Can someone please explain to me the fascination with Coney Dogs? You know, hot dogs with chili sauce, mustard, and onions on it. I just don't get it. They look disgusting. They taste disgusting. They are cheap. They aren't good for you. I wasn't raised on coney dogs, so when I got older and actually went to the Coney Islands I was in for a surprise. Everyone always talked about the famous ones in Detroit. I went there, and I was unimpressed. Everyone looks depressed, and they just mow on these sausages of sin. Gross.
So tell me about coney's because I don't get it. The sauce is GROSS. It looks gross. It's messy. Then some people douse the thing with Tabasco sauce, killing it even more. What's the point? I've felt horrible every time I've ever eat one. I'm not going back and I'll never order one again.
I kind of liken this to when I was a kid in grade school, and some kids would eat bologna samiches with mustard. GROSS! Others would eat egg salad samiches with mustard. Are you kidding me? The thought of mustard on my classmates mouths for the rest of the afternoon still haunts me.
Don't get me wrong, there are Coney Islands all over the place now that server regular boring American food...and I sometimes go for breakfast (grease is grease is grease no matter where you find it). I also understand the cheap factor and the munchy need at 2am after the bar. Seriously though, what's the point?
This is further proof that something doesn't have to be good, it just has to be popular. I want to know how this spread to being something worthwhile to eat and go do? Now chili I can understand...sometimes that's pretty good. More often than not, it's not though. Who are you kidding?
Coney dog lovers - you make me sick.
