Oh one other thing: not only is the batter made of corn, but cooked corn dogs look like ears of corn!
I also never though about the fact that ir resembles corn. I always though it was called a corn dog because of the batter.
Whenever I go to the fair, I have to get a corndog Oh!  It's a sausage on a stick right?  It's covered with a thick cornmeal batter, and then deep fried as far as I know. Yes!  Oh do you happen to know when they were invented? I do!  In 1929 a US patent was granted for a cooking apparatus, and it described corn dogs, and other stick-impaled food. Wow, theyve been around for quite awhile then.  I didnt know that.  I just know that they are good I hear you there.  The real credit for the corn dog actually lies with sausage makers, newly arrived in Texas, from Germany. Interesting.  Aren't they usually made with hot dogs though? Indeed!  Oh and it can be spelled in one word, corndog, but also as two separate words, corn dog. Hmmm ive never thought about that.  I think i spell it both ways.  That is weird
The 'korn dogs' were baked in a corn batter and resembled ears of corn when cooked.