Corn dogs are incredible. Hot dogs were already good, but a hot dog coated in thick cornmeal batter and deep fried? Mm!
Well, I'm vegetarian so I'll take your word for it! I do love just about anything coated in batter, so perhaps you can tell me a little about these corn dogs.
Sure! They were originally sausages that newly arrived German Texans were having trouble selling. So, they introduced the corn dog, although it didn't have a stick back then.
Are those the ones on a stick which are sold at county fairs? They always look delicious!
Yep, those are the ones! It was actually spelled Korn Dogs, but when baked in corn batter they resembled ears of corn. So the new spelling stuck!
So that's how they got their name - hilarious! Perhaps I could take a veggie hot dog and replicate the taste. What else do you know about them?
Plenty of folks around have tried to lay their claim on who actually invented these corn dogs, from Carl and Neil Fletcher in Texas to the Pronto Pup vendors in Minnesota. Better get on that veggie recipe fast!