Heart attack/cholesterol-on-a-stick

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   It's almost National Hot Dog Month, so I thought I'd do some more work on the "corn dog."  The below citations are from the Dow Jones news service.
   The phrases are sometimes used for fried Twinkies or fried Snickers or cheese dishes or chocolate dishes that do not come "on a stick."
   The ProQuest databases here at NYU Bobst haven't been working today.


CHOLESTEROL-ON-A-STICK
8 Google hits, 5 Google Groups hits

HEART ATTACK-ON-A-STICK
20 Google hits, 23 Google Groups hits


LIVING
FAIR FARE -- WITHOUT THE ODORS OR NAUSEA
SHAWN LEVY - Special writer, The Oregonian
08/25/1995
Portland Oregonian
SUNRISE
E01

If you want to bask in the perfume of giant hogs, eat that heart-attack-on-a-stick known as a corn dog or make your inner ear spin like a roulette wheel, then head on down to the Oregon State Fair.



MAGAZINE
HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME, WISH YOU WERE HERE
Clark Norton
10/15/1995
The Washington Post
FINAL
W23
(...)
But when my preteen daughter refused to order one more time from the children's menu ("I've had it with corn dogs!") and my teenage son balked at cavorting with Mickey and Goofy, tensions arose. While advising readers on how to keep their kids happy and eager travelers -- comfortable schedules! age-appropriate activities! fresh fruit! -- I found myself dragging my own to three theme parks, two forts and five museums a day and forcing them to eat coated cholesterol on a stick.


Sports
Dale Hofmann
Bruins' defense put on spot
DALE HOFMANN
12/30/1998
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Final
1
(...)
Now the four unfortunates, accompanied by their coordinator and lightning rod, were being called upon to explain at a news conference what they couldn't even tell their classmates. It would be easier in these precincts to sell cholesterol on a stick.



SPORTS
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK
Brian Wicker; Staff Writer
08/02/1999
Star-Tribune Newspaper of the Twin Cities Mpls.-St. Paul
METRO
12C

The Minnesota State Fair still is the official end of summer, when kids have a chance to eat cholesterol-on-a-stick and experience their last gasp of scholastic freedom before getting another teacher who doesn't understand them.



Profile: Marc Summers of the Food Network's "Unwrapped" shows how to make carnival treats
06/17/2002
NBC News: Today

MATT LAUER, co-host: This morning on TODAY'S KITCHEN, we're talking about carnival food unwrapped. From cotton candy to caramel apples and things like corn dogs, everyone has a favorite summer treat. But you don't have to wait until you go to a carnival to sample those treats, you can make a lot of them right in your own home.
Marc Summers is host of "Unwrapped" on the Food Network and he's here to take some of the mystery out of carnival food.
(...)
LAUER: OK.

Cor--what is actually in a corn dog? I've passed these 100 times, never had one.

Mr. SUMMERS: Cornmeal and flour and a little honey, a little salt. Cholesterol on a stick is what we have right here.

LAUER: Right.

Mr. SUMMERS: Started in 1942 at the Texas State Fair. And they have just blossomed. You can use a little mustard. I have never eaten one, have you?

LAUER: No, absolutely not. But you wouldn't make that at home.

Mr. SUMMERS: Yes, people make them all the time.

LAUER: Come on



News; Domestic
Interview with Jimmy Barrett
Carol Costello, Chad Myers
08/22/2002
CNN: Live at Daybreak
(...)
COSTELLO: You're talking about junk food.

BARRETT: It's a favorite. We were talking about taxing food before. I think you can send the tax collector to this year's Virginia State Fair. I think we have a graphic for you on this one. I get a kick out of this. I love the State Fair. I think it has a wonderful place and I love, virtually love the food that they serve at the State Fair. Nothing beats a good funnel cake or an elephant ear.

But even I was surprised by this. Have you ever heard of fried Oreos?

MYERS: No.

BARRETT: Fried Snicker bars?

COSTELLO: Ooh.

MYERS: No.

BARRETT: Fried corn on the cob? I mean we're...

MYERS: That sounds good.

BARRETT: We're going to fry everything.

MYERS: Fried pickles.

BARRETT: Fried pickles.

MYERS: That doesn't sound good.

BARRETT: Now, the only thing missing from this story is there's a wonderful sponsorship opportunity that I think the Virginia State Fair is missing out on, at least as far as I know it's not sponsored. How about the American Cardiology Association? They could have a registration table there.

MYERS: Heart attack on a stick.

BARRETT: Exactly.



Opinion
Northwest Voices
Northwest Voices ; A sampling of readers' letters, faxes and e-mails
09/15/2002
The Seattle Times
Fourth
C3
  Corpus crispy Temple of the lard

I need to know how, in an age where America is reportedly more obese and sedentary than ever before, a fluff piece on deep-fried Twinkies could be presented as anything other than a public-health warning ("Deep-fried Twinkies get raves in Puyallup," Local News, Sept. 12).

Why not an article on lard shakes, or the benefits of eating a pound of bacon a day? Maybe you could add a section to the food column on where to get the most sugar for your cotton-candy dollar? I'm sure the diabetics would find that information helpful.

The Puyallup Fair has plenty to offer. You don't need to concentrate on the heart-attack-on-a-stick stand to sell papers.

Chris Lundgren, Seattle



Business
Small cities can present logistical challenges
MARK A. STEIN
New York Times
01/06/2003
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Final
4D
BUSINESS TRAVEL
Small cities can present logistical challenges
By MARK A. STEIN
New York Times
Monday, January 6, 2003
(...)
Dining can be an adventure, with local restaurants tending to serve what one traveler described as "a heart attack on a stick -- everything is covered in gravy or deep fried and then covered in gravy." That is, when they are open at all.