National Corn Dog Day in the making

In honor of National Corn Dog Day, we put together a fried foods buffet capped off with the star, corn dogs.

Pickles and Mushrooms prepped

Hot Dogs impaled

All ducks in a row

Corn Dog Batter

A large amount of oil

Fried pickles ready to eat

Fried mushrooms

Onion Rings

Extreme Onion Ring close up

The star of the show, corn dogs

Corn dog close up

Corn dog and mustard, perfect combination

Nice work, wimperoo - those fried pickles look really good. How did you get the batter to stick?

Mhays wrote:Nice work, wimperoo - those fried pickles look really good. How did you get the batter to stick?

Thanks. I soaked the pickles in buttermilk for about 10 minutes before coating them with the batter.

the wimperoo wrote:Thanks. I soaked the pickles in buttermilk for about 10 minutes before coating them with the batter.

It all looks delicious, but its the corn dogs I find particularly appealing.

really nice deep fried spread there. really nice.

I suddenly have a huge craving for corn dogs and onion rings. Wow that all looks fantastic.

Oh yum! Only thing missing is a cross-sectional shot of the corn dog, like, with a nice bite taken out!

What did you use for batter?

Geo

Geo wrote:Oh yum! Only thing missing is a cross-sectional shot of the corn dog, like, with a nice bite taken out!

What did you use for batter?

Geo

We were too busy eating and forgot to take pictures.

Batter was just a basic one.

1 cup yellow cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
Few shakes of cayenne pepper
1/4 cup white sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 egg
1 cup buttermilk

The day is approaching, this Saturday.

While, I enjoyed the pickle and onion ring batter we used, does anyone have any batter/coating recipes that they like?

I tried a bunch of from-scratch recipes years ago for a bacon cookoff, but the one that I liked best was one using Krusteaz® pancake mix. I'm not kidding. I think this is the one:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1850,15 ... 05,00.html

I don't know what that "bake at 375°" business is about, just fry 'em.

Cut a slit all the way up the hotdog, insert a piece of cooked bacon the same length as the dog, dip in batter and fry. I tried wrapping the dogs in bacon before dipping but then they fried up in weird shapes. Add bacon fat to your fryer fat for added... um, fat.

grace

the wimperoo wrote:The day is approaching, this Saturday.

While, I enjoyed the pickle and onion ring batter we used, does anyone have any batter/coating recipes that they like?

the wimperoo wrote:The day is approaching, this Saturday.

Going to be a busy day -- it's Purim and St. Joseph's Day, too. Poppyseed- and hot-dog-filled, corn-battered zeppole?

Yesterday was the big day. National Corn Dog Day 2011 means a big party with friends featuring a fried food extravaganza starring the corn dog.

All beef weiners from Ream's impaled and ready for dipping.


Pickles


Wisconsin white cheddar curds


Everything ready for a hot oil bath


Cornmeal coated pickles




Yellow sweet onion rings



Baby bella mushrooms


Batter dipped curds




Batter dipped jalapeños


The star of the show




What do you do when you have leftover batter and a plate of brownies?


You fry one up of course.



Just a really great day. Tons of excellent food, drinks and fun.

Those brownies look amazing...perhaps what the Schwa crew were snacking on all weekend?

boudreaulicious wrote:Those brownies look amazing...perhaps what the Schwa crew were snacking on all weekend?

Surprisingly, the brownies were the next best thing after the corn dogs and curds. I figured it wouldn't be that good and was just doing it as a joke, but the chocolate chips inside the brownies got all gooey and delicious.

Saturday was the day. 4th annual National Corn Dog Day party.

Mixed up the spread a bit this year. Tried out a couple of new items. I'll let the pictures do the talking.

Oil bubbling away on grill


Pretzel crusted pickles


Tempura Green Beans


Pepper and Cornmeal coated Onion Rings


Some curds, pre batter


The final product


New item on the menu this year - Fried Raviolis 1/2 meat & 1/2 cheese


Interior shot of a cheese ravioli


The star of the show - All Beef Dogs from Ream's



A Debrizener corn dog


Dessert, a deep fried oreo



A lot of fun again. Now a week of cleansing to get all of the fried foods out of the system.