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A ruffly strip of well-seethed bacon delivers a clean crack that in Japan is called kari kari, as opposed to shaki shaki (a gushy bite, as of an apple right off the tree), saku saku (a fracture cushioned by richness, as found in buttery cookies and chicharrón--- pork skins dropped in hot oil, where they expand like clouds), gari gari (a hard crunch, like ice, that taxes the jaw), bari bari (the kind of delicate shattering epitomized by a rice cracker), and pari pari (the even more evanescent sha
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― The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024
― The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024
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While their may be some exceptions (the aforementioned patty melt, French onion soup, etc.), by in large the flavor and crunchiness of a raw onion in comparison to its cooked version is vastly superior.
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