Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jill McQuown Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Nathan"s Onion Rings. Meets Expectations Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:36:27 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:36:25 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1f84fbd60d90286907058e628d5716b8"; logging-data="1608935"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/vXjs7poIFtkl304p3UUu+IkxU+ftn7y8=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:/b5UxqtYXRiaWMVgCZ2cIfdPP4E= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250411-2, 4/11/2025), Outbound message On 4/10/2025 10:06 PM, Ed P wrote: > On 4/10/2025 9:50 PM, Jill McQuown wrote: >> On 4/10/2025 7:51 PM, Ed P wrote: >>> I bought some frozen Nathan's Onion rings and made them for dinner >>> tonight.  They met expectations.  To clarify, my expectations were >>> extremely low. >>> >>> They cooked up nicely in the air fryer in 13 minutes.  Nice and >>> crispy and you would expect.  That is the good news.  The only good >>> news. >>> >>> Onion rings is a poor description.  A more accurate description would >>> be:  A ring of breading formed around a very thin vegetable membrane. >>> >>> They will be featured in an episode of Meals for Lazy Old People. >> >> I've never liked onion rings.  I do remember when I first moved here >> to SC my mother had at least 6 bags of frozen battered onion rings in >> the freezer.  I believe the brand was Ore Ida.  I asked her if she >> wanted me to heat up some onion rings in the oven and she said no. >> Apparently my dad liked them so she kept buying them but she forgot >> they already had some.  I wound up throwing away a lot of frozen onion >> rings.  I won't be trying the Nathan's brand. ;) >> >> Jill > > > I like them if they are properly made with a decent amount of onion. > I've not had them in ages so thought I'd give them a try. > > Some years ago I had some that were made from chopped onion and somehow > extruded to be a coated ring.  They were far better than these. Maybe you'd like Funyuns onion flavored snacks. :) Jill