Quote:"Wings [used to be] considered scraps. [They were] sold for pennies, and sometimes used to make soup," Reynolds told us. "One morning, [Bellissimo] received a crate of them by mistake, [and] could not possibly make enough soup to use them all."
The fiesty Bellissimo was irritated by the error and wanted to return the wings to her distributor, Reynolds explained, but her mild-mannered husband protested. By the next day, Bellissimo had come up with a solution. She decided to deep-fry the naked wings, dress them in a mixture of vinegar and butter, and serve them with sticks of celery and a rich blue cheese dressing.
"Business boomed. The Anchor Bar expanded. Others wanted in," Reynolds said. "Dom Zanghi, who was a friend of the Bellissimos, recalled that in the 1960s local restaurant owners would sidle up to him, naked, in the steam rooms of downtown Buffalo, offering to bribe him for the recipe.”
I was checking the prices of our frozen varieties of chicken wings today, hence the idea for this thread. So to start, do you chicken pluckers eat the wings? Do you cook from scratch (pun intended) or buy them prepared and cook them at home. Maybe you go to a restaurant or bar and see if you can scorch your tonsils with hot wings?
So 'fess up whether you are of fowl or vegan persuasion.
(Aug 31, 2016 11:38 PM)scheherazade Wrote: I was checking the prices of our frozen varieties of chicken wings today, hence the idea for this thread. So to start, do you chicken pluckers eat the wings? Do you cook from scratch (pun intended) or buy them prepared and cook them at home. Maybe you go to a restaurant or bar and see if you can scorch your tonsils with hot wings? So 'fess up whether you are of fowl or vegan persuasion.
I've finally sworn them off (except when someone else is buying or serving).
My present rant related to prepared frozen chicken wings is that almost all of them include a packet of sauce which displaces the equivalent of 4 wings which means you are paying far more than you should for the protein component. Most of the sauces are predominantly water, sugar with a few spices and thickener and are nothing to write home about so an effective way for the producer to increase their profit margin by adding nothing of real value. Bah, humbug!
The plain salt and pepper wings are your best bet and you can purchase or make the sauce of your choice while enjoying an extra serving of meaty wings.
(Sep 1, 2016 07:17 PM)scheherazade Wrote: My present rant related to prepared frozen chicken wings is that almost all of them include a packet of sauce which displaces the equivalent of 4 wings which means you are paying far more than you should for the protein component. Most of the sauces are predominantly water, sugar with a few spices and thickener and are nothing to write home about so an effective way for the producer to increase their profit margin by adding nothing of real value. Bah, humbug!
The plain salt and pepper wings are your best bet and you can purchase or make the sauce of your choice while enjoying an extra serving of meaty wings.
That would be irritating. The DIY approach to chicken parts is still there, but only via having to pay extra for a sauce that's going to be discarded or at least isn't up to personal preference.
Another interesting twist is that some clever marketers have actually divided the wing and advertise them as 'Flats' or 'Drummettes', thereby allowing the customer to select for their personal preference.
Then they sell 'boneless wings' which are not wings at all, simply small chunks of breast meat that are prepared in the same manner and general shape of wings. I'm not sure if there any rules in this game, lol, as to what actually constitutes a 'wing'.
Meanwhile, the following image had me rolling in the aisle so with all gender stereotypes on hold, enjoy...
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Aug 31, 2016 11:38 PM
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