Michigan hot dog
{{short description|Style of hot dog}}
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| name = Michigan hot dog
| image = Coneyhdog.jpg
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| country = United States
| region = Plattsburgh, New York
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| type = Hot dog
| served =
| main_ingredient = Hot dog bun, hot dog, michigan Sauce (meat sauce)
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A Michigan hot dog, Michigan red hot,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/best-regional-hot-dog-styles-in-america|title=The 41 Most Important Hot Dog Styles in America|last=Heil|first=Meredith|date=March 2, 2017|website=Thrillist|access-date=November 13, 2019}} or simply "Michigan" is a steamed all-beef hot dog on a steamed bun topped with a meaty sauce, generally referred to as "michigan sauce", and is a specialty in and around Plattsburgh, New York.
Origin
There is no consensus on the origin of the Michigan,{{cite news |url=http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2011/09/the-annals-of-geographically-confused-foods-michigan-hot-dogs-from-new-york/ |title=The Annals of Geographically Confused Foods: Michigan Hot Dogs from New York |work=Smithsonian Magazine | date=September 21, 2011 | first=Lisa | last=Bramen}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.adirondacklifemag.com/blogs/2012/06/28/michigans/|title=Adirondack Life Article - Michigans - Adirondack Life|last=Kourofsky|first=Nikki|date=August 2012|website=www.adirondacklifemag.com|access-date=November 13, 2019}} which according to some sources is not capitalized.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lakechamplainregion.com/blog/2014/11/tasty-treat-along-adirondack-coast|title=Tasty Treat Along the Adirondack Coast {{!}} Lake Champlain Region|website=www.lakechamplainregion.com|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=October 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010082648/http://www.lakechamplainregion.com/blog/2014/11/tasty-treat-along-adirondack-coast|url-status=dead}} Eula and Garth Otis, who opened the first Michigan stand in Plattsburgh, New York, in 1927, were originally from Michigan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newyorkupstate.com/food/2016/04/the_michigans_of_plattsburgh_more_than_just_hot_dogs.html|title=The Michigans of Plattsburgh: More than just hot dogs|date=April 27, 2016|website=newyorkupstate|language=en|access-date=November 13, 2019}}
According to Press-Republican columnist Gordie Little, a newspaper advertisement for the Otis's Michigans appeared in 1927. Little calls the Michigan "a cultural institution."{{Cite web|url=https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20405/20120903/michigans-a-north-country-delicacy|title=Michigans: a North Country delicacy|date=September 3, 2012|website=NCPR|access-date=November 13, 2019}}
According to Serious Eats, the sauce recipe may have originated in Michigan, but "bears little resemblance to Detroit Coney sauce, with no offal and barely any Greek flavor, although the texture is similar to Flint sauce."{{Cite web |last=Krall |first=Hawk |date=August 10, 2018 |title=Hot Dog of the Week: Decoding the "Michigan Dog" of New York State |url=https://www.seriouseats.com/hot-dog-of-the-week-plattsburgh-ny-michigans-new-york |access-date=November 13, 2019 |website=www.seriouseats.com |language=en}}
Ingredients
The sauces are varied; some can be tomato-based and may contain vinegar, brown sugar, and a blend of spices. Others contain no tomato and are solely seasoning-based. It uses hamburger and contains no large chunks of meat. In addition to the sauce, the hot dog may be topped with onions and yellow mustard. Unlike Cincinnati-style coneys, no cheese is used as a hot dog topping. In many instances, customers can order their dogs with onions under the meat; the term for this is ordering the dog "buried".{{Cite web |title=Hot Dog of the Week: Decoding the "Michigan Dog" of New York State |url=https://www.seriouseats.com/hot-dog-of-the-week-plattsburgh-ny-michigans-new-york |access-date=2021-02-18 |website=www.seriouseats.com}}