I’ve seen a couple of references to some foodstuffs called “horseshoes.”
It seemed that it is some really decadent form of cheese fries.
I as an avowed cheese-fries fanatic would like more info.
Where? What restaurants? Describe, please.
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Mjollnir, a horseshoe is the crowning achievement of cuisine for my hometown, Springfield, IL. It’s basically the following:
a piece of toast
your choice of meat-basic is a hamburger, but other choices include chicken patties, ham, shrimp, bacon, turkey, and there’s even a breakfast variant
topped by fries
topped by cheese sauce.
There’s actually a ponyshoe, which is built on one piece of toast, has one serving of meat, and fries and cheese enough to cover it. A horseshoe is generally double this.
The only place to get one at a restaurant is here in Springfield (actually, I’ve found one other, in Carbondale, but Springfield is easier to find and has better recipes). It’s a big deal; people take their cheese sauce recipes very seriously, and there’s a contest of sort for this dish alone in the late fall around here. Making one yourself isn’t a real problem though; there’s a lot of stuff to cook, but it’s all simple enough to make.
Truck on out here for the meeting if you can; D’Arcy’s, where we’re meeting, has some awesome ones. It’s kind of a matter of pride for us-DavidB and I just had 'em for lunch today.
He weathered a firestorm of agony and did not break.
And while Yori raged against his unbending
courage, we took Kyuden Hiruma back.
His loss is great, but so is the gift his suffering brought.
-Yakamo’s Funeral