Cincinnati is famous for a few things and one of them is Cincinnati Chili. Tonight my honey is going to do a blind taste between two of Cincinnati's finest- Skyline Chili and Gold Star Chili. Empress Chili is a also a favorite in the Queen City, but we don't have one close to us, so we couldn't compare. Tonight I chose to taste the Cheese Coney. Funny story about cheese coneys, once when I was a child I went to a Dairy Queen in southern Kentucky with my uncle. When we got to the counter, he asked the girl for 2 coneys, the girl looked at him kind of funny and returned with 2 ice cream cones. My uncle wasn't too pleased, he had to explain to the girl what a coney was. Apparently, back then in the south a coney was not a hotdog on a bun with chili. Anyway, from the picture you can see that the coney on the left looks more appetizing than the one on the right. The right coney appears to have less cheese and little pieces of chopped onion on the top edges of the bun, it just looks sloppy! I tasted both and the right coney was saltier and had a stronger cinnamon flavor. Let's see which one Will prefers. He liked the bun on the left coney better, he said it tasted like it been basted in butter and toasted very lightly. The hot dog on the right coney had a smokey flavor and was larger and had better flavor. The chili on the right had a sweeter flavor. The cheese on the left coney tasted more natural, the cheese on the right had a powdery texture. Overall he liked the bun, chili and cheese on the left and preferred the hotdog on the right. The winner is......Why don't you try the test and let us know which one you prefer. Good Eats!
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