Why not try for yourself and see? Give a few different recipes a try and see what you think.
Myself, I like making my own much better. I could never understand the argument that pancake mix actually makes anything any easier too, there's not that much in a basic pancake recipe.
I worked on some onion rings using flour, salt, baking powder, and different spices.
They seemed rather bland. Salt was added afterward. Hot sauce was added to the batter, it helped a little.
Previously I was just cooking them by dipping in egg, and then tossing in bread crumbs, repeating this twice seemed to give them a nice breading.
I really liked the way those taste and the texture, but I was curious to try the other method (Batter) because almost all recipes used a batter, not bread crumbs.
I was playing in the kitchen today and, just for the heck of it, tried dredging onion rings in plain cornstarch and frying them. They were pretty thin, but were crisp and tasted terrific! I think that's going to be my new go-to recipe when I need a quick side. It was so fast and easy.
You know, Granny, if you dip in cornstarch instead of flour, when batter frying, the batter sticks better. And, IMO, the whole thing tastes better as well.
KY, I just used cornstarch and no batter, just to see what would happen. Much to my surprise, they were pretty good!
I usually dredge things with cornstarch before battering because I prefer the crispiness and lightness it gives food. I even do it if I'm breading something - cornstarch, egg, crumbs.
I've never used eggs in my biscuits, but cut in shortening for the fat.
It has been a while but I used to do onion rings with a simple batter consisting of equal volumes of beer and flour.
mjb.
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