I've just moved to near Detroit, where they eat coneys. From Chicago,
where we know something about hot dogs.

From what I understand, just like a Chicago dog doesn't have ketchup, a
Detroit coney doesn't have meat in the chili.

I'll eat a few more coneys at different places, in the name of
ethnographic research, but the ones I've had, ain't nothing to a Chicago
Vienna, or even a Nathan's NY style.

I think to be authentic, you'd just buy the cheapest meatless canned
chili you could find. Either that, or make a batch of real chili, get
some good bread and a good sausage, and just don't call it a coney.

m