went to the nearby local k-dog place. got one for me. saw the photos of the tornado potatoes. thought "$5 is a little pricey but that should be a nice snack for me and my mom" and ordered two. I was not prepared for the size. the photo lied in the wrong direction.
THEY'RE SO TALL
The photo they had for the example was much smaller looking
rukafais: FROM THE PHOTO I WAS EXPECTING HALF THE SIZE
THE STICK IS THE LENGTH OF MY ARM
LMAO
fourboars Wikipedia is also on something with randomly asserting that this is a common Mexican flea market food
We love potatoes, but this is overengineered for the average Mexican food stall.
THATS SO MUCH POTATO
smithsyndicate: I'M PRETTY SURE IT IS MOST OF A LONG POTATO
like, I slid the bottom fourth or so off and it was over an inch of potato
NO NO I CAN CONFIRM.... jalisco has loved these abominations for decades 
fourboars: Yes but you're just confirming what I said with the overengineered bit
I only found them in the south tx flea markets a handful of years ago but now I wonder where these things originated
They're Korean!!!
OMG what
Potato..... so much potat
damn I'm hungry now
oh no did they not have a couple as an example sitting there
greenlantern: They had concentrated photos of nonexamples, haha
asjdkfl;s yeah typically i see them with a few examples because those pictures do not help
I've had the grocery store versions so I was assuming that that would be closer to the version I'd be getting from this place because the k-dogs are kinda hacked/more k-dog inspired than actual k-dog
Because their k-dog offerings are very Mexicanized
The boba too
They offer a mangonada boba
As well as a hot cheeto dog.
HAHA all our korean corn dog places also have hot cheetos in CA
The Korean shopping district near my grad school did not have anything approaching this at the various k-dog places, haha 
smithsyndicate: It's all on us Mexican-Americans. 😔 We love causing regular local news report reminders about not eating flamin' hot cheetos to the point of ruining your stomach lining every few years.
I don't even LIKE spicy food usually and even I would sometimes go all in for that delicious danger bag as a teenager (hot cheetos, nacho cheese, jalapeños, hot sauce)
smithsyndicate: but also do yours do the fruity pebble dogs because that is an option at this place 👀
wait is it a corndog because a hotdog is the american hotdog
greenlantern: We love vocabulary. It's the Korean style.
I need to find one of these magical places
fourboars: Hopefully when you move north you'll be lucky enough to find a nearby Korean place or two, the food has a solid overlap with a lot of the core flavors/aspects of Mexican food.
FRUITY PEBBLES?????????//
fruity pebbles
This is true innovation
Adding the jalapeños into the batter and crust