On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:10:26 -0400, Cheryl >
wrote:

>On 4/29/2012 7:56 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> Cheryl wrote:
>>>
>>> Part of dinner for tonight. A Vidalia onion. Several rings or more
>>> accurately onion straws, missing because they are delicious. I fried in
>>> peanut oil. I've never used it before.
>>>
>>> http://i49.tinypic.com/23pow5.jpg
>>
>> Looks good but I'll have mine cooked a little longer, please... I like
>> high brown.
>
>I do too but these were plenty crunchy. I think the color is due to
>peanut oil. The onions were soft and totally cooked and I was shocked
>at the lack of browning on most of them.

Maybe the oil needed to be hotter... peanut oil has a high smoke point
so it can withstand higher temperatures.