FUN YOUNG ONION RINGS

Become the Lord of the Onion Rings

It’s hard to say no to someone who is fun and young (and legal, obviously). The same goes for a delicious side order liked baked onion rings. These finger foods are lower in fat so it doesn’t feel like a brick floating in your rotting guts. That’s one less reason to not get laid. These will keep you satisfied, but limber enough to make your move. Your date won’t complain about these rings being too oily and ruining their favorite outfit when you put your ungreasy paws all over them. So grope away like Frodo, the Lord of the Onion Rings.

Total time: approximately 30 minutes
Projected cost: $4
Drinking Buddy: Beer or soda

Ingredients:
1. 1 cup of cornflakes
2. 1 teaspoon of Cajun seasoning
3. 1 tablespoon of sugar
4. ½ teaspoon of salt
5. 1 egg
6. 1 onion cut into ½ rounds, then rings separated

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. First crush the cornflakes without pulverizing them. Combine together with Cajun seasoning, salt and sugar. In a separate bowl, beat an egg thoroughly. Dip the separated onion rings in the egg and then the cornflake breading.

Step 2
Lay each dipped onion ring on a greased baking sheet. Throw into the oven and cook until the breading is crispy and clings to the onions (approx 20-25 min). Use a spatula to pry each onion ring off. Serve them up on a plate with your favorite condom-ment

Fun with Fondant.

My first practice for the wedding cupcake decor, proper colors and all.

I bought some adorable little flower molds, some pre-packaged fondant and gumpaste, turquoise food color, and some other fun bits and pieces. Finally got it all out today and had a ball. It’s practically like being in kindergarten again, except the play-doh IS actually edible this time.

Tell me, what is the difference between fondant and gumpaste? I tried both, and the flowers and hearts made from each ended up looking exactly the same. The fondant dried quicker, but the gumpaste seemed like it dried harder. Any seasoned pros out there: for decorations like these, which one is better? Or is one better? Any chance marzipan would work for decorations like these, since it’d be the best tasting of the lot, but I’m not sure it would harden right, especially for the hearts.

I really love the way the little ampersand hearts came out. I had a stamp custom made with the ampersand we’ve been using as our monogram, and it was perfect for embossing right onto the fondant. I have a thing for ampersands. It’s a slight problem. But it’s probably why I was so tickled with these. I can’t decide if I want to do a mix of flowers and hearts, or stick with one for consistency.

Of course there’s always the issue of having all the cupcakes “match”. These cupcakes (Mexican Hot Chocolate… yum) are perfect since the white frosting takes the turquoise so well. We’re also doing the almond cupcakes, which have a chocolate frosting, that I thought would look cute with turquoise flowers and hearts. Haven’t decided on the other flavor(s) yet, though I’ve made a few recently that are definitely contenders. Just not sure if I should pick a cupcake for taste, or for looks (for example, the pink frosting from the Strawberry Lemonade cupcakes wouldn’t match too well with the turquoise/black color scheme).

I may just have to leave it up to democracy. Do I smell a poll? What? Maybe…