CULTURETECHLENSMother-in-law sandwich
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Combined Graph record U-00975 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0575. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
The Mother-in-Law is a corn roll tamale in a sesame seed bun topped with chili and the dressings of a Chicago-style hot dog (tomatoes, sport peppers); food historians David Hammond and Monica Eng, via WBEZ/CANVAS, call it the most uniquely Chicago original food. Stored key ingredients (tamale, chili, bun) established.
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The Mother-in-Law is a corn roll tamale in a sesame seed bun topped with chili and the dressings of a Chicago-style hot dog (tomatoes, sport peppers); food historians David Hammond and Monica Eng, via WBEZ/CANVAS, call it the most uniquely Chicago original food. Stored key ingredients (tamale, chili, bun) established.
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- Work type: dish
- Category: mains
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- https://artscanvas.org/arts-culture/a-handshake-a-mother-in-law-and-other-distinctly-chicago-foods (verification source · master store)
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The Mother-in-Law is a corn roll tamale in a sesame seed bun topped with chili and the dressings of a Chicago-style hot dog (tomatoes, sport peppers); food historians David Hammond and Monica Eng, via WBEZ/CANVAS, call it the most uniquely Chicago original food. Stored key ingredients (tamale, chili, bun) established.
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