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Last of the Skyline Chili founders has died.


Mighty Favog

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Aww...now as much as I like you, those can be fightin' words. LOL!!

 

This is a Greek Chili, not a Tex-Mex or Cajun type of thing.

 

I got your back (though I might be standing 300 miles behind it)  :o

 

Interestingly, I had a chili-dog on my mind just today.  I'll have to have one soon and eat it in silence.

 

(my wife prefers that I not talk when I eat)

 

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Weeeeellll shoot. Got me all excited about a new chili I hadn't tried, but when I went to their website to order some, the site redirected me to potential vendors. Looks like COSTCO is one of them, so I'll have to drive to town and see if they have it.

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Gilbert, I get mine at Kroger in the long shot you have Kroger's near you.

 

The Prof is right that it's not the same out of the can.....but....  it's the next best thing!

 

If you DO find some, make sure that you look at the pictures so you can see how they heap the cheese on top and know that they use mild cheddar.  (my wife likes to use extra/maximum sharp for all things cheddar and it drives her nuts when I get the mild for these BUT, it's how they're made!)

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Story about Skyline from my youth: This happened at the very first Skyline location on Glenway Avenue at Warsaw Ave on the west side of Cincinnati that opened in 1949.

When I was about 13 or 14-years old, one of my greatest friends lived right across the street from my house. This friend lived for baseball. Playing it and stats knowledge. His father was a long time coach of a little league team in a part of Cincinnati called Delhi (Del-Hi). The father was also an alcoholic but not mean one.

So, after every game the father coached on Saturday morning, he would go to one of the bars just a couple of blocks from our house (area called Price Hill). There he would drink till about midnight or 1 a.m. and come home. Sometimes walking, sometimes driving (we tried to prevent that when we could). When he got home he would sit on the front porch with the rest of us young kids and loudly tell us about EVERY pitch and EVERY play that happened that game.

After a couple hours of this, and still drunk as hell, he would get HONGRY (as he put it) and ask if I would go up to Skyline about 6-blocks away and get him some chili-samiches (no hot dog cause he didn't have teeth). I'd hop on one of me skateboards and was back within 15-20 minutes. That after jawing with whoever was working there at the time because, around there, everybody knew everybody.

Thing was, by the time I got back, the old man was passed out on the front porch. So there I stand with box of Skyline and his change. Gave the change to my friend and we ate pretty well for a couple of summers.

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Gilbert, I get mine at Kroger in the long shot you have Kroger's near you.

 

The Prof is right that it's not the same out of the can.....but....  it's the next best thing!

 

If you DO find some, make sure that you look at the pictures so you can see how they heap the cheese on top and know that they use mild cheddar.  (my wife likes to use extra/maximum sharp for all things cheddar and it drives her nuts when I get the mild for these BUT, it's how they're made!)

The Krogers in Texas don't sell that stuff.  At least not in my town.

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Gilbert, I get mine at Kroger in the long shot you have Kroger's near you.

 

The Prof is right that it's not the same out of the can.....but....  it's the next best thing!

 

If you DO find some, make sure that you look at the pictures so you can see how they heap the cheese on top and know that they use mild cheddar.  (my wife likes to use extra/maximum sharp for all things cheddar and it drives her nuts when I get the mild for these BUT, it's how they're made!)

The Krogers in Texas don't sell that stuff.  At least not in my town.

 

 

Just thinking how ironic that is since Kroger's world headquarters is in downtown Cincinnati.

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Gilbert, I get mine at Kroger in the long shot you have Kroger's near you.

 

The Prof is right that it's not the same out of the can.....but....  it's the next best thing!

 

If you DO find some, make sure that you look at the pictures so you can see how they heap the cheese on top and know that they use mild cheddar.  (my wife likes to use extra/maximum sharp for all things cheddar and it drives her nuts when I get the mild for these BUT, it's how they're made!)

The Krogers in Texas don't sell that stuff.  At least not in my town.

 

 

Just thinking how ironic that is since Kroger's world headquarters is in downtown Cincinnati.

 

Yeah.  I'm not sure of the management structure but maybe those closer to the scene have flexibility in what they will stock?

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Just thinking how ironic that is since Kroger's world headquarters is in downtown Cincinnati.
Kroger's has been gone from Chattanooga for a long time. I think they became Red Food, which became Bi-Lo... will soon be Food City.

 

Bruce

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