scranton and Philadelphia.{{cite web|last=Krall|first=Hawk|title=Hot Dog Of The Week: Texas Wieners|url=http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/07/hot-dog-of-the-week-texas-weiner.html|publisher=Serious Eats|date=July 17, 2009|access-date=February 15, 2014|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222204757/http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/07/hot-dog-of-the-week-texas-weiner.html|url-status=live}} By the 1920s, it had reached Western New York, where numerous longstanding hot dog stands still remain, including a stand run by the Rigas family (dating to 1921){{cite web|first=Mike|last=Randall|url=https://www.wkbw.com/news/texas-hot-a-wellsville-tradition-for-96-years|title=Texas hot: a Wellsville tradition for 96 years|work=WKBW-TV|date=October 4, 2018|access-date=October 4, 2018|archive-date=October 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005071751/https://www.wkbw.com/news/texas-hot-a-wellsville-tradition-for-96-years|url-status=live}} and Ted's Hot Dogs (which opened in 1927).

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{{Main|Coney Island hot dog}}

In southeastern Michigan, a Coney Island hot dog is a European-style Frankfurter Würstel (Vienna sausage) of German origin with a natural lamb or sheep casing, topped with a beef heart-based sauce, which was developed by Macedonian and Greek immigrants in the area. It has several local variations, including Detroit-style, Flint-style, and Jackson-style.

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{{Main|Hot wiener}}

In Rhode Island, the hot wiener or New York System wiener is a staple of the food culture and is served at "New York System" restaurants. The traditional wiener is made with a small, thin hot dog made of veal and pork, giving it a different taste from a traditional beef hot dog, served in a steamed bun, and topped with celery salt, yellow mustard, chopped onions, and a seasoned meat sauce.

{{Main|Michigan hot dog}}

In the North Country of New York State, a Michigan hot dog, or "Michigan", is a steamed hot dog on a steamed bun topped with a meaty sauce, generally referred to as "Michigan sauce."

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In Greater Cincinnati, as well as parts of northern Oklahoma, such as in Tulsa and Stillwater, Oklahoma, cheese coneys or Coney Islands (without the cheese) are hot dogs in buns topped with Cincinnati chili (a Greek-inspired meat sauce), onions, mustard, and cheese.

{{Main|Carolina style}}

In North Carolina, hot dogs topped with chili, onions, and either mustard or slaw are referred to as "Carolina-style", which is also used to refer to hamburgers with similar toppings.

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In Washington, D.C., the half-smoke is similar to a hot dog, but usually larger, spicier, and with more coarsely-ground meat. The sausage is often half-pork and half-beef, smoked, and served with herbs, onion, and chili sauce.{{Clear}}

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• [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/paterson/essay6c.html A Brief History of the Hot Texas Wiener] (Library of Congress / American Memory)

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• [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/12/nyregion/geography-quiz-where-s-the-texas-in-the-texas-wiener.html Geography Quiz: Where's the Texas in the Texas Wiener?] (The New York Times)

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