Random comment but if you like fried onion, take a fennel bulb, cut it into strips, then deep fry those until crispy and brown, then toss in some seasoning. The licorice taste becomes pretty muted and even people who don’t like fennel will be like “oh that’s good it tastes like a fried onion”

no need to even bread or batter them i just raw dogged it into the oil

I bet it’d be really good with that horseradish mayo