On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 22:55:08 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 19:51:19 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Did y'all know there are something like 2,500 calories in one Bloomin'
>>>Onion? LOL. Of course they taste good! But I don't think one person
>>>eats the whole thing by themselves, do they?
>>>
>>>You can probably find a batter recipe at "copycat recipes," or the
>>>like...just
>>>Google for a recipe.
>>>
>>>There is even a cutting gadget for sale that you can use to cut the onion
>>>into
>>>its blossom shape.
>>
>> Wikipedia says it is American in origin, this is the first I've heard
>> of them.
>
>They are nasty. I could swear that I got one at Chili's some years back. I
>know that we ate at a Chili's once. Can't remember what state it was in.
>Might have had another name to it but was an onion cut up like a flower,
>battered and deep fried. Very, very greasy.

I'm not exactly curious enough to try one myself.