Onion Rings Trivia | 30 facts about the snack

The onion rings are very popular snacks, that are usually added in or by the side of a burger.

Let’s find out more about the onion rings!

1. An onion ring is a form of appetizer or side dish.
2. It is commonly found in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and some parts of Asia, mainland Europe, and Latin America.
3. They generally consist of a cross-sectional “ring” of onion.
4. The circular structure of which lends itself well to this method of preparation dipped in batter or bread crumbs and then deep fried.
5. A variant is made with onion paste.
6. While typically served as a side dish, onion rings are often eaten by themselves.
7. The cooking process decomposes propanethial oxide in the onion into the sweet-smelling and tasting bispropenyl disulfide.
8. This is why they have a slightly sweet taste.
9. The exact origins of deep-fried onion rings are unknown.
10. However, a recipe for onions that are dipped in milk then dredged in flour and deep-fried appeared in a 1933 advertisement for Crisco in The New York Times Magazine.
11. A recipe for French Fried Onions may have appeared in the Middletown, New York Daily Times on 13 January 1910.
12. It does not claim to be the originator of the recipe.
13. One claimant to the invention of the onion ring is the Kirby’s Pig Stand restaurant chain, founded in Oak Cliff, Texas in the early 1920s. The once-thriving chain, whose heyday in the 1940s saw over 100 locations across the United States, also claims to be the originator of Texas toast.
14. John Mollard’s 1802 cookbook “The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined” (page 152) includes a recipe called “Fried Onions with Parmesan Cheese.”
15. The recipe suggests cutting onions into 1/2″ rings, dipping them into a batter made of flour, cream, salt and pepper, and Parmesan cheese, and then deep frying them in “boiling” lard. It further suggests serving them with a sauce made of melted butter and mustard.
16. Eating parsley will help get rid of onion breath.
17. A&W is credited for popularizing onion rings in the 1960s
18. The fastest time to peel 50 pounds of onions is 2 minutes 39 seconds
19. This was accomplished by Bob Blumer, and also happens to be the same amount of time it takes me to peel one onion.
20. Outback Steakhouse’s Bloomin’ Onion has 1948 cal and 160g fat.
21. In S02E09 of Breaking Bad, Jesse heads to the desert to cook some meth and brings along three bags of Funyuns. When Walt criticizes the choice, Jesse responds, “Funyuns are awesome!”
22. General Ulysses S. Grant told the federal government, “I will not move my army without onions!”
23. One onion ring ends up in every Burger King order of fries.
24. And it’s not random, as it is a kind reminder to customers that the BK Lounge offers more options than McDonald’s
25. US produces more than 2 million metric tons of onions annually.
26. China, though, is world’s largest producer of onions.
27. Americans consumer 20 pounds per person annually.
28. The Animated Series, Spaceballs, produced an episode called “Lord of the Onion Rings.”
29. It was a parody of Lord of the Rings in which Barf finds the One Onion Ring stuck in an old couch inside the Eagle 5.
30. Onion rings are (very) often eaten with burgers.