August 8
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Ingredients
- 1 cup flour (divided)
- 1.5 cups cornmeal
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black powder
- 1 large egg (lightly beaten)
- 1 cup milk
- oil
- 4 hot dogs
- ketchup
Instructions
We set four clean wooden chopsticks aside, to be used as the handles for our corn dogs.
We put ½ cup of the flour in one shallow bowl and the rest in a larger bowl. To the larger bowl, we add the cornmeal, baking powder, salt, and pepper. We stir well with our flat whisk. In a large measuring cup, we combine the egg and milk and then add to the cornmeal mixture. We stir to incorporate with the flat whisk. We set aside.
We heat a couple of inches of oil in our Dutch oven over medium heat. With our frying thermometer we check the temperature of the oil. We want it to reach <temp val="375"/> degrees to start frying.
Each hot dog is placed first in the flour bowl, tossing it around, and wiping off any excess flour. Next into the batter, coating it as best we can all over the hot dog. It is then gently lowered into the oil. We repeat with another hot dog and wash up.
The hot dogs are turned after a couple of minutes. We want the coating nicely browned. When the corn dogs are done, we remove them with our spider strainer and sprinkle with salt. A chopstick is carefully inserted through the middle of the corn dog.
When all the corn dogs are ready, we serve them with ketchup.
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One possible explanation for the lack of enthusiasm for dinner was our son being a little sick today. Maybe he will like them better in the future. Then again, he did not care for the "pricklies" of the homemade fried dough—apparently preferring machine-made smoothness that can be had at restaurants.
We used up most of the supplies of Alka Seltzer in the house today. This was not due to our son's tummy problems, but rather as fuel source for paper airplane "rockets". Our daughter's science camp put the idea in her head a while back. We combined a little water and some Alka Seltzer in a film canister, immediately sealing it with the lid. After a few seconds, the canister pops open (stand back!).
The kids had a fun afternoon building rockets to utilize this propellant. It is a little hard to clean Alka Seltzer off the ceiling, but well worth it.