Jul 26, 2024 - News
Corn dog wins, rematch ensues
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Chomp on this: The corn dog is the best Iowa State Fair food, according to Axios DSM readers.
- Cheese curds lost in our bracket competition's fourth and final round, with more than 400 people voting.
Fun fact: Corn dogs are believed to have originated in Texas, where German immigrants sold cornbread-covered sausages to appeal to local residents.
- They were introduced to the Iowa State Fair in the 1950s as "poncho dogs."
What's next: We're staging a rematch.
- Name the food you think we missed in this week's competition.
- The top 15 suggestions received by the end of this month will face off against the corn dog in a new brackets competition that starts Aug. 12.
