I (a non-beefeater) was unalienated. So it’s probably a wash.
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Like I tried to explain. Just because some people don’t like something, does not mean everyone doesn’t. So the rule is as long as it is not what I care about then it is OK. That is a selfish way of thinking. As far as the peanut butter example. Some kids are allergic to cat hair, medications, eggs, fish, etc. Should those kids that have cats, eat fish, eggs, drink milk or need medications not be allowed in the school?
Knee jerk reactions based on emotion are often the wrong decisions.
If a student can die from anaphylaxis because another student shared peanut butter cookies with the class, I think we have our answer.
Cat hair on a sweater doesn’t cause other students to drop dead.
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Back On Topic:
I’m pretty happy with most fast food fries so long as they’re fresh… the exceptions are In 'n Out and JitB. Plus, McCain straight cut frozen right out of an oil coated, kosher salted pan after 7 minutes in the flash oven are comparable. Absolute favs are from the local Shoestring.
But onion rings are a completely different animal. My home made onion rings are delectable… perfect texture, flaky crunchiness, and amazing onion flavor… and no fast food/frozen ones have even come close. Shoestring’s are ok, and I kinda like JitB’s (but are big time hit or miss), but have never been satisfied with frozen.
My basic recipe (which often changes with swapping out the cornstarch for corn meal or rice flour):
1 white onion - sliced 3/8 to 1/2 thick.
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup beer
45 grams flour
45 grams corn starch
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1.) Soak onion slices in beer with salt and pepper (careful - five to 10 minutes is good… longer may make them a bit too soft - unless that is your thing).
2.) Add beer to flour/corn starch/baking powder gradually until thick.
3.) Pat the onions dry with paper towels, dip in batter, and fry 'till golden brown (I prefer a shallow fry in about a half inch of oil and flip when I see the browning creep on the sides).
4.) Remove on to paper towels and immediately sprinkle with kosher salt.
Favorite dips: Stubbs original with a squeeze of citrus, Ranch, or a mayo sour cream/yogurt bleu cheese.
Less than 15 minutes for sheer Nirvana.
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Apparently you did not read the government study. Anyway back to the topic. This is another reason why homeschooling is becoming popular.
A lifetime ago, I worked in a Japanese restaurant. On slow nights, we would sometimes make our own onion rings. We always had onions in the kitchen, we had batter, we had panko, and we had hot oil. We’d slice up two or three large onions into rings, dust them with the tempura-ko (the batter mix), dunk them into some prepared batter, then pack on the panko. After a short fry in the tempura fryer, both BOH and FOH staff were happily munching away on the best onion rings we ever had.
I’m gonna have to make some onion rings soon.
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Considering how magnificent fresh made onion rings are (and how quick/easy they are to make), I have to think most restaurants (not just fast food) use frozen. Don’t get me wrong - I have had amazing ones in restaurants, most of those have been slightly higher end places like steak houses.
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Many people who had fish allergies were getting sick from the fries. The fries were fried in the same fryers and oil as the Filet O’Fish, thus the allergic reactions. I don’t when that stopped, but it was a problem in the mid-70’s.
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And you don’t see the irony here at all? The majority of your posts declare that because YOU want something, a company should provide it, despite most people not wanting (or caring about) it.
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You know for a fact most people don’t like what you don’t or care? When did you take that survey about McDonald’s fries past and present? I bet most people if given a choice would choose the tallow fries in a side by side. Maybe one day your favorite food will cease to exist. Then let us know what you think. I’m curious.
Not my point at all, but you do you.
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whatever you say and I will
Which fries would be your first and second choice? Choose up to 2.
- Beef tallow fries
- Vegetable oil fries
- Peanut oil fries
- Duck fat fries
- Horse fat fries
- Canola oil fries
- Coconut oil fries
- Shortening fries
- Lard fries
- Schmaltz fries
- Air Fryer Fries
- Baked Fries
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Which of these fries are you more likely to avoid?
- Beef Tallow Fries
- Vegetable Oil Fries
- Horse Fat Fries
- Duck Fat Fries
- Peanut Oil Fries
0 voters
I would think those were some awesome rings. That Tempura style is fantastic. Probably the only food I would eat that is Japanese. I wonder if they make Tempura beef, pork, and chicken? I have only had the shrimp which seems to be the most popular.
Speaking of Japanese food. Once I went to this place called Gasho of Japan. Somewhere east of me. Anyway we sat around this hibachi grill I think it was. So then the time to order came and I noticed the menu was not a large selection like I am used too, but a decent amount to choose from anyway. I thought that is odd. So I picked a dish that was cooked of course and had chicken in it. The rest of the group ordered their food as well.
Then the chef comes out and fires up the grill right in front of us. He starts his circus act and makes some shrimp and then starts throwing them into peoples open mouths. When he looked at me, I said no thanks and waved my hand. Threw one at my wife and it missed and stained her white blouse with soy sauce. Then the next round of food which appeared to be our main meals started. So he piles on the rice, vegetables, sauces, etc. A big pile I thought for one person, wow we will get alot. I expected him to start with one person’s individual meal and then clear the grill and make the next and so on. Much to my surprise he starts handing out plates to all of us. I thought to myself surely we all did not order the same entrée, so what is going on here? He made a big pile of food with a few ingredients and gave it to everyone. So no matter what you picked to eat from the menu, you got the same as everyone else. I thought this can’t be. I ordered a specific dish and you give me my food from the same pile? He then leaves and that was that. So thank God someone in the group ordered Tempura Shrimp and shared it. Because if it were not for the shrimp, I would have had nothing to eat. The pile of slop he gave us was just a plate of rice, peas, soy sauce, and maybe diced meat of some type. I was astounded by the experience. I expected to eat a great meal. And I end up with just a show, a pile of rice, with peas, and a stain on the wife’s clothing. Needless to say that I never went back. A waste of money. Unless you like paying to watch someone flip knives and pepper shakers, but bring a sandwich.
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lol, like the votes here will be accurate and honest of the population. I will predict your friends here, contacts, and colleges will flood the survey with anti natural fats from animals. Oh and you forgot Lard.
Those rings were not “tempura-style”, because they were panko-breaded. Strictly speaking, they were “furai”-style. We did tempura onion rings, too: just dipped in batter and fried. Also good.
As for your Japanese restaurant experience, it doesn’t sound terribly Japanese to me. Or rather, it DOES sound terribly Japanese to me.
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I live in Canada. I have only met a dozen of the people who post on Hungry Onion, and I don’t think any of them have voted in those polls yet. I am sure the posters who identify as my friend will post to say how they voted if it makes a difference to you. So far, only a few people have voted.
Lard is listed on my first poll. I didn’t bother posting it on the which fried you would avoid poll, since it’s a rare type of fry to find in North America.
For the record, I have never seen lard fries anywhere.
I am not a French Fry nor onion ring expert so I will defer to Mr. 8’s knowledge of the subject.
Just trying to figure out how colleges are conspiring with the deep state to eradicate beef tallow.
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Arthur Bryant’s used lard with skin-on fresh fries.
The pinnacle.
Can’t say if they still do as I haven’t been there forever.
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