Grammy-winning singer Lorde joined “high priest of the hot sauce universe” Sean Evans on Hot Ones this week, remaining admirably composed as she happily worked her way through Evans’ selection of high-Scoville sauces as though they were simply sharing a normal lunch.
Speaking about her new album Solar Power, becoming famous at 16, and her love of New Zealand cheese, Lorde also finally provided the criteria she uses to judge onion rings on her Instagram account famously dedicated to the fried snack.
“I want an onion that has been cut thickly,” Lorde told Evans, indicating with her fingers just how big she’s talking. “I want a pretty toothsome vertical bite. I want a pretty crisp yet thick crust, you know, I want it to have some substance. I guess I’d probably more be into a battered than a crumbed if forced to make a choice, so that’s maybe the way that my bias skews. I like a white onion, although I have had a few red onion rings that have caught my eye.”
Of course, a Lorde-approved onion ring also has to cleanly yield when bitten.
“Nothing worse than the threads,” said Lorde. “Makes a mockery of the institution.”
