Hoppin’ John’s Crunchy Onion Rings

John Martin Taylor (aka Hoppin’ John), Lowcountry aficionado and frymaster, chooses this way to fry onions—so I do. The recipe, adapted from The Fearless Frying Cookbook, begins with this comment: “If you dip onion rings in milk and flour, they’ll fry to a golden brown with a crispy coating, but I prefer this thick