USDA minimum Corn Dog size?

[Steve H]

Really like corndogs. And I bet these are pretty darn good. Haven't seen them up this way. I'll keep my eye out for them.

 

[mr_whipple]

Way to resurrect an old thread! I love corn dogs but was spoiled many years ago by a street vendor on Beale St. in Memphis. I'd stand right there and watch them bubble in the hot oil. Crunchy goodness with a cold beer or five! Anything out of the microwave just doesn't make the cut.

 

[Steve H]

Way to resurrect an old thread! I love corn dogs but was spoiled many years ago by a street vendor on Beale St. in Memphis. I'd stand right there and watch them bubble in the hot oil. Crunchy goodness with a cold beer or five! Anything out of the microwave just doesn't make the cut.

Did you just say nuked corn dogs? God almighty! One should get horse whipped for that! Lol!! I'll stoop low enough to bake them though. The best is deep fried for sure. A air frier also does a decent job.

 

[mr_whipple]

Did you just say nuked corn dogs? God almighty! One should get horse whipped for that! Lol!! I'll stoop low enough to bake them though. The best is deep fried for sure. A air frier also does a decent job.

I said it and concur. Horse whipping all around for the blasphemous folks!

 

[JLeonard]

Man thats a wake up on a old thread.....But that being said...Now I gotta see if Kroger has these.
And for my anti-establishment add.....Its amazing that our goverment actually has regulations on things like this. Cant they find more "entitlements" to throw my money at?

Jim

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

The Koreans do it better.

 

[JLeonard]

The Koreans do it better.

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Not sure what all we go there...But ok bring 'em on!

Jim

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

Not sure what all we go there...But ok bring 'em on!

Jim

Most likely from the ones I have eaten.

Batter uses rice flower instead of corn flower. It makes them much lighter and not so dense.

Inside can be hot dog, mozzarella, cheddar, half and half or rice.

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[LanceR]

What goes into hot dogs varies a lot by who the maker is. Some, like Hofmann in Syracuse use only whole muscle beef, pork or veal in their German Brand and Snappy Grillers.

Anytime you see the words "mechanically separated" you know that the last itty-bitty fragments of flesh were separated from the bone fragments by pushing the mass through a sieve at high pressure to extract a nasty meat paste. It's also why so many cheap hot dogs have a grainy texture..... due to the bone dust in them.

And yes, it's a good thing that the USDA regulates things like hot dogs, how much percentage by weight a corn dog can have as breading and oil etc as many of those products are used in school nutrition programs and they are, rightfully, ensuring a minimum nutritional value. And they regulate the maximum amount of fat in some sausage, how much water can be added to cold cuts etc.

For water cured hams (AKA; city ham versus dry cured "country ham") the name of the product changes with the amount of protein by weight and whether (and how much) water is added in the processing). For instance:

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And no matter how much they can keep a straight face and tell you that "enhanced pork", "pre-basted turkey" etc are made to enhance flavor the simple truth is that they hope we're dumb enough to pay them pork, ham and turkey prices for water.

 

[mneeley490]

I still do frozen corn dogs in the air fryer. There's quite a difference in the size of the dog inside though. Some are about the size of packaged dogs, while others are about the width of a fat pencil hiding inside.

 

[chopsaw]

Batter uses rice flower instead of corn flower.

I've actually done them homemade using pancake batter and then deep fried . I think I got that from Alton Brown . Surprisingly good .

 

[motocrash]

Way to resurrect an old thread!

Man thats a wake up on a old thread

You know SMF-ers are a bunch of carnival foodies when a 5 year old corn dog thread resurfaces with a vengeance. MMM, funnel cakes for dessert?

 

[mneeley490]

You know SMF-ers are a bunch of carnival foodies when a 5 year old corn dog thread resurfaces with a vengeance. MMM, funnel cakes for dessert?

LOL, funnel cakes or elephant ears are the one thing I always buy at a carnival. I will leave the deep-fried snickers bars and twinkies alone.