In the 18th century, Nicolas Appert, in France, invented the process of canning food in bottles to preserve it. An Englishman, Peter Durand, developed the method of sealing food in unbreakable tin containers and the first commercial canning factory was built in England in 1813. Somewhere along there, someone put corn into a bottle or can and there we go. Doesn't take much: scrape the cob, add a little salt and put it under heat and pressure.
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There is no specific person credited with the invention of sweet corn cake. Instead, this recipe was discovered. It is known to have been discovered by the Mexican Culture.
Cornbread dates back to the Native Americans who grew corn and were aware of its versatility and used it for cakes and breads.
The person who invented the first corn dog in history was Neil Fletcher and created it in 1942 at the Texas state fair.