A place to discuss the uniquely delectable gift from heaven known as the West Virginia Hot Dog.
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Welcome to the W.Va. Hot Dog Blog!
This blog contains Hot Dog Joint reviews from around West Virginia and serves as a discussion board for those reviews, as well as providing a space for general discussion of West Virginia Hot Dogs.
A true West Virginia hot dog is a heavenly creation that begins with a wiener on a soft steamed bun. Add mustard, a chili-like sauce and top it off with coleslaw and chopped onions and you have a symphony of taste that quite possibly is the reason that many transplanted West Virginians can never really be happy living anywhere else. Different parts of West Virginia have variations on the theme but the common elements are sweet, creamy coleslaw and chili. Anything else is just not a true West Virginia hot dog!
5 comments:
I grew up in Preston County calling it chili sauce...I guess that means I can't commit. As for my friends and neighbors in the P.Co., I mostly remember them referring to it as chili.
Actually, "chili sauce" is a nice compromise. I might ask a legislator to sponsor a bill next session to make it a state law to require HDJs to always use this inclusive term.
Born and raised in Harrison county...left 20 years ago. Everyone I know there still calls it "sauce".
In my region of the state, I've found that the older the one eating the hot dog is, the more likely they are to call it "sauce". To me, it all depends on the consistency itself: if the concoction has more liquid than meat, it's okay to refer to it as sauce. If it has more meat, then calling it "chili" is essential.
Just my two cents.
Roane Co=Chili. Not that I endorse the canned variety, but I have yet to see canned "Hot Dog Sauce"...it is Hot Dog Chilli even at Food Lion or Kroger. Of course they should prepackage it with slaw since the two are inseperable ;)
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