photobox, chocolate bacon and corndogs =)

At the risk of losing readership, GO GIANTS! =) Anyway, hope everyone had a fun (delicious) superbowl party. I made mini corn dogs, by request, and they're actually really simple. Recipe is below...

But first, some randomness:

ever seen chocolate covered bacon? it's surprisingly really good.

J built me a photobox!! Still have to work out some kinks,
but will make for slightly cooler photos, literally (haha sorry dorky lighting joke)

enormous not super tannin-y grapes at H-Mart in Silver Spring!







corndogs

• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• 5 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
•  freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup flour
  
• 1-2 tablespoons cornstarch or flour
• vegetable oil
• a package of your favorite (ideally beef) dogs
• 16 skewers (I couldn't find any at the store so I stole wooden stirrers from Starbucks... shhh)

1. Mix the ingredients in the order they're listed - when you add the flour, don't overmix.
2. Heat oil in a deep saucepan. 
3. Cut hot dogs in half - if you want little ones, then dry with a paper towel and toss in a tablespoon or two of flour - just to get them really dry so the batter sticks. Skewer.
4. Roll the hot dogs in the batter.
5. When the oil is hot enough - if you put a little batter in, it should float and brown in 5-10 seconds - fry till browned, 4-5 minutes. Drain on a rack.
6.  Serve with mustard!