What are your thoughts on corn dogs?
I personally love them! They were first made by German Texan sausage makers in the US.
Do you prefer frozen corn dogs or fresh ones?
Definitely fresh ones from the fair or something. The first patent for the actual stick to hold the corn dog was way back in 1927, which is quite a while back.
It was probably a cheap food that they could really profit from during the years of the Great Depression
, granted in 1929, for a "Combined Dipping, Cooking, and Article Holding Apparatus," describes corn dogs, among other fried food impaled on a stick; it reads in part:
In "300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles", author Linda Campbell Franklin states that a "Krusty Korn Dog" baker machine appeared in the 1929 Albert Pick-L. Barth wholesale catalog of hotel and restaurant supplies. The 'korn dogs' were baked in a corn batter and resembled ears of corn when cooked.
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Corn dog
A corn dog (also spelled corndog) is a sausage (usually a hot dog) on a stick that has been coated in a thick layer of cornmeal batter and deep fried. It originated in the United States and is commonly found in American cuisine.
History.
Newly arrived German Texan sausage-makers, finding resistance to the sausages they used to make, have been credited with introducing the corn dog to the United States, though the serving stick came later. A US patent filed in 1927