Corn dog (from Louisiana?)

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I was reading in Gothamist.com that Saturday, March 18th, is none other  than
National Corn Dog Day.
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The following (from _www.newspaperarchive.com_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com) ) is  interesting. The corndog comes from not Texas but--drumroll,
please--Louisiana!  It should be easy to check the Louisiana state fair in the proper
newspapers  now...Any info available in the digitized Dallas Morning News?
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Barry Popik
_www.barrypopik.com_ (http://www.barrypopik.com)
(For the benefit of corndogday.com, I'm Barry Popik. Over a decade ago, I
found the earliest citations for "hot dog," with the food slang coming from the
Yale Record college humor magazine in 1895. Gerald Cohen and I wrote a
book...)
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                 _The Port Arthur News_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=QHMdF73tEsiKID/6NLMW2lAYljTwxc5Qy23d4xSfC3tVLV5dv1efAkIF+CsZYmrz)
_Tuesday,  October 29, 1940_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="corn+dogs"+AND+date:1940-10-29)  _Port  Arthur,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="corn+dogs"+AND+cityid:23362+AND+stateid:94+AND+ran
ge:1759-1944)  _Texas_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="corn+dogs"+AND+stateid:94+AND+range:1759-1944)   ...... one  single stand sold
more han CORN DOGS. Coming Soon  Announcement be made vithin the next ... ..
Pg. 10, col. 2:
_Presents Corn Dog_
_JACK PAYNE_
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The corn dog will soon make its bow in Port Arthur as  the city's newest
sandwich treat, according to Jack Payne, proprietor of  the Silver Hut, where it
will be served to guests in the near  future.
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The Silver Hut, located at 4508 Procter, has obtained  the exclusive
franchise for the corn dog sandwich, Payne stated. "It is  destined to be the city's
fastest selling sandwich if it enjoys only half  the popularity which it has
achieved elsewhere," Payne says. "Everywhere  it has been introduced, it has
been an instant hit with both young and  old."
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This sandwich innovation is described as a juicy,  skinless frankfurter baked
in a long cornbread roll on a griddle  resembling a waffle iron. The finished
product resembles an ear of corn  because of the pattern of the griddle.
Served with the sandwich will be  baked beans and a special delicious sauce,
according to  Payne.
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Only the choicest ingredients go into their making, it  is claimed. Fresh
eggs, rich milk, quality corn meal and other ingredients  are used in making the
cornbread.
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Debut of the corn dog came some time ago at the  Louisiana state (Col.
3--ed.) fair. The idea later sprang to nearby Texas.  In the first two weeks they
were introduced to Dallas, one single stand  sold more than 14,000 corn dogs.
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