T.G.I. Friday’s Onion Rings

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T.G.I. Friday's Onion Rings

Looks: The image on the packaging conveniently omits all of the hat-shaped onion end-pieces which seemed to comprise my entire box, but the color and texture are appropriately represented. 4 out of 5

Taste: The onion is sweet, the breading is crunchy, and they taste great dipped in ketchup, catsup, or Generic Tomato-Based Dipping Sauce. To more adequately describe these rings, allow me to draw upon personal experience: in my life, I have encountered three types of onion rings:

  1. “Onion” rings, which are essentially deep-fried breading with the faintest bit of onion inside – these are what Burger King sells.
  2. Onion “rings”, which are more onion than anything else, with not enough breading to adequately cover and give structure to the onion. These are found at 2nd-tier concession stands and poorly-run restaurants.
  3. “Onion rings” – healthy slices of white onion with healthy amounts of breading. Both components have their own flavors, and both textures are detectable in your mouth.

These rings are definitely a variant of #3. They have enough breading to make you feel bad about yourself for eating the entire box, but enough onion to make you feel good about yourself for eating an entire vegetable. 4 out of 5

6 Comments

  1. Frank says:

    I have to agree as well. Lots of hats. These rings are pretty good for store bought.

  2. Kat says:

    These look delicous. How many calories per serving?

  3. Lisa says:

    Send me all your hats! ๐Ÿ™‚ Those are my favorite.

    My first time visiting your site, I love it!

  4. Zest says:

    look yummy !!

  5. Onion Riiiiiings. And now I’m hungry.

    (I like your blog! I hopped over here from a link someone posted in a Jezebel.com comment. ๐Ÿ™‚

  6. The Fuhrer says:

    Are they German?

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