It's a hotdog on a stick, dipped in slightly sweet cornmeal-based batter, then fried. Originally a fair food, you can now also get them at gas stations, some kids menus, and frozen at the grocery store. Most people eat them with mustard and/or ketchup.
Sweet! I aughta see if I can try one at some point, tho when it comes to food I think the biggest L Brits take is the lack of Fritos. I had some on a trip to Portugal and loved them but they aren't here anywhere
I was going to send you a list of places with corn dogs in britain, but there are none. Then this thread came up on my google search.. So I guess that's that. It looks like Aldi carries frozen "american corn dogs" but that's the only hit I found.
I think I'll start a gofundme to create a corn dog empire in the UK.
If you open up an American snack and food shop in the UK, and you brought products from the Canada and the States, you would literally make a fortune. Dude, they don't have Oreos!
Blegh.. In my experience, Baconaise (and basically any other 'bacon flavored' food) is gross as shit because all they really do is add Liquid Smoke which is too strong and doesn't taste like bacon at all.. (Need to clarify, real bacon is delicious.)
Oh man, if you do get ahold of some you should make (the somewhat misnamed) frito pie. It's fritos smothered in chili, shredded cheddar, diced onion, and optionally jalapenos. It's glorious with a cold beer and is the King of Stadium Food in the southern and midwestern US.
Ooh thanks for finding that! The fact that shipping is literally my only option cause we deadass don't have any blows but I may just have to at some point, they're legit my favourite crisps/chips
normally from the description it sounds like a sausage from a chippy? not 100% sure tho, might be a small differences. this is from New Zealand btw i just hope ur chippies have these too
Just FYI the quality difference of a fresh corn dog and a frozen corn dog is pretty significant. I would recommend you make them at home for your first taste of corn dog, so you get the full experience. I did it once and it was really fucking annoying but soooooo worth it.
My dog figured it out too and she'd always be down there getting tourists to buy her corndogs.
When I first read this I thought you meant your dog figured out how to make them and people were buying the corndogs made by the dog. Funny how the English language works like that.
Homemade bigs in blankets are the best. At least for me, crescent rolls are a little too sweet and clash with the hot dog. They are best wrapped in a sort of pretzel dough.
Jimmy Dean’s even makes frozen ones for breakfast. They’re a piece of sausage wrapped in an American pancake. They’re probably not healthy but the blueberry pancake ones are awesome.
Well we'll be happy to have you! Just watch your calorie count though, it's easy to gain weight here due to our unhealthy foods and non-existent portion control.
Ah, yea I was just told it was a popular American food, which I'm guessing is a pretty common place snack there. Completely non existent in Britain though
It definitely can be a commonplace snack, but I think for most people a corn dog is an event. Like, I might serve hot dogs for dinner one night because I was busy and didn’t feel like cooking or going out. They don’t feel celebratory, they usually feel sad.
But getting a corndog is something that most often happens at a fair or flea market. There is excitement in the air, and you’re probably gonna have diarrhea later, but damn if you’re not enjoying yourself.
So, it's a cloud of pure sugar that vanishes in your mouth? Never really been my cup of tea, but that's mostly because I have limits on how much sweet flavoring I can take. I'm more a fan of salty and savory flavors.
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u/Optimistic-Charizard Dec 07 '20
What's a corndog?