Surely this recipe is wrong. I do like tonic water but I should think these
would turn out bitter. Do you think they meant seltzer? That was my first
thought and I see that others thought the same.

http://www.vegetariantimes.com/recip...d-onion-rings/

On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 00:19:46 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>Surely this recipe is wrong. I do like tonic water but I should think these
>would turn out bitter. Do you think they meant seltzer? That was my first
>thought and I see that others thought the same.
>
>http://www.vegetariantimes.com/recip...d-onion-rings/


I may try that. The tonic water may just give them a little tang. I
don't see it as being bitter at all.

On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 5:54:42 AM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 00:19:46 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
> >Surely this recipe is wrong. I do like tonic water but I should think these
> >would turn out bitter. Do you think they meant seltzer? That was my first
> >thought and I see that others thought the same.
> >
> >http://www.vegetariantimes.com/recip...d-onion-rings/
>
>
> I may try that. The tonic water may just give them a little tang. I
> don't see it as being bitter at all.

I don't imagine the quinine would be detectable after cooking, and
the slight amount of sugar would promote browning.

Cindy Hamilton

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 00:19:46 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>Surely this recipe is wrong. I do like tonic water but I should think
>>these
>>would turn out bitter. Do you think they meant seltzer? That was my first
>>thought and I see that others thought the same.
>>
>>http://www.vegetariantimes.com/recip...d-onion-rings/
>
>
> I may try that. The tonic water may just give them a little tang. I
> don't see it as being bitter at all.

Maybe not. I always had it with gin and gin is bitter.

No question club soda works great....but so does beer, which gives a
tang to the taste as well as bubbles.

N.

Nancy2 wrote:
>
> No question club soda works great....but so does beer, which gives a
> tang to the taste as well as bubbles.

It's co2 bubbles that help keep the batter light. I use cold seltzer but
I don't know if that would even help with oven baked battered foods.
Works great in the instant-heat, quick-cook deep frying. I always make a
tempura batter for coated foods.

I don't think I would batter them then coat with bread crumbs either.
Sounds like coating-overkill for a delicate slice of onion to me. The
finished picture of them didn't look very good at all.

I seriously doubt any restaurant would serve onion rings made that way.

But...YMMV :-D Let us know how they turned out, Julie.

On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 09:18:18 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Nancy2 wrote:
>>
>> No question club soda works great....but so does beer, which gives a
>> tang to the taste as well as bubbles.
>
>It's co2 bubbles that help keep the batter light. I use cold seltzer but
>I don't know if that would even help with oven baked battered foods.
>Works great in the instant-heat, quick-cook deep frying. I always make a
>tempura batter for coated foods.
>
>I don't think I would batter them then coat with bread crumbs either.
>Sounds like coating-overkill for a delicate slice of onion to me. The
>finished picture of them didn't look very good at all.
>
>I seriously doubt any restaurant would serve onion rings made that way.
>
>But...YMMV :-D Let us know how they turned out, Julie.

I agree that the bread crumbs would make them Onion Rings a la TIAD.
However that 6 ounces of tonic water is crying for two ounces of gin.
Hey, if ****ghetti with vodka sauce is a big hit fried onions a la 2ni
would be a blockbuster.

"Nancy2" > wrote in message
...
> No question club soda works great....but so does beer, which gives a
> tang to the taste as well as bubbles.

Can't use beer though.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Nancy2 wrote:
>>
>> No question club soda works great....but so does beer, which gives a
>> tang to the taste as well as bubbles.
>
> It's co2 bubbles that help keep the batter light. I use cold seltzer but
> I don't know if that would even help with oven baked battered foods.
> Works great in the instant-heat, quick-cook deep frying. I always make a
> tempura batter for coated foods.
>
> I don't think I would batter them then coat with bread crumbs either.
> Sounds like coating-overkill for a delicate slice of onion to me. The
> finished picture of them didn't look very good at all.
>
> I seriously doubt any restaurant would serve onion rings made that way.
>
> But...YMMV :-D Let us know how they turned out, Julie.

I won't be making them until the weather cools. Looks like summer is finally
here. For a few days anyway.

I hate gin and tonic.

In article >,
says...
>
> I hate gin and tonic.

Are you saying that the morning after?

The tonic I got was Scweppes (sp? too, is it any good?

On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 16:36:36 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

>The tonic I got was Scweppes (sp? too, is it any good?

I would rate that the best, it was the original.

coltwvu wrote:
>
>I hate gin and tonic.

I had to have a look at the poster, I would have bet Bove.
It's probably the tonic you hate, you love all the gin you can
swallow.