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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">From: <span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc.</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:roger.thijs@euro-support.be">roger.thijs@euro-support.be</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L "Delectabels"</span><br>
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Some time ago I asked for help on this list for finding a recipee for
"onion bricks". I got it once served in a restaurant downtown Evanston, IL,
around 1982 and I never found it somewhere afterwards. Thanks for all comments
on the list, but apparently nobody recognized it really.</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Since I have to be at an
exhibition ("ProMat") in Chicago
this week, I planned this Sunday for doing some research.</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">In the plane my neighbour,
actually from Baltimore,
told me it was served in his region in a restaurant chain "Bleu... and
someting I forgot". This gave me some hope.</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Saturday evening I did some
prospective walks in the blocks around the convention center South of
Chicago. Many blocks have most houses "for sale" or "for
leased" with all windows nailed with wooden cover plates. A Burger King
was still left operational in the area. I ordered a value meal with fish, as
well as onion rings. They actually replaced the fries with onion rings, instead
of giving the rings as apetizer or side dish, what I'm used to get.</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Sunday morning I toke
the light rail to Evanston
for seeing if could find back the restaurant of 1982. However it was raining
heavily and intermiittently. I only could get one street far from the downtown
station "Davis", could recover and dry a bit in a Barnes & Noble
at the end of that street, returned in heavy rain to the station, with a stop
at at little restaurant "Dixie Kitchen". I had a "Southern
Sampler" for lunch, a variety of tasty stews and red beans over a layer of
rice, for 10.95 (+ drink, taxes and tip).</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Since I couldn't do very
much, I returned to the hotel and googled a bit. I found:</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackney%27s" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackney's</a></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">"The Onion Brick<br>
The onion brick is created with cutting fresh onions, a mix of secret
ingredients, and flour. It can be ordered as a full brick or half."</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">"Hackney's is a chain
of Irish family restaurants and bars located in the Chicago suburbs and the city."<br>
"Hackney's has received numerous favorable reviews from Chicago Tribune,
Food Network, and Chicago Sun Times."</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">So it still exists and I
should find it in Chicago.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">On the menu our
brick has an other name:</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.hackneys.net/fileadmin/pdf/menus/regular/hackneys-printers-menu.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hackneys.net/fileadmin/pdf/menus/regular/hackneys-printers-menu.pdf</a></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Hackney's Original French
Fried Onions,</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">our signature dish, named
one of the top 3 in the USA</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">full order 6.95 half order
5.95</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">This evening I went to their
restaurant at the corner of Polk
Street and Dearborn street in Printer Row, just
South of the Loop. The window at Polk street is
nailed with a wooden sheet cover. The front at Dearborn street urgently needs an
upgrade. I hesitated but finally entered. Inside it was very much alive at the
bar as well as at the eatery tables. A completely white skinned public of about
100 filled the space completely.</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Inside the waiter confirmed
the "French Fried Onions" are standing for a "onion brick".
So I ondered a full one.</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">What I got was a block of
onions of 20 cm long by 10 x 10 cm. The call it an appetizer, but if one
manages to eat this all, it is impossible to have it followed by any main
dish ("entree" they call it in the US).</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">It was less black
caramelized than the one of 1982, the rings were spiccled wit some dots of
browned flour (and not encapsulated in a complete crust as the ones of
Burger King). The whole block could easily been broken into pieces, while the
other one of 1982 needed to be hammered;</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Anyhow it was delicious.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Regards,</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Roger<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"></span></p>
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