Yes, but it looks unflattering to put a whole wing in your mouth at once and then have them come out cleaned to the bone.

i prefer fried to being half-baked in a rancid ass bbq/"hot" sauce.

Are "buffalo wings" the same as good old honest to goodness HOT WINGS as found in Dallas Fried Chicken et al?

I thought they did originate in Buffalo

I ate 32 in one sitting once, I was quite proud of this. and (for shame) it was at a hooters in Jacksonville)

2) ts: drumstick vs. wing?
Wing!

4) people breading them - wtf?
I dunno.

5) when david letterman quizzed jessica simpson on her previous belief that buffalo wings came from buffalo was her response really "I ask the questions others are afraid to ask"?
Sounds too intelligent to have come out of Jessica Simpson's mouth. If it'd been Kelly Osbourne, on the other hand, maybe.

6) people ordering 'mild' ones - wtf?
They is pain weenies.

7) is there any way to eat them that doesn't make you feel like an animal?
Nope. Gotta satiate those primeval urges somehow.

8) I don't think I saw buffalo wings on the menu anywhere in europe - has it not 'broke' there yet?
Dunno. But sports bars aren't really huge deals in Europe, are they?

9) how come you can't get good mexican food in europe?
This question is really too silly to answer. Though I do know of people of Mexican ancestry living in England....

10) if you've ever worked in a place that made them how long until you were able to eat them again?
n/a

Me: "Bitch, you know i like mine with Bovril."

Hooters Waitress: *Kicks me in the face*

Me: "Damn, yo."

Random Dude: "AH SNAP!"

The entire state of Arkansas is one large chicken farm (or it seems to be).

1 GA 1,247,300

2 AR 1,170,900

3 AL 1,007,600

4 MS 765,300

5 NC 712,300

6 TX 565,500

United States Total 8,389,100

So the total number of chickens produced each year = 8.3 billion

Buffalo Wild Wings makes the only hot sauce I've never been able finish. I could not finish my plate of Wings, it was that hot. It was inedible. My hat it off to anyone who could eat that, and I've been known to munch on raw jalapenos.

GA #1!

One time, my boy Otis and I were in Buffalo hunting for wings at like 12:30 immediately after New Year's Eve and couldn't find anywhere! Everything was shut down from snow besides big townie parties. So we ended up in a diner in a Buffalo suburb, cursing the false advertising that is the Buffalo wing. We knew where to go, it's just all the places had been shut because they were snowed in--which was weird cos you'd think they'd be used to that in Buffalo.

let's see here three triples apiece, 3(30)=90(2 people)=180 wings

that's 90 dead chickens. I'm sickened (and slightly hungry)

For 2 people? Tis time for a stomach pump, and a vat of Pepto

I am mild. And proud.

chop one iceberg lettuce into 1/4s

put in bowl

top with 1000 island

enjoy

http://www.ifoce.com/profile.php?action=detail&sn=20

I CHALLENGE ANY NYC ILXOR TO A WING EATING CONTEST AT ATOMIC WINGS.
AFTERWARDS, WE WILL GO FOR DRINKS AND PUKE OUR FUCKING GUTS OUT.

also, who's got a really good wing recipe?

In response to Ned's UCLA reminiscences

Big Red Wings
11923 Santa Monica Blvd
(310)-478-9464
These medium sized, Buffalo style wings will make you sweat. They have good bleu cheese and several domestic beers. Becky says," YUM! This place is a little hole-in-the-wall but it is sooooo good. In my search for wings all over the West Coast, Big Red Wings is hands down my favorite place. It stays open till about 1 am, they deliver, and they have the most amazing weekend All You Can Eat special. It's around $10 or so for all you can eat wings, cheese sticks, fried mushrooms and zucchini, potato skins, etc,--heart attack on a plate! They have three different kinds of sauce, mild, hot and suicide. The mild alone makes my nose run away from me. But trust me, it's well worth it!"

But, alas, its not there no more.

does it have to be atomic wings?

no, it dosn't have to be. where else? buffalo cantina wings suck. no more pluck u on 3rd, though i guess the one near WSP is probably still there?

(but also we don't have to get the EXTRA HOT, like we did last time.)

if we do it in our hood we could obv get wing wagon.

wing......wagon?

i was just at the anchor bar last weekend.

key to good wings: BLEU CHEEZ. if you get it out of a salad dressing bottle, you may as well throw in the towel. THOSE WILL NOT BE GOOD WINGS.

ian i would like to take you up on your challenge, next time i am in nyc

and i will do it with the EXTRA HOT

in Chicago ppl always be giving me Buffalo wings with ranch dressing. DO NOT WANT.

Molly otm

ally, keep me posted.
i am totally serious about this.
the more people we get to eat a giant bucket or two of wings, the better.

i don't eat the bleu cheez so there is nothing to absorb the extra hotness. i am usually ok with really spicy food but i think the problem with wings is that they require you to get the sauce all over your mouth. my lips burnnnn.

pre-treat with chapstick for the next round.

yeah, the lip burning after-effect can last a v v v long time, much longer than any effects in the mouth!

and i am also totally serious about this! a group of us used to frequent a bar every single sunday in dc during football season mainly because they offered a 25c wing special. we must've killed thousands of chickens. also we got to know the bartender so it was like free shots bonanza which kind of kills off your ability to feel the lip burn.

anchor bar is good and all, but my favorite wings OF ALL TIME can be found at gabriel's gate on allen. even the medium is a harsh mistress.

bell, the worst is when the crevasses of your mouth burn!

is this going to be a BOYS vs GIRLS competition or an every-man-or-woman-for-his-or-herself royal rumble?

I so wish I had a wing-eating-beer-drinking-football-watching posse out here in LA. Alas, I don't. And going to Hooters by myself is even sadder than going at all.

Seriously, Ally. I watched that debacle of a football game last night AT THE OFFICE b/c I didn't want to go to a bar down the street from the office and get drunk and then have to drive home or sleep at the office.

Watching at home was not an option yesterday, as it was 4pm at kickoff, and traffic would have made me miss all of the crappiness that was that game.

Tonight is $.25 wing night at my local! Thank you, thread, for reminding me of this.

The best wings I ever had were in the Buffalo 'burbs at a place called Wallenwein's.

boys v girls would be fun! we would have to have an even number of participants, altho i am good to eat enough wings for two or three ppl usually.

andy, that is a v sad story esp since that game was blatantly terrible.

I don't condone BW3, but I do eat there every week on $.35 wing night (ie tonight).

this thread (and this thread alone) is actually making me sad that i don't live in buffalo anymore.

dan, i think that place is in east aurora. did it have a marble bar inside?

Hmmm maybe? It's def. in EA, it's my mom & her siblings' old hang-out. My uncle ate ~30 wings the last time we were there.

i've never been. i've just heard legend from my mom (her old hang out too) of some great old hotel/restaurant with a marble horseshoe bar inside in EA.

damns. 30. if i'm conducting myself as a lady, i'll usually stick to about 10, if i get a side of something.

i do not conduct myself as a lady, ever

especially if there are dead chickens covered in frank's and butter involved

amen to that.

we had work functions at the anchor bar where i'd try to maintain my composure.

put a few pitchers of labatt blue in me, and i can't promise anything regarding my demeanor.

is buffalo wild wings good? there is one in the mall now - should i get some y/n? (their commercials make me want to kill everything.)

molly I was just on the phone with my baby sister who's considering moving back to Buffalo and I mentioned wings and she was like, "yeah, that's the only thing I'm excited about."

buffalo chicken WRAPS are the bomb, available at the cafeteria at some financial corporations.

oh bummer! it's totally gone even more downhill since new world record (not even that great) is moving to KENMORE, and home of the hits closed.

the summer weather is great!

but, still, bummer.

<i>is buffalo wild wings good?</I>

The place kind of sucks but I can't help it, I love their spicy garlic wings (at least when they're cheap).

# Why are Americans so Obese?
# What's the deal with Americans and Buffalo Wings?

jordan - the wings are good in general tho? this is purely from a takeout perspective - im not gonna eat there.

buffalo chicken WRAPS are the bomb, available at the cafeteria at some financial corporations.

oh hayyyy we have these in the cafeteria and they are quite good but i always forget about them. not a financial institution tho.

They're small but good, yeah.

I so wish I had a wing-eating-beer-drinking-football-watching posse out here in LA. Alas, I don't. And going to Hooters by myself is even sadder than going at all.

go to Big Wangs

does Hooters deliver?

In my experience, no.

Everyone goes to Hooters for the first time expecting table dances or something.

there's a hooters in bushwick?
an oasis in a desert of crappy spanish-american diners.

Buffalo chicken grinders (from WG Grinders) = teh awesome

I have spent the last half hour "researching" (aka drooling over) buffalo wing recipes on the internet. Tomorrow I will become a man.

are the wings at hooters all that? i've never been to a hooters. i almost went there once with a group of friends but one of the females in our party refused.

She doesn't like wings, huh.

If you have a great rack and stubbly salt-n-pepper legs, you should get a job at Hooters because those shimmery hose hid eyour condition.

only a lie hide AIDS

Croxley Ales
28 Ave. B, between 2nd St. and 3rd St.; 212-253-6140
Beer gardens usually wither in winter, but at this East Village brew emporium, a heated tent keeps the masses flocking to the patio for happy hours and ten-cent-wing nights. With plenty of tables, room to dance, and the same selection of beer and bar snacks as the permanent room, it's a toasty place to enjoy a winter ale.

I CALL WING FAP
MAN UP NYC ILXOR

Your search - "how many chicken wings should one person eat?" - did not match any documents.

:(

have you been there before?

last nite i was grabbing my wallet abt to walk out the door to wing wagon when a friend called and invited me to dinner somewhere else - so close!

dude, croxley ales.
let's do it.

OTM OTM OTM

yo schef i heard jhøshea say he could eat double the wings you could
CHALLENGE

has anyone met jhoshea yet?

no, i've only witnessed his street trail of gnawed on chicken bones

guys, i'm reading some pretty worrisome reviews of Croxley Ales on citysearch.com, speaking of SLOW SERVICE, RUDE WAITSTAFF, and WALL-TO-WALL BODIES on 10c wing night.

also, no bud = no laurel?

Hmmph.

When is cheap wing night? Or should we go at regular price time b/c of crowding?

wing special nights are monday & wednesday, 5-1.

is the beer expensive there? i bet they gouge you on the beer.

JHOSH DOES NOT EVEN KNOW THE WAR THAT HE HAS STARTED WITH HIS BLATANT LIES, EVERYONE KNOWS I CAN EAT THOUSANDS OF WINGS IN ONE SITTING

websites say most beers are 5.

last nite i was grabbing my wallet abt to walk out the door to wing wagon when a friend called and invited me to dinner somewhere else - so close!

-- jhøshea, Wednesday, September 12, 2007 9:37 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Link

dude, if you want to know how pathetic i am, i actually have wing wagon's number in my cell phone so i call them the second i walk out of my apartment and the food is ready right as i walk in.

also awesome: people at the gym across the street working out staring down at you as you enjoy your delicious, delicious food

Ahh. I cannot fight crowds tonight, got shit to do. :( Next week mayhap.

i don't think we were planning on tonight, were we?

CJ's in Columbia MO is my wing place of choice. Get some deep fried pickles, too. I like them hot, not BYFO (burn your face off).

Good, just checking. Carry on.

ok i am eating them now my keybord has sauce on it i hope you are all proud of yrself

A+++

I actually had great wings at the Buffalo airport waiting for a flight, and quaffing 32 oz. Labatt's

> guys, i'm reading some pretty worrisome reviews of Croxley Ales on citysearch.com, speaking of SLOW SERVICE, RUDE WAITSTAFF, and WALL-TO-WALL BODIES on 10c wing night.

Crushed to death in dime hot-wing night riot isn't what I'd want in my obit.

I work next to a Buffalo Wild Wings (or BW3, or whatever) but I'm afraid to go in there because our old idiot guitar teacher once maced the entire bar side and I think they may still hold a grudge ;_;

that place sux. false rasta.

wau

xpost

i think the best bet is to go to a divey bar with cheap drinks and order about 20,000 wings (or whatever should suffice for contest purposes) from a wing place. then we can give the extras to the bar staff in exchange for drink discounts, or throw them at people.

> I work next to a Buffalo Wild Wings (or BW3, or whatever) but I'm afraid to go in there because our old idiot guitar teacher once maced the entire bar side and I think they may still hold a grudge ;_;

If he'd used pepper spray, he'd probably have gotten a new menu special named for him.

I made wings tonight :DDDDDDD

(They could have been hotter, but they were still damn good--my friend that I invited over to share in the bounty is lactose-intolerant, so I got to make them the super-authentic disgusting-all-margarine way. Awes.)

"Dime hot-wing night riot" is an awesome phrase.

you should call your next band that

also, who's got a really good wing recipe?

Here's what I did, keeping in mind that a)I didn't deep-fry the wings 'cause I didn't want to clean up after that shit, and b)I live in London so I couldn't find Frank's or Crystal hot sauce (which are considered pretty u&k by crazy internet wing aficianados, apparently), so I used tabasco.

HOT WINGS

Take ~2 1/2 lbs wings, cut into two pieces, tips cut off, dip them in a mixture of 1 beaten egg and a little milk, then dredge them in a mixture of:

~4 tbsps flour
~1 tbsp corn meal
~1 tbsp paprika
salt, pepper
(some cayenne in here would be good too, I think)

Put on greased foil-covered roasting pan and into 400ºF oven for 15 min, then turn over for 10-15 more, til brown and tasty-looking.

Meantime, make yr sauce. Melt (on low heat) 4tbsp butter or margarine. Add to that 3 tbsp tabasco (I added 2 and thought it should be hotter--if yr using frank's or crystal up it to at least 4), and a touch of brown sugar.

When wings are done, put them in a big mixing bowl, pour over sauce, and toss to coat. Serve immediately with celery and bleu cheese dressing and maybe some wet naps.

SERVES A LITTLE LESS THAN ENOUGH FOR TWO HUNGERY DUDES.

i usually make the sauce with like double the amt of hot sauce they tell you to put in, but i also used 1/4 a bottle of hot sauce on one (1) burrito this afternoon.

Nice of you to say so, Jay.

croxley ales is a total fratdude spot.

also, who's got a really good wing recipe?

My wing recipe -

20 or so wings (tips and drumsticks no matter).
dredge them in a mixture of flour, salt, pepper, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder (add the amounts you like, you can't really screw up here as long as you don't go overboard). Fry them in a big skillet over medium-high heat for 5 minutes each side, or until they're nice and crispy brown. Drain on paper towels for a few minutes. Heat oven to 350. Melt 1/4 c. butter, mix in 2 tbsp. orange juice, 2 tbsp. honey, 1/2 c. hot sauce (I use Frank's). I mix in some cayenne pepper to add a kick cause I like them hot. Dip the wings in the sauce, swish around for a few minutes so they're all nice and covered. Put them in a baking dish and bake at 350 for 20 minutes. I also sprinkle cayenne pepper on the top of them when I'm feeling extra saucy. They have a very good flavor even though they're not as "OH MY GOD MY MOUTH IS EVAPORATING!!" hot like some people like. Just hot enough to make your nose run.

There's a place called Wingers in the next town over that I've never been to, but for some bizarre reason has become the basis for an elaborate made up story shared between my wife and I, involving people getting handjobs while parked in the Wingers lot. Making a rhythmic spurting noise with your mouth and moving your hand as if you were jerking off has become shorthand for "Wingers".

This thread makes me want to actually eat there.

As for wing recipes, I like the following. Non-traditional but super good.

Cook wings however you want. I ususally bake the shit out of them because I'm too lazy to deep fry them.

Mix sriacha, fish sauce, oil, lime juice, and pureed garlic together. Proportions? Who knows. Just figure it out.

Toss the wings in this mixture and eat them.

I've been hitting Wing Stop lunch recently. Both the standard hot Buffalo Wings and the Spicy BBQ wings are pretty awesome.

I'm not a big fan of Hooter's or Buffalo Wild Wings. Though we do have a jar of Hooter's sauce at home that my wife uses when I make my shitty Buffalo wings. I can't seem to fry the wings to the right consistency. They boil rather than fry. Yuchhh...

The trick is to fry them really hot so they get crispy, then bake them to cook the middles and sink the sauce in. No boiling there.

Mm, I just got some from Ying's. They satisfied. I'm not sure if it was because of this thread or not.

I've lived in Buffalo 2 yrs now without going to the Anchor Bar, where the fabled wings were apparently invented.

(And drumsticks over wings obv.)

wing quality is logarithmically proportional to one's proximity to Buffalo im positive

Wings for two, my style:

15-20 wings, separate them, bake them for about a half hour (230 degrees C in my convection oven).

Meanwhile, melt a big chunk of butter (at least 2-3 tablespoons), and whisk in AT LEAST three tablespoons of good hot sauce (I like Texas Pete for wings; if I can't use that, I'd use a simple Thai hot sauce before I used something fancy with trick ingredients. I also wouldn't use a super-hot sauce, because most of those taste bad (kind of chemical) once the burning is gone -- you want more heat, use more hot sauce).

Put the wings in a big bowl, pour the butter sauce on, shake.

My blue cheese dressing (figure out the proportions yourself): mayo, Gorgonzola, heavy cream, black pepper, onion powder, mix it up good.

Oh yeah -- wings and sauce should both be really hot when you shake them together.

my goal over the next few months is to learn how to make awesome wings.

i made them yesterday and they could have been crispier. i should have broiled them first 5 minutes on each side but i need a new broiling pan that actually fits in my oven! so i just baked them. the sauce was 1 stick of butter, a whole bottle of frank's, 2 packets of italian dressing mix, lemon, and basil.

I just had a buffalo chicken sandwich with waffle fries. SOOOOOO good.

You need a fryer to get the wings as crispy as they want to be.

Has anyone ever been to Wing Stop: the Wing Experts? If so, are the wings good? What kinds are the best? And is the atmosphere less maddening than Hooters?

This place is great. Awesome wings with a huge variety of flavors. My favorite non-trad flavors @ Wing Stop are bleu cheese, lemon pepper and ranch, but I've never tried a flavor I didn't like! The atmosphere is like fern bar/biergarten low key with lots of wood. Usually a couple of local beers available, prices are nice, all around super.

What is the purpose of the celery?

a mystery for the ages!

me: I am looking at this website:
http://www.wingstop.com/home.asp
John: haha
me: They have nine different kinds
I wonder how much they cose
Oh shit it's 4!
wow!
see I had no idea I thought it was maybe 2:30 at the latest
John one of the things I was ruminating about last night is Wing Stop and how much I wanted to go there
I was like "but we just went to a dinner" but then like OMG but I really want wings and really want to try their wings
I was like "I want my bachelorette party to just be people taking me to pay for all the hot wings I want"
Can we please go to wing stop?
John: ok
i can go to wing stop
me: oh boy!
when?
John: whenever you want, baby!

:)

I guess a foil to the heat and a texture/temperature contrast. It works well. (A proper Buffalo Wing is very spicy of course.) xxp

I could chew a wet napkin wrapped in floss and get the same effect as the celery. :P

They do give you Wetnaps

I hate eating celery.

I should bring it home for the guinea pigs.

i'm having trouble getting my wings to be crispy enough w/out frying. i know it's possible cos my mom can do it. i think the wings i'm using are too big, i need to go to costco or something and get a giant bag tiny crappy 10 cent sized wings.

Dip them in a mixture of 1 beaten egg and a little milk, then dredge them in a mixture of:

~4 tbsps flour
~1 tbsp corn meal
~1 tbsp paprika
salt, pepper
(some cayenne in here would be good too, I think)

Put on greased foil-covered roasting pan and into 400ºF oven for 15 min, then turn over for 10-15 more, til brown and tasty-looking.

I did in fact end up eating at Wing Stop and OMFG they are fan-fucking-licious. I got the cajun & the lemon pepper and both amazing! I want to eat there again tonight so bad BUT I don't want nec. to spend that much $$$ every night (I ate 20 wings, John was kind of baffled). However before I was spending $5/day on smokes so maybe I can just get 10 wings a day. I'll think about this.

I have pretty much just been thinking about them all day. Oh god. If they sold sweet potato fries there I think I would never eat any other food anywhere else except home-grown tomatoes and milk. That sounds like my perfect diet. (Plus beer & booze, and plenty of water and tea and coffee and juices and sometimes cola.)

I should send that into those essay contests they have in Archie. It's about the right quality & tone of writing.

Fuck. Now I want wings.

Thanks, Abb. And there are like 7 of that place b/t work and home.

Hahahaha whoa. They sponsor our local PBS and for some reason, I thought Wing Stop was a shoe store for a good 14 months. Now they will KILL my DISCRETIONARY INCOME.

And your discretionary arterial space/cardiac efficiency.

But I gave up smoking for them! I can't imagine eating there more than once a week, max.

has anybody noticed that many restaurants tend to call wings "spicy" and they're really really NOT hot?

Like I barely have a high tolerance for truly 'spicy' items, although I do like mild spice on my wings, something with kick to it...but the local places around here serve items called "911" that taste like mild wings.

even Buffalo Wild Wings I ordered one of the hotter items and it was great but it still didn't burn my throat up.

This is the place that Troy Aikman does the ads for, right? Seemed like you'd really have to like wings to go there.

Dude I went and the prices were good and the service was nice and quick. And pretty much it is just wings so, yeah, you would have to really like them. And I DO so this is like my new beloved place. (There are approx 8437 places in town to go for my other favorite, chile rellenos.)

god i love a good plate o' wings

Want.

This is best 'American' creation next to jazz. When is my Ken Burns hot wings docu?

Throwdown with Bobby Flay

Drew Cerza thinks Food Network has tapped him to be the city's Wing Ambassador for a Food Network Show called "Hall of Fame." Little does Drew know that Bobby Flay will be firing up his burners to challenge him to a Chicken Wing Throwdown!

BOBBY FLAY and fucking HOT WINGS? I don't trust this man's conception of "American food" that somehow wows all the Iron Chef judges. Putting something in cornbread and throwing (inferior varieties of) chiles on everything does not an American food make! He is going to do something wacky and stupid to spoil the wing AND he is just such a steely douche.

This is a photo from recipe for wings. Do these look like wings or some diseased raw chicken that has been left on the counter for thress days to form a bacterial sheen? You be the judge:

http://img.foodnetwork.com/FOOD/2007/07/06/BT0211_Bourbon_Street_Buffalo_Wings_e.jpg

And once again a big pile of chiles around it for no reason. Fuck you Bobby Flay.

oh, his hot wings were bad, bad, bad. but the other guy made some good looking wings, recipe also on the page.

those wings look terrible. need more crispy skin!

wing overdose last night!

word you need to deep fry them for the crispness.

it's super easy to made good buffalo wing sauce, just throw a sick of butter in some Red Hot, that's the classic sauce pretty much

Hahaha both the recipes have ancho chile powder. Fuck you Flay, wings are the egalitarian food, and you are a macho dickface.

it would be fun to take bourdain take a swing at him, wouldn't it?

those wings look terrible. need more crispy skin!

i agree -- they look really slimy.

http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/4/1/21/f_burnsm_7ab0a6c.jpg

!!!!!!!!!

i guarantee my recipe pwns bobby flay's, the one i said is essentially the anchor bar version, if you want it hotter put in some red pepper flakes

BUFFALO WEEK

Anyone got a good recipe for home made wings? I am missing my nightly fix from my PA road trip.

The recipe on the bottle of Frank's Red Hot will do you up right IMO.

it's just basically frank's and butter. i add a packet of italian salad dressing mix and basil as well.

i have a recipe but it is sworn to secrecy

i will say WORCESTERSHIRE but that is all

So, because I have no reason to live I got some wings from Pizza Hut for lunch. The flavor sauce I chose was "Spicy Asian" because I liked the vagueness of it. Szechuan? Teriyaki? Vindaloo? Szechuan-teriyaki-vindaloo? Who knows? I don't even speak Asianese.

Reading this thread makes me realize I am not an American. I'm not sure when this happened, but I suspect it was during the Reagan administration.

The one thing(well,maybe burgers too)keeping me from even CONSIDERING coming even remotely close to something kinda like a vegetarian diet.Nothing better when you're extremely hungry.Side of crinkle fries with it.RANCH.

Reading this thread makes me realize I am not an American. I'm not sure when this happened, but I suspect it was during the Reagan administration.

― Aimless, Wednesday, October 15, 2008 6:36 PM (Yesterday)
Guarantee you Obama is a bigger wings fan.

there is no such thing as a good hot wing in london. they are either spiced with curry powder or the coating is so soggy it is like a used condom made from breadcrumbs.

1) frank's hot sauce
2) proximity to buffalo
3) grease

wing aficionados, I bring you
http://www.hotwings.ca/

so it's not very impressive yet, but for a couple years they've been a handy resource for random wing cravings. gee, where can I go in northwest Calgary for cheap wings on a Tuesday? let's find out!

every city needs one of these.

I REALLY WANT WINGS.

MARMALADE wings.You know,sweet.Best shit.

has anyone here had vegetarian or vegan hot "wings"? if so, how were they? i could deal with a less-than-chicken-like sauce vessel if it meant i wasn't complicit in the deaths of all those birds.

the original poster sure had a healthy interest in food

special heads-up to wing fans in l.a.: hoagies & wings delivers.

oddly enough, I didn't develop a taste for buffalo wings until I moved to Dublin (pub around the corner had what still may be the best I've had before or since).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRcOY-PvOC8

russian dressing on wings is some bullshit.

^^^^

i eat my wings one handed

gimme some motherfuckin wings!

I thought you were having hot dogs?

hot dogs were unsatisfying. then i had a candy bar i was saving for someone else. and then i had some chips.

and now i want wings :( but i want GOOD wings, and i don't think there are good wings to be had this late. at least not close. the kitchen at spikehill my be open til 2 and they have dope wings imo.

Had some wings last night for the first time in a long while. Fiery as hell but worth it.

There was a night at Mutek where I ended up wandering around Montreal with dudes from Minneapolis and Saskatchewan looking for a place with chicken wings because we jointly decided they were necessary.

had some great jerk wings last night!

wings in the oven atm tbh.

be honest, ian

honestly, these were pre-seasoned 'cajun style' wings from the supermarket.. $3.. tons of food. stoked.

i had the habanero mango wings at Buffalo Wild Wings last night. they were way hotter than I remembered them. I mean I know habanero is real hot but the first time I had them over two years ago the heat was nullified by the mango. not last night!

I am impressed that this thread brought us the phrase "flailing overegged pudding", and yet this spasm of creativity nonpareil made no discernable impact on the culture of ILX.

cluck u chicken got me thru puberty

REALLY wish i had buffalo wings right now. i'm locked out of the house, sitting on the front porch w/my laptop atm. all i've had to eat today was a bagel and some cookies :(

Wings! I was just thinking abt wings today, as i was eating (non-wings, lesser) chicken w my salad, no beer or sports anywhere :/
America is great.

Radical Cartography confirming the plight of Arkansas.

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no wings but i am in the house fyi

this is my third revive of this thread!!!

it struck me tonight how smart it is for a bar to serve HOT hot wings, cuz then the patrons are gonna drink dem beerz. god i love wings.

err, my 4th revive.

the suicide wings @ Anchor Bar in Buffalo are godly tbrr

i had wings in a bar last night, not really my thing but they were pretty good

i was half tempted to drink the red-orange hot grease run off that had collected in the styrofoam container ―strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, February 1, 2004

i really did do this at one point O_o

that is a close second to the shitburger for the most disgusting food-related thought of the day

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25SLTtOXGEU

Buffalo chicken pizza is worse than ISIS

Bad Wrong is the ideal spokesperson for ilx food threads

badbadnotwrong

buffalo chicken pizza can be delicious done properly

drumettes >>>> wingettes

Buffalo chicken pizza is worse than ISIS

― Treeship, Tuesday, December 20, 2016 7:16 PM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink

i want to retract this statement, publicly. there is a place for buffalo chicken pizza.

why did this come up for you today?

i am going to buffalo for a few days. wanted to see if there was good ilx content about it (not that there is anything to do there, really, during corona, but still). as often happens when i look in the archives, there is an embarrassing old post in there

as presumably happens when looking on SNA

i'm amused that you found an old opinion you had about food so embarrassing it needed public correction. are you close to some kind of buffalo chicken stakeholder now?

be a real head and eat beef on weck instead

for good buffalo chicken pizza and to maybe run into a griselda rapper, La Nova is the place

I've never understood wings at all. They're barely food. Why?

It's one of the few American foods to provide a "bold", spicy, intense-flavor experience

Seconding beef on weck. Have never been to Buffalo but there's a joint in my neighborhood owned by Buffalonians that offers it.

How are they "barely food?" They're fun little bite-sized bits of chicken. You can do all kinds of fun variations with them. I'm a vegetarian and even I understand wings.

Before I went veg I did used to go down to the local dive with my bros on 50 cent wing night, so maybe it's nostalgia talking, IDK

They're real fun to just stick in your mouth and inhale it off the bone. Can't do that with a drumstick or thigh.

I don't want to do any of those things to chicken. I don't want bones or sinew or a mouthful of skin. It's fine, they're just not for me.

wings are a perfect latenight drinking food bc they offer the pleasures of casual dippable fried fingerfood while being just barely complicated enough to eat that its hard to eat too much too fast.

as a resident i never understood beef on weck tbh, maybe i take it for granted. idk why its such a big deal that the roll has salt on it.

That's fair. I have a certain tolerance for bones in dishes like wings for example, but my wife will chew up every piece of gristle and fat and cartilage and suck the marrow out. Just crunching on her meal like a wayward hyena or something. And frankly it's a little frightening to me.

its hard to eat too much too fast

this can definitely be overcome with sufficient practice

some would say any amount is too much

the idea of wings grosses me out, yet I know if I had some hot wings in front of me right now I'd eat the hell out of them

As for beef on weck, I don't really understand what it is, but I find it hilarious that every rust belt state seems to have some "local delicacy" that is just a beef-carb combination that is a very slight variation on a more common beef-carb combination.

my wife will chew up every piece of gristle and fat and cartilage and suck the marrow out. Just crunching on her meal like a wayward hyena or something. And frankly it's a little frightening to me.

Tooootally. My partner PREFERS the tails left on shrimp. He audibly crunches through cartilage and connective tissue. There's a lot going on.

my mom's side of the family is all from the Buffalo area and beef on weck always seemed to me to be one of those old-timey local sandwiches that has been eclipsed by advancing sandwich technology and the general tastes of the public, yet retains a place of honor for being, like, an original sensation

wings on the other hand are imo a classic example of cooking unwanted or less-wanted parts of the animal and making something good out of them—not just Frank's-coated hot wings but wings in general, not unlike organ meats, sausages, etc

xp man alive otm on both counts

chicago has the italian beef, nyc pastrami on rye, philly steaks + the pork/broccoli raab sandwich, I'm sure there are many more

italian beef sandos rule

ime here beef on weck has definitely become one of those foods that is propped up as representing 'a local food' moreso than it is actually ever consumed

definitely a long-forgotten racial fault line as well btw wings (african american dish co-opted by a successful white family) & beef on weck (imported and enjoyed by longer-established euro immigrants), but its taboo to discuss locally

xp agreed, it's a classic for a reason

i'm here to regulate because people are apparently denigrating western new york delicacies! Buffalo wings are amazing; i don't understand not understanding wings. they're delicious, and Buffalo wings are superior to every other kind i've tried. item: everywhere i've lived except western new york fucks them up for some accursed reason. beef on weck is also delicious; it's the kimmelweck roll that does it. in my experience, food in rust belt cities is delicious because life is cold and hard and people understand comfort.

pastrami on rye is better than all the rust belt meat and carb variants, i have to admit

definitely buf wings are racial appropriation, but i think people quite openly acknowledge the indebtedness of other wny foods to euro immigrants, no? it's a city of white ethnics!

Pork & Raab is different enough that it doesn't count. I was thinking more of stuff like the "horseshoe sandwich" which apparently is just like a hamburger with french fries and cheese sauce on thick toast. Also I remember there being some kind of chili pasta thing maybe in ohio or st louis but I can't remember what it's called or which city.

maybe I'm just thinking of cincinatti chili, which is sometimes served with pasta

chili pasta is cincinatti, maybe?

I just feel like whenever I'm going to be passing through one of these cities and I start googling it's like "Where to get the BEST Albany Slammer" and an Albany slammer just turns out to be a roast beef sandwich but the top half of the bun is on the bottom or something.

chicken wings are great cos if you get in someone shows up that you don't like afterwards you can throw the bones at them

cincinnati chili is much more distinct from other chilis than italian beef is from other beef sandwiches

but I find it hilarious that every rust belt state seems to have some "local delicacy" that is just a beef-carb combination that is a very slight variation on a more common beef-carb combination.

The Juicy Lucy is perhaps my favorite example of this

xp to horseshoe for sure - i was more just thinking about the whitewashing of wings specifically, which is just weird that i never hear anyone mention locally, while the euro origins of other local specialties are much discussed.

imho the pierogi of buffalo are slept-on, increased proximity to a Great Lake correlates to an increase in pierogi quality ime. i used to know an ancient place on the east side run by an octogenarian polish couple - you had to call ahead to wake them up in case theyd closed to take a nap. like little pillows of starchy heaven.

i'm here to regulate because people are apparently denigrating western new york delicacies! Buffalo wings are amazing; i don't understand not understanding wings. they're delicious, and Buffalo wings are superior to every other kind i've tried. item: everywhere i've lived except western new york fucks them up for some accursed reason. beef on weck is also delicious; it's the kimmelweck roll that does it. in my experience, food in rust belt cities is delicious because life is cold and hard and people understand comfort.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, February 9, 2021 6:40 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

here here, beautiful post

looks like i'm going to get some takeout beef on wek in buffalo too! thank you

horseshoe ilu but you can't make me like wings. I will just have to be a terrible person.

I've had both wings and beef on wek *in* Buffalo, in fact the former was AT the Anchor Bar (it was on a work trip)! I wish Buffalo all the best.

The Juicy Lucy is perhaps my favorite example of this

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, February 9, 2021 1:59 PM (twenty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

lol, this is not that far off from the one I made up

I passed by two Wing Stops on (Superbowl) Sunday, and saw long lines coming out of both; a first. And despite her mask, I recognized a friend-of-a-friend in one of the lines, and asked her about it - is this a Superbowl thing? Apparently, yes it is.

What do they do with the rest of the bird?

I mean, presumably they just buy wings from a chicken processor

i'm reminded of a leftist librarian i follow who used to do a bit about buffalo wild wings and how much she loved them.

i remember when i used to go out drinking many years ago, often the next day i wouldn't eat anything until around 5 p.m. when in a fit of animalistic hunger i would order a 15 pc from wing stop and then watch torrents of weeds or whatever.

haha it's very easy to buy big orders from Wingstop and gorge in front of the tv, i used to do that when i had one closer to me. it's no wonder my cholesterol isn't fatally high by now.

there is a yearly chicken wing festival at the local ballpark- i went to one of the early iterations and was disappointed to discover that the wings were being cooked centrally and each vendor was just applying their own sauce, which imo took a lot of variety out of the equation. i will never forget the site of enormous, truck-sized tubs of 1000s of pounds of cooked & uncooked wings being driven to and fro around the field.