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Default Is this Australian? "Bloomin Onion"

On 8/4/2016 2:54 AM, wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 19:37:17 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
> wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 4:05:10 PM UTC-10, wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I like them once in awhile. Same thing as fresh onion rings to me.

>>
>> I have had those novelty dishes a couple of times. These days the idea of eating one of those greasy things makes me feel ill. OTOH, I'd probably eat some if it was in front of me. Heck, I'd probably eat practically anything at the moment. I feel the urge for pancakes and onion rings.
>>
>> For lunch I had a Nongshim Bowl Noodle. It was pretty good - and cheap, but now I'm as hungry as a bear. Here's what was in it. At least, that's what they claim.
>>
>> Ingredients
>> Wheat Flour, Palm Oil, Potato Starch, Modified Potato Starch, Salt, Corn Flour, and less than 2% of the following: Beef Bone Stock, Beef Concentrate, Beef Tallow, Beta Carotene Color, Casein, Citric Acid, Corn Syrup, Cottonseed Oil, Dextrin, Dextrose, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate, DL-Methionine, Eggs, Garlic, Ginger, Glucose, Green Onions, L-Alanine, L-Cystine, Maltodextrin, Mono And Diglycerides, Monosodium Glutamate, Mushrooms, Natural Flavorings, Onion, Paprika Color, Pollock, Potassium Carbonate, Riboflavin Color, Sodium Carbonate, Sodium Phosphates, Sorbitol, Soybean, Soy Protein, Spices, Succinic Acid, Sugar, Tapioca Starch, TBHQ, Thiamine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B1), Tocopherol, Wheat Starch, Yeast Extract.
>>
>> My guess is that it probably won't kill me. I only list it here to alarm some jumpy folks.

>
> That's nearly as bad as the list of ingredients on most commercial
> icecream
>


I'm preparing my body for even more dangerous feats of eating. My aim is
to be the David Blane of rfc. Stay tuned!