{"id":12492,"date":"2014-10-22T13:16:54","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T20:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=12492"},"modified":"2014-10-22T13:16:54","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T20:16:54","slug":"tony-packo-hot-dog-sauce-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=12492","title":{"rendered":"Tony Packo Hot Dog Sauce Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tony<\/a>Local Toledo hot dog legend Tony Packo’<\/a>s has been around for 70-80 years, and is the birthplace of the “Hungarian Style Hot Dog.” \u00a0 Now with five locations, the business received a lot of publicity as the home town favorite of the TV character “Max Klinger” on the long-run sitcom “MASH.”<\/p>\n

Toledo is about halfway between two distinct \u00a0“coney island hot dog” territories. \u00a0And all three are distinctly different in flavor and texture. \u00a0To the north, you find the Detroit style like American Coney<\/a>, heavy on meat and a beefy taste – \u00a0in Ohio you have the dueling chains of Skyline and GoldStar<\/a>, and both of their coney sauces have a ‘sweet’ element in them. \u00a0Some fans say chocolate, some say cinnamon. \u00a0They are both good, and you can purchase complete Detroit kits<\/a> or Skyline ingredients<\/a> online. \u00a0And you should. \u00a0Often.<\/p>\n

So Packo’s sells their sauce in little 8 ounce cans (pictured), less than a buck and a half, if I recall, and the promotional material says it is enough for five hot dogs. \u00a0I think that’s conservative, you could probably schmear the sauce on 8-10 I’ll betcha.<\/p>\n

Ingredients include: beef, water, chili spice, textured vegetable protein, sugar, salt, corn starch, and garlic. \u00a0The distinctive characteristics of Packo’s are 1) the presence of the chili pepper is very evident, as is the sugar. \u00a0The sauce is sweeter and hotter than the Detroit or Ohio styles.<\/p>\n

There is a layer of flavor deep in there that reminds me of say, Hormel Chili. \u00a0Which isn’t a turn off, just ‘different’ for a coney type sauce. \u00a0In my experience. Your mileage may vary. \u00a0Below are pix of the sauce in the can, out of the can, and after heating. \u00a0Shop online <\/a>if you can’t find at your grocery. \u00a0In addition to hot dog sauce, Packo’s sells pickles<\/a>, noodles, peppers, chili, barbecue sauce, relish and ketchup. \u00a0And yes, I’d buy this again. Might even stock up.<\/p>\n

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Out of the Can<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Gently and Lovingly Heated<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Local Toledo hot dog legend Tony Packo’s has been around for 70-80 years, and is the birthplace of the “Hungarian Style Hot Dog.” \u00a0 Now with five locations, the business received a lot of publicity as the home town favorite of the TV character “Max Klinger” on the long-run sitcom “MASH.” Toledo is about halfway… Continue reading Tony Packo Hot Dog Sauce Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,16,34],"tags":[290,1056,1173],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12492"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}