This American original is enjoyed at carnivals and on boardwalks, but how do fast food chain corn dogs stack up? We've ranked them from worst to best.

Is that perhaps the best metaphor for our fair city, and how it treats the past as it contemplates the future? We'll let you ponder that over a scrumptious corn dog.

Using a spatula, fold the corn meal-egg yolk batter in to the whites until thoroughly combined. Mix the hot dogs in with batter and bake for 50-60 minutes. Recipe from Who Put the Devil in Deviled ...

Dallas is decidedly a corn dog town. And outside of the annual Texas State Fair, the best place to snag one is at CornDog With No Name, where they aren't mimicking fair food but elevating it.

Classic funfair food! Tilly's mini corn dogs are crispy, fluffy, heaven on a stick. Mix the cornmeal, self-raising flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre ...

Drain on paper towels. Repeat for remaining corn dogs. Serve warm, accompanied by ketchup and mustard. Recipe from On a Stick! by Matt Armendariz/Quirk Books, 2011.

And this was a big surprise to him: he had no idea that corny dogs have a wiener in the middle. He thought it was all corn breading. "I was the most shocked guy when a hotdog popped out of there ...