So I'm still having no real help from the oral ketamine medication, still sleeping on the Naltrexone(somewhat), but that's not why I'm posting today.
I have discovered the secret to amazing onion ring happiness. I mean, wow, and even my picky step-dad liked them. I just love home made onion rings better anyway because they aren't so greasy and heavy, and onion rings are one of my favorite side snacks anyway. My step-dad was making teriyaki burgers for us all last night for dinner, so I offered to make onion rings for the side dish thing. Of course they were sliced into rings, dredged in flour, then egg whites, but I really like spices and flavorings and wanted to do something different with them. I used panko Japanese breadcrumbs, which aren't my favorite because they don't stick as well as regular tiny finely chopped breadcrumbs, but they helped keep the onions light and gave me a pretty blank flavor profile to work with. They definitely needed a LOT of salt, I put a pinch, like a real, culinary pinch, not a shy, few-crystals pinch. I also threw in garlic powder, I could have used minced garlic but I wanted the coating to stay dry and I was already hurting from cutting the onions so I didn't want to mess with another knife. What really helped it out though was probably the Italian seasoning and curry powder. I LOVE the smell of curry powder, and I didn't use a whole ton, probably just over a teaspoon, but it gave a background kick to the onion rings that was really great. As soon as I offered to make them I knew I wanted to use that curry powder, I just thought it sounded really delicious and had to incorporate it. They did need more salt sprinkled over them after they were done baking though, that panko is just so bland...
