@PlanettePMary yes, but there is more to it. Spotted the trick on a blog. It’s a game changer.

Buttermilk brine

Shake off

Dredge in flour

Shake off

Coat in egg/buttermilk

Shake off

Coat in oiled breadcrumbs, pack it onto onto rings

Cook

Enjoy.

“Eat more vegetables” in comfort food:

Air fryer onion rings with homemade harissa mayo.

The secret is to drizzle a bit of oil into breadcrumbs before breading*, then you don’t need to spray with oil, yet it gets crispy. Just applying fat differently changes everything.

I brined mine in buttermilk with lotsa salt & sriracha for 20 min, then dredged in flour/cornstarch, then egg (+ some of the buttermilk when done brining), then crumbs. #CoSoCooks #CoSoFood #CoSoRecipes

Quite the thrilling Saturday night. From my highest single-word score ever in “Scrabble” to a fresh pot of tea and finally acquiescing to watch British Masterchef. THRILLING, I say.

@EileenKCarpenter Aha. I did have to close the page. The entire right column disappeared. Thanks.

@ceorl Thanks -- but I had to close the tab and reopen the site for that to appear. It was all gone. Must be a bug.

Hey, folks -- I somehow accidentally unpinned my "community firehose" window on my desktop dashboard for #coso. How do I get it back?

If you're all "dang, I could eat me some fried chicken" now, well, say, partner, I think this could be the weekend for you.

Here's the recipe and the method to the madness of the twice-fried buttermilk-brined fried chicken.

https://www.seriouseats.com/the-food-lab-southern-fried-chicken-recipe

CRONCHYCRONCHY, Abe!

@annamuneca Thanks! Should be tasty as heck. It's resting in the fridge till my friend arrives, then gets fried again until thunder-crunchy and hot to eat.

Serious Eats recipe: https://www.seriouseats.com/the-food-lab-southern-fried-chicken-recipe

Half-way through the twice-fried fried chicken process on Serious Eats. It will be “women eating chicken and salad” for girl’s night in a glorious way. CRONCH CRONCH.

@Kelownagurl what kinda questions did you ask?

Got a letter from my father's older sister. He'd have been 80 this year. She must be close to 90. Hand-written. Amazing that she's so bright and communicative still -- she goes dancing and everything. Pretty fab.

I will write her back later. How lovely.

@chuckwendig It is hunky-dory.

Curious what such a serial-tweetist like you thinks about the 500-character limit here? Is it head-explodey to consider?

It's nice to see this place is crashing from new interest. I remember joining Twitter (14 years ago yesterday, actually) and walking in and going, "Yeah, this'll never fucking take off, man."

Then I blew out my back a few months later, was flat on my floor for three months, and Twitter became my social lifeline when I was housebound.

Leaving it would be... weird. But there needs to be something to leave it for.

@Angry HOLA. Yeah, it’ll be interesting to see if an exodus happens. At least it’s an option.

Covering my ass and getting in while the getting is good. Hopefully Musk won’t destroy Twitter but here we are, just in case.

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