Corn Dog Redux
 

There was a thread about corn dogs a while back, but I recently had an experience which compels me to reintroduce the topic.

Since last October, I have made some major changes to my eating habits, and deep fried foods were vetoed from my menu. Sadly, that means no corn dogs.

A couple of days ago, I was shopping and saw, in the frozen section, a box of Morningstar Farms meatless corn dogs. Now, I'm still carnivorous, but I noted that these were low in fat and generally healthy, so I decided to risk a purchase.

I took them home and popped one in the oven. (350? for 20 minutes) I am here to tell you, it was tasty! The texture was just right, and the whole thing just made me feel like I was at the county fair. I was so happy, I sang once again the Corn Dog Song I made up in my childhood. For those of you who missed it, it goes something like this:

Corny corny corn dog bouncing down the stairs
Corny corny corn dog, you're the answer to my prayers

Just thought you all should know.

If a corn dog is the answer to all your prayers, I'm terrified to think what your prayers might be...

I may have to get these for my son. He eats corn dogs like crazy, if you let him. It sounds like a little healthier version for him.

There is nothing like a corn dog from the county fair! A nice crispy, freshly fried corn dog, Mmmm. Ok, now I'm hungry!

This is weird! Kat and I have craved corn dogs all weekend.

Now I really really want one!

Corn dogs. meh. I'll pass. Now what my family really wants me to make are Holiday Hot Dogs. We too have a song for them that goes like this:

Holiday Hotdog (HotDog!)
Holiday Hotdog (HotDog!)
Mustard and ketchup (hotdog!)
onions and relish (hotdog!)
holiday hotdog (hotdog!)

rinse and repeat

Now what's odd is that there are no ketchup, onions, mustard or relish on these.

These are those little mini-weiners that you put in a pot with grape jelly and chili sauce and simmer until they are delish - I go on to add a few dashes or hot sauce and/or red chili flakes for a kick. Then you spear them with a toothpick and sing the song.

Mmmm.... Holiday hotdog.

:eek:

That's good. Did you know that you missed the state fair once again?

Betty, those sound gooood. :) And any food with a theme song has to be fantastic anyway.

I'm glad Flippy got his fix. Nothing will break a diet decision more than a particular craving.

P.S. When I first saw this thread title, I thought it said "Corn Dog Reflux."

LOL!!!!!

I was just going to post that!

Great minds.....:D

I've had the tofu corn dogs from Trader Joe's and really liked them. I'm not sure if I would have been able to tell the difference, had I not known what they were beforehand.

Hey, you could almost set that to the tune of the Green Acres theme song. (Just take out the 3rd and 4th parenthetical "hotdog!"s)

I KNOW! Darn it!

For those scratching their collective head, I have been meaning to get to the Florida State Fair for fifteen years now, and every year I miss it. It just went by again. Grrr...

I make something just like it except it's mustard with the grape jelly and the little smokies or weiners.

We also do little smokies wrapped in a piece of crescent dough around the holidays or at gatherings.

I was planning on figuring how to get you and Matterhorn Fan out to the State Fair. Unfortunately, I ran out of time. I thought it went on longer than it did. If only we could have gone, then we all could have had a corndog. O.K. You would have had to have a soy dog and Matterhorn Fan would have had to have carot deep-fried in a corn batter, but I would have been able to have a corndog, darn it.

Our family tradition is to put peanut butter on our hotdogs. It's actually quite tasty. I get disappointed when I'm at the ball park and can't get peanut butter. PB, Ketchup, and Relish. YUM!

Of course, we also put PB on our BLTs. You put mayo on one slice, then the lettuce, then the T, then the B, then the PB on the other slice.

Definitely a hot dog lunch today. :cool:

Umm, thanks, I was hungry, but after that, not so much anymore. :p

Shall I leave off the adding of Ketchup to canned chicken noodle soup, then?

I tricked Michael into eating these to introduce him to meatless food. He didn't believe me that they were not meat until I showed him the box. The only corndog, meatless or otherwise, I will eat is a Disneyland corndog.

My older sister used to eat hotdogs with spaghetti sauce and melted cheese. It's not that bad, really.

Mule Dicks

Ummm.... that reminds me of my friend who used to eat blue cheese dressing from a specific restaurant by drinking it. She also used to take slices of bolonga and nuke em till the fat drained into the center (the slice would turn into a bowl)and then she would break off the crusted pieces of bologna and dip it into the fat and eat it....... NOT GOOD EATS.

Well, at least I know that if I am ever hungry, I can just check out this thread and all thoughts of eating are history. Such a sad sad end to such a good thoughts of corn dogs. ::puke::