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The founder of Cozy Dog, Ed Waldmire Jr. was in Muskogee, Oklahoma in 1941,
where he saw an unusual sandwich called a "corn-dog." This sandwich was a wiener
baked in cornbread. The corn-dog was very good, but took too long to prepare.
The problem was how to cover a hotdog with batter and cook it in a short time.
He mentioned this story to a fellow student at Knox College whose father was in
the bakery business, and then gave it no further thought. Five years later while
in the Air Force stationed at Amarillo Airfield, Ed received a letter from his a
fellow student, Don Strand. To his surprise he had developed a mix that would
stick on a wiener while being french-fried. He wondered if he could send some
down that I could try it in Amarillo. Using cocktail forks for sticks, the U.S.O
kitchen in which to experiment, he made a very tasty hotdog on a stick, that he
called a "crusty cur." They became very popular both at the U.S.O. in town, and
at the P.X. on the airfield. His friend continued to send mix and he continued
to sell thousands of crusty curs until he was honourably discharged in the
spring of 1946.
That spring he decided to go into business with his wife, who did not like the
name "crusty curs." Through trial and error and discarding dozens of names, they
finally decided on the name "Cozy Dogs." Cozy Dogs were officially Launched at
the Lake Springfield Beach House on June 16th, 1946. After the Cozy Dogs were
launched at the Lake Springfield Beach House, a Cozy Dog stand was opened on Ash
and MacArthur in Springfield along Route 66, where it stands to this day.
Kicks on Route
66 Tour: Cozying up to Cozy Dogs
Mike and Bone crunching Cozy Dogs
Well, the Fries were great,
the chili, good but the corn dogs themselves,,,, not so much from the Boys
perspective. Yet, is was another Hot Dog Stand down !
Well?
How corny boys?!!
Well,
the fries were great, the chili, good but the corn dogs themselves,,,, not so much from the Boys perspective. Yet, it was another Hot Dog Stand down !