Onions Were Cultivated In 5000 BC. Onion Rings Developed In Early 1900s

One onion ring ends up in every Burger King order of fries. This serves to remind customers that BK offers more options than McDonald’s.

On June 22nd, National Onion Rings Day celebrates a batter-dipped, deep-fried bite of deliciousness that rings in the day.

Also found in Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and some parts of Asia, the exact origin of onion rings is unknown.

5000 BC – The oldest known cultivation of onion dates back to around 5,000 BCE.
3000 BC – In ancient Egypt, onions were worshiped. Ancient Egyptians believed that concentric rings and the spherical shape of the onions were symbols of eternity.
1802 – John Mollard writes a recipe for ‘Fried Onions with Parmesan Cheese’ in his cookbook “The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined.”
1865 – General Ulysses S. Grant told the federal government, “I will not move my army without onions!”
1910 – Some believe that a recipe for French Fried Onions (not claiming to be the originator of the recipe) appeared in the Middletown, NY Daily Times on January 13, 1910.
1920s – A Texas restaurant chain, Kirby’s Pig Stand, starts serving onion rings.
1933 – A recipe for deep-fried onion rings dipped in milk and then dredged in flour appeared in a 1933 Crisco advertisement in The New York Times Magazine.
1960s – Onion rings became popular when added to the menus of A&W Restaurants.
1987 – Spaceballs: The Animated Series produced an episode called “Lord of the Onion Rings.”
2015 – A meta-analysis shows that onions play a vital role in reducing the risk of gastric cancer.
2015 – a team in the UK created an onion ring weighing over 1 kilogram (about 2.2 pounds). The enormous ring required industrial-sized frying equipment. It was displayed at a food festival and later enjoyed by attendees.
2017 – Culver’s served 9,326,744 orders of Onion Rings. That’s more Onion Rings than there are people in Culver’s home state of Wisconsin!
The US produces more than 2 million metric tons of onions annually.
Americans consume 20 pounds of onion rings per person annually.
China is the world’s largest producer of onions.
Libya’s per capita onion consumption is a whopping 66.8 pounds per year.
Eating parsley will help get rid of onion breath.
The fastest time to peel 50 pounds of onions is 2 minutes 39 seconds.
Outback Steakhouse’s Bloomin’ Onion has 1948 calories and 160 grams of fat.
One onion ring ends up in every Burger King order of fries. This serves to remind customers that BK offers more options than McDonald’s.
Most of Culver’s white onions come from the Treasure Valley region of Idaho and Oregon, where approximately 21,000 acres of onions are planted every year.
An Onion is considered to have antiseptic properties; hence, it was widely used during wartime to heal wounds.
The risk of several types of cancer such as ovarian cancer, laryngeal cancer, colorectal cancer, etc. can be reduced significantly by consuming up to 7 servings of onions per week. Onions have Quercetin – a very potent anti-cancer agent.
McDonald’s briefly sold their own version of the onion ring, the onion nugget, but they were unsuccessful.
Burger King’s onion rings don’t actually contain real onions. They are made of breading with dehydrated onion and onion powder.
There are many variations of breading, but the two most popular are either flour-based or breadcrumb-based.
Elba, New York, is known as the onion capital of the world.
California produces more onions than any other state.
Libya consumes more onions per capita than any other country.