I also have to comment on Cincinnati chili. I ate at Gold Star much more frequently than at Skyline, but their restaurants were more convenient. I wonder what kind of meat they used in the chili. I was always of the opinion that you had to have cheese on Cincinnati chili -- cheese Coneys rather than Coneys and three-ways rather than two-ways.

The strange culinary creation here in Springfield, Illinois, is the Horseshoe and its small version, the Ponyshoe. Make a sandwich on white bread with meat such as roast beef, hamburger, ham, grilled chicken, or roast turkey. Place French fies on top of the sandwich. Pour a seasoned cheese sauce over the sandwhich and fries. Cholesterol City!!! One of the restaurants in town is developing a lower fat version of the Horseshoe. I have eaten only one Horseshoe since I moved here.