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Tomorrow is National Corndog Day
LA Slimes ^

Posted on 03/20/2009 7:46:58 PM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL

Meat on a stick has a glorious, multi-ethnic history, spanning everything from shish kebabs broiled over campfires on Turkish nomads' swords to skewers cooked in Indian tandoori ovens. But none is so uniquely American as the corndog.

This tube of meat coated in corn batter and deep fried has been a fair staple since it was sold for the first time at either the 1942 Texas State Fair or the 1941 Minnesota State Fair.

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KEYWORDS: corndog
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To: Petronski

"Watch your cornhole, bud"

21 posted on 03/20/2009 8:18:36 PM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Aint nuthin like it!


22 posted on 03/20/2009 8:20:34 PM PDT by valkyry1
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To: MAD-AS-HELL; SouthTexas; Brad's Gramma; glock rocks
I et one corn dog but it is a terrible thing to do to the best part of a Hot Dog...
23 posted on 03/20/2009 8:23:06 PM PDT by tubebender (99% of Lawyers give the rest a bad name...)
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To: valkyry1

I think we’ll be having corndogs for lunch this weekend.


24 posted on 03/20/2009 8:26:11 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Serkit 3/19/09 "Slow Joe needs to stay out of the deep end of the Think Tank")
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Most corn dogs just have corn meal in the batter. And unfortunately, most batters have sugar added, making them much too sweet.

BTW, here is the video of Alton Brown’s corn dog episode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHwasrpAx88


25 posted on 03/20/2009 8:35:20 PM PDT by iowamark (certified by Michael Steele as "ugly and incendiary")
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To: tubebender

I’m sure there are some that enjoy that type of thing, I just try and not think about it. :)


26 posted on 03/20/2009 8:45:33 PM PDT by SouthTexas (When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people.....)
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To: SouthTexas

I still have burn blisters in my mouth from the one I et two years ago...


27 posted on 03/20/2009 8:48:38 PM PDT by tubebender (99% of Lawyers give the rest a bad name...)
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To: tubebender

That must have been one of those that sizzled when it hit your tongue eh?


28 posted on 03/20/2009 8:55:17 PM PDT by SouthTexas (When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people.....)
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