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Posted by Michael Stern on Saturday, February 4, 2012 5:09 AM

Delicious it may be, but a modern Springfield horseshoe, as served at Ritz's (above), bears little resemblance to the equine footwear for which it originally was named. For the complete story on how this came to be, along with everything you ever wanted to know about the signature sandwich of downstate Illinois, check out Julianne Glatz's fabulous article "What Happened to Horseshoes?" in the Illinois Times. It even includes a recipe for the original sauce, as served at the Leland Hotel, where the dish was invented.

4 Comments:

This puts into perspective fairly mundane horseshoes I've experienced over the last few years at various Springfield eateries.
Posted by ChiTownDiner on Saturday, Feb 4, 2012 4:47 PM


Greg, I agree. I have had some good horseshoes, but none that I would call elegant.
Posted by Michael Stern on Saturday, Feb 4, 2012 5:00 PM


Does this paper not have fact-checkers? It's Adam Richman, not Alan. And Prohibition ended in 1933, not 1929. Jeeesh ...
Posted by Jim2903 on Monday, Feb 6, 2012 9:56 AM


Newspapers, may they rest in peace, barely can afford to pay editors and writers, let alone fact-checkers!
Posted by Michael Stern on Monday, Feb 6, 2012 10:26 AM

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