Saturday, 21. March 2009, 05:00:37
totally discustiing and i do NOT encourage this but my kid 2.5 yrs old ate a whole corndog just this eve
thanks clint jones.. corndogs are so 2008 tho..
America Start Your Ovens, National Corndog Day is March 21st!
Corvallis, OR – On March 21st, 2009, Americans around the country will tune in to March Madness and turn on their ovens in celebration of the 17th annual National Corndog Day (NCD). Held annually on the first Saturday of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, NCD brings together thousands of Americans at unique parties across the country in celebration of dogs, hoops, tots and drinks. From its humble grassroots beginning in Corvallis, Oregon, to over 300 registered “NCD parties” around the world, NCD is rapidly becoming a pop culture movement for all ages.
This year’s NCD sponsors include Foster Farms (since 2000), Pabst Brewing Co. (2008, 2009), and Jones Soda Co. (2009).
“We are really excited to have Jones Soda on-board this year along with Foster Farms and PBR. They are unique, extremely creative, and like us at NCD provide the ability for individuals to display their own creativity,” says NCD co-founder Brady Sahnow.
Newcomers to NCD have a simple playbook. The day officially begins with the tip off of Game One and ends with the last buzzer of the quadruple header later that evening. Sahnow added, “One of the many unique aspects of National Corndog Day is that each party host makes the event their own – whether its hosting a corndog day engagement party, a block party, fundraisers, or just a group of friends. One party in Oklahoma last year raised over $1,500 for a local foundation through their Corndog Day party. How awesome is that!”
First-timers should familiarize themselves with the day’s menu: massive numbers of Foster Farms corndogs, tator tots and PBR/Jonessodas, plus various condiment choices. NCD parties can be small or large, but the celebrations go from morning to night. For those interested in competition, NCD’s scorecard follows:
* The Triple-Double: Party-goers must consume 10 corndogs, 10 servings of 10 tator tots (for a total of 100), and 10 cans of PBR or Jones Soda over the course of the day to complete the biggest challenge of all.
* The Double-Double: If the Triple-Double is just a little too big to bite off, finishing two of the three is still quite an accomplishment!
Each NCD party can be officially registered on the corndog day website, www.corndogday.com. Parties can be made public for anyone in the general area to attend, or private for a select group of friends. Each party is also provided a blog thread to communicate with expected guests, as well as share ideas with the rest of the site’s community. Party Packs can be purchased on the site including coupons for corndogs, 2 custom labeled NCD bottles of Jones Soda, the official 2009 NCD poster and other fun promotional items. For additional information on National Corndog Day contact Brady Sahnow or visit www.corndogday.com. The NCD Team encourages you to please make sure all participants enjoy corndog day responsibly.
The History of National Corn Dog Day
by Henry Otley
The history of National Corndog Day dates back seventeen long years to the sleepy college town of Corvallis, Oregon. Young Brady Sahnow and Henry Otley had just spent two solid days watching the NCAA men's basketball tournament in the basement of Brady's house. It was during the middle of the third day that Stan Sahnow (Brady's father) realized that Brady and Henry had been malnourished the last two days - living off of soda pop and potato chips.
Figuring the boys needed some sort of sustenance to keep their attention and focus intact for that days' tournament games, Stan rushed to the kitchen to see what he could make them. He passed by the muffins in the oven and the fruits in the basket. He opened the fridge and saw pastas, vegetables, sandwich fixings, juices, turkey, mashed potatoes, chicken soup, Chinese food, Mexican food, Greek food, even an entire ham, yet he knew that none of these foods would suffice for those two starving young men. In desperation Stan opened the freezer door, and what appeared in front of him as if God Himself had placed it there was one box of 24 corndogs.
Knowing that there was little time before Henry and Brady might do something stupid like stop watching TV and go outside for awhile, Stan quickly prepared the corndogs. As he baked them ever so carefully, the corndogs turned golden brown, and as the corn batter began to crisp up Stan knew those dogs would ensure that Henry and Brady could continue to watch that days' quadruple header from start to finish. Rushing down the stairs with a platter of corndogs in one hand and the ketchup, mustard, napkins, and perhaps some nacho cheese in the other hand, he placed the corndogs in front of the two avid basketball fans.
Henry, knowing exactly what to do with a batch of corndogs, began eating, taking caution to not over dip in any of the condiments. Meanwhile, Brady struggled with the whole idea of a hotdog on a stick wrapped in cornmeal, but with a little tutelage from Henry and some encouragement from his father, Brady too began to stuff his face with those very tasty wieners. Stan was triumphant. Henry and Brady would not leave the warm glow of the TV set the rest of the day. And so it was deemed that the Saturday of the Final 32 of the NCAA men's college basketball tournament from that day forward, be celebrated as National Corndog Day.
Since that day in March of 1992, National Corndog day has been celebrated on a regular basis. To this day Stan Sahnow does not know how that box of corndogs made it to his freezer. He is sure that he never put them there and swears that never had a corndog been in his house until that day. Perhaps something magical and divine placed those corndogs in that freezer, something watching out for Henry and Brady, or maybe it was Brady's step mom. At any rate that first box of corndogs, that immaculate box of corndogs, is still sacred to the many people that have since celebrated National Corndog Day and to the many more that will continue to celebrate it in the future.
WIDGETIZE