Got it, thanks for the advice. I’ve been playing around with dry rubs and seasoning with oils, so I’ll make sure to try it with oil.

I start with Kinder’s lemon pepper, I believe they use lemon zest and oil. I add granulated garlic, ground ginger, dash of turmeric, dash of old bay, sometimes cumin, sea salt, and some fresh cracked pepper. I add enough of the other spices to not take over but to give it some depth of flavor. I can’t stand stuff that tastes flat.

Yeah, it’s been real good, I’ve just about perfected my lemon pepper blend and if adding some corn starch takes it over the top then I’ve got to at least try it.

Thanks for the tip. I’m supposed to avoid gluten, so whenever I can I try to omit wheat. I have heard before that the secret to fried chicken is adding corn starch to the flour, so I’ll start there, if it’s still not crispy enough I’ll try adding flour, and perhaps I can find a GF kind that works well.

I’ve mostly done Korean bbq, I try to stay away from fried foods. And I have heard a lot of recipes and social media posts say to use corn starch. If they ever said why, I missed it.

I’ve been making my own oven baked buffalo style wings, with good results baking completely then broiling to crisp up the skin. I eventually got an air-fryer to aid in the process, but both yield almost identical results. Double broiling or double air-frying helps get it crispier. So I think corn starch is what’s been missing to get that extra crisp and not have to cook it as long.

You said corn starch helps get the skin crispy? I’ll have to try that. I’ve got my seasonings down, but getting all the way crisp is sometimes a challenge.

Does corn starch also help with browning your meat or veg, giving it a more crispy char?

Wow 🤩! Looks delicious. Great work. What kind of sandwich did you end up making with them?

Restaurants that ask should be making their own ground beef, that’s the difference. So unless minced their own beef then its something I would politely decline.

If those were your intentions, then your strategy is flawed.

If those were your intentions, then your strategy is flawed. Jumping in an calling folks toxic is indeed not “just trying to understand the intensity of the conflict,” nor is it an effective strategy for discovering the nuance of a situation.

All this talk of toxicity and you don’t realize you’re a part of it. Yikes