Happy Onion Ring Day.
This seems to be a random day for a side dish holiday. National French Fry Day is July 13, and I’d much rather celebrate that. I have nothing against onion rings (I love them in a Carls Jr. Western Bacon Cheeseburger), but I never order them as my side dish. The only time I eat them is if someone else orders them as an appetizer for the table.
There is one exception. When we feel like eating extremely unhealthy, Hubby uses his Fryer Daddy and makes Nathan’s Frozen Onion Rings. When they first come out of the oil, they are really good. However, even though I have three bags left, we’re not frying anything right now. So I will probably end up baking Nathan’s onion rings, but I know they won’t be nearly as good.
I’ve just realized that I eat more onion rings than I thought I did. I still don’t like them that much, which makes my ring consumption pretty weird. All I wanted to do was give you some onion ring facts, and I went on a soul-searching trip. Since you stuck with me this far, enjoy some onion rings facts, and if you like onion rings, enjoy those today, too.
Ring in some onion ring facts:
- Onion rings are considered American cuisine
- The exact inventor of the onion is unknown. (it was probably made at home before it came to restaurants.) However:
- A recipe for French Fried Onions was printed in a New York newspaper in 1910.
- Kirby’s Pig Stand opened in Texas in the 1920s. They claim to have invented the onion ring.
- And 1802 cookbook included a recipe for “Fried Onions with Parmesan Cheese.”
- Americans eat 20 pounds of onion rings a year on average.
Someone else is eating our share!