Coney, what is to much garlic

[Buggs67]

Another way to get good garlic flavor is to roast it. Barely slice off the top of the whole bulb, pour in a little EVOO and a pinch of kosher salt. Wrap in foil and bake for 20-30 min till it's soft and spreadable like butter. Great in mashed potatoes.

If I'm chopping a lot (like 1-2 bulbs) I use a small/mini chopper/food processor.

 

[Buggs67]

About 50 years ago, a bar owner sold the best tasting conies I have ever eaten. But his wife took the recipe to her grave....until about 15 years ago. My buddy and the owner were alone in the bar one night in the early 70's and he gave up the recipe, just one drunk to another kind of thing. The recipe makes about a gallon of coney sauce with LOTS of onion, ground meat and spices.

Question.... Does 4 heads of garlic sound about right for an Italian recipe? A fresh head garlic in our store is slightly smaller than a tennis ball.

I have made it twice but never put 4 heads in, just 2. I would hate to put to much in and ruin it because it is not a cheap thing to make. With buns, pickles and dogs it is over $50.

Would you consider sharing the recipie?

 

[coobie]

Best coney dogs I ever had were in Jackson michigan at the Virginia Coney Island on michigan ave.

 

[Jack6378]

To a Italian there no such thing as to much garlic.

 

[workinonit]

Any garlic at all is too much. Garlic just baffles me. One of the most sickening smells and tastes ever, in the field or the kitchen. I guess that's the southern in me. All those years of trying to avoid it when harvesting beans and smelling it when doing so.

 

[Hay Dude]

Best dogs up on Coney Islands were a brand called ”Sabrettes” (sp?) hot dogs. Oh man they were good. I havent had one in 20+ years. My buddy’s dad was from “Nort Jersey” and he’d bring back 5-10 pounds of them at a time for the family.

 

[bigtiller]

Any garlic at all is too much. Garlic just baffles me. One of the most sickening smells and tastes ever, in the field or the kitchen. I guess that's the southern in me. All those years of trying to avoid it when harvesting beans and smelling it when doing so.

It does stink up the house.

The first time I smelled garlic was in the late 50's. We went to visit some really old people who lived in a rundown old log cabin. The first thing the woman said was "excuse the smell, I'm cooking garlic potatoes".

I was just a kid but I knew food did not smell like that. So I asked dad about it on the way home. Evidently he didn't believe the woman either and told me the smell was "old people smell".

But them fried garlic potatoes are good eating.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Reminds me of the old saying, "There's no accounting for tastes". I love garlic on shrimp, anything pork, corn on the cob, and especially in guacamole. Beef not so much.

 

[hornett22]

Coney sauce? Is that anything like hot dog and hamburger chili? I've never seen garlic go in hot dog chili here in the south and now I know why I don't eat hot dogs anywhere other than in the south.

I like a good southern hot dog but NOTHING like a fresh hot plate of Detroit area coneys.