On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 16:39:58 GMT, blake murphy >
wrote:

>On Sun, 7 Oct 2007 07:32:47 -0400, "kilikini"

>>I've been staying out of this, but I have to say I love panko. It's light,
>>it's crunchy, and isn't that what a breading *should* be?
>>
>>kili
>>
>
>but it's ****ing un-american!
>
>your pal,
>blake

I happen to love panko too.
All this talk about it, has me thinking about fixing some chicken with
it tonight. Either chicken fingers, (which didn't turn out right with
just regular bread crumbs) or a chicken weiner schnitzel.

I know I can tell the difference. I have fixed both of these things
with regular bread coarse bread crumbs, and with panko. While the
regular coarse bread crumbs were okay and gave a rather crispy
texture, there was absolutely no comparison to the ones made with
panko. Much, much more crispy.

Just my experience.

Christine