From Flash News:
Everyone and everything was born somewhere – even corn dogs and deep-fried twinkies.
Landmark guru Chris Epting has just penned The Birthplace Book (Stackpole), featuring birth sites of famous folks and things all over America.
Among the random birthplaces is The Cozy Dog Drive-In in Springfield, Illinois, home to the corn dog. Turns out the hot dog on a stick was dubbed the “crusty cur” before becoming an American icon.
The deep-fried Twinkie originated at The Atlantic ChipShop in Brooklyn in 2001, which is actually a fish-and-chips shop.
Epting says California is home to many original and weird innovations, including Google – born in a Menlo Park garage – and the Hot Fudge Sundae, which originated in Hollywood in 1906.
The most beloved birthplaces include the little shack in Tupelo, Mississippi, where Elvis was born, and Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where visitors can stand in the exact spot where rock ’n’ roll originally began, which is marked with an “X.”
2 comments:
That sounds like an interesting book.
I would've thought that the corn-dog had come from somewhere down here (in the South).
I love them so much, even though they're terrible for you. I've never tried a deep-fried Twinkie but it sounds really good.
Hey, thanks for that bit on my new book, The Birthplace Book-- I appreciate it
chris
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