Anybody need any onions? I made the ultimate impulse purchase at the Cash & Carry the other day. I went in to get some of those paper napkins you put in a dispenser like they have in a diner. (I had found a very cool Jade-ite green plastic one from the 40s or 50s in a thrift shop. Martha Stewart must have missed that one.) I came out with a bundle of napkins and a 50-pound bag of onions. Hey, I could not resist: it was only four (yes, 4) bucks. For the onions, not the napkins. They were even cheaper. So now I am handing them out (the onions, not the napkins) to friends and neighbors (as well as friends who also are neighbors). And I am getting ready to make Marysville’s largest-ever vat of onion soup, some Swiss onion pies, roasted onions and root vegetables and then I’ll chop up some to freeze. All onion recipes welcome, provided they call for at least 5 large yellow ones.
Here is a recipe for beer batter for onion rings, enjoy!
2 eggs – beaten
12 oz. beer
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp baking powder
milk if needed, cornstarch if needed.
Combine eggs and beer. Add dry ingredients all at once. Mix until smooth. Adjust consistency as needed. If batter is heavy, add a little milk, if too thin, add a litte cornstarch. Do not over-mix.