Nachos v Wings

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putting my name in the q dooms nachos no doubt but be that as it may they are the perfection of human food and to say otherwise condemns one to a nacholess afterlife

wings 4 life

nachos are fairly awesome i will grant you that--but i love me some wings

you'll both be begging for nachos in Hell and Satan will be all "fuck you, I saw how you voted on the nachos poll"

i will take my chances with satan--i hear satan likes wings too

but in his lonely room he remembers the nachos he enjoyed before the Fall

enjoy your chips and cheese whiz in the clouds, god boy

in hell i'll have memories of nachos, along with delicious savory spicy wings.

the beauty of life among the blessed is that we will also get wings, we just won't like them as much

Nachos, to me, are food for watching sports live at the venue, whereas wings are the sort of thing you tear through while watching at home. Both of them are so perfect within those specific contexts that I cannot reasonably compare the two.

angels can't eat their own wings, nor is there salsa in heaven, i read it in the bible

Whoa whoa whoa, if chips and salsa are going to factor into the nacho side of the equation, then nachos are basically unstoppable.

no one said anything about chips

what KIND of nachos are we talking about? i find that it is much, much easier for a random sports bar (or even vaguely reputable place) to completely f up nachos than it is for them to completely f up wings is the thing here. i voted wings on this basis -- they're a more strict discipline, whereas when you say nachos you could mean some awesome from-a-mexican-joint-made-by-authentic-ideas kind of guac and beans and stewed meats (if you're into it) and jalepenos explosion OR you could mean this

http://adweek.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/nachos.jpg

and this? is not ok, or edible.

let us not forget

that's an excellent point.

wings is the right answer but I would like someone to supply me with some organic, local, hippy high quality wings.

wings!!

Nachos is all about what you put into it.

Good wings are still going to be fried/baked chicken with some sauce. You can put tricked out chicken on nachos.

Henceforth natchos > wings.

Even vegans probably could make some wicked nachos, I bet no amount of tofu can make a good wing.

you CAN do those things but there's too wide of a variation hence a vote for wings.

btw i got wings ^_^

nachos covered in wings

they are opening up an atomic wings on smith st.

My mom used to make WING DINGS. This is a tough choice but the blue cheese puts wings ahead by a nose.

this thread proves that you are all insane

i feel the vibe ur puttin down jd

i choose.... both

I really am quite stunned by you people fronting for nachos.

no ultimate mac and cheese = no credibility

honestly nachos are good when done right but seriously they're not even as good as having tortilla chips with fresh salsa or guac? they get fucking soggy and gross. THERE, I SAID IT. i mean i'm not gonna turn down an offer of real, good nachos (again, guys, there is a LOT of variety in what you get when you order nachos which is another point for wings) but if i'm sitting around watching the game in a bar and the menu offers nachos or wings, i'm going with wings every time.

dude i hate to break it to you but no one associates mac & cheese with sporting events is the thing.

even if it is deep fried mac & cheese bites, which I have had, and frankly cannot recommend.

btw furthermore on this "tremendous debate" that is a not-even-debate because seriously guys nachos? but chilaquiles are better than nachos and i recommend you get those instead (probably not helpful advice for john d)

xpost ugh deep fried mac & cheese bites are just so disgusting, i was conned into eating one by a coworker.

let's discuss

true or false: because vegetarians cannot eat chicken meat, they need a tasty, wing like equivalent in their dietary arsenal. this equivalent is probably best found in nachos.

^^^ what about jalepeno poppers

chilaquiles is a breakfast food

there is some really good, solid discussion in this thread. good job as always ILNFL.

the answer, for the reasons pointed out above, is wings. maybe really really transcendent nachos could top wings, but avg. nachos vs. avg. wings = avg. wings every single time.

another thing is that if it is just you or if you are with your weird friend who doesn't like bar food you can get an order of wings for yourself and not feel like a complete glutton, whereas i could never in good conscience order nachos when i'm going solo.

There is no mac & cheese bites shortage which proves God is a spiteful god.

all I'm saying is fuck a vegetarian in this "debate."

but a vegetarian began this debate we have to think of them

Maybe it is the impassioned defenses here, but you know what, I am getting off the fence and voting for wings. The Schef is right, really. I have had subpar nachos many times, and had some complete nacho failures amongst the many nachos I have eaten, but I do not recall having an experience with wings that really went south on me. Even if unspectacular, the wings remain solid.

I am sorry, J0hn. If all nachos struck with the same pleasure as those served at high school sporting events and Raging Waters water slide fun park, I would be right there with you.

PREDICTION: because this is ilx and it's friday and this thread is about food, in 300 posts this thread will degrade into namecalling and yelling about which is the best kind of cheese to put on yr burger

chilaquiles is a breakfast food

― max, Friday, January 30, 2009 10:57 AM

only if you subscribe to the idea that one can't eat cereal for lunch. food nazi.

anyway true fact: i did not eat a chicken wing until i was 20.

needs of vegetarians really shouldn't have any impact here. FACT: vegetarians don't watch NFL.

i know two vegetarians who watch the nfl but they're the kind of vegetarians that when we have potlucks and i bring over some carnitas or some sausages to give to the meat-eaters i come over and they are stuffing their faces with these things and declaring whatever occasion that is to be a "veggie moratorium" so i don't know if i trust them.

i only eat locally grown wings

wait isn't dar1a a vegetarian??! she is not a blow-with-the-wind veggie-moratorium one either, i think...

dar1a is like the opposite of a vegetarian, which is one of her many outstanding qualities.

why did i think she was a vegetarian? i think because she ordered veggie burgers at temp hall one time??? ok then i'm back to only knowing 2 vegetarian football fans, and they are fakers.

tbh i never even think to click on it 99% of the time but it's funny to say. "suggest ban"! it's so polite...just a suggestion, don't mind me.

"just a note"

http://www.all4humor.com/images/files/Suggestion%20Box.jpg

Where is horseshoe in these uncertain times?

facedown in a plate of tasty wings i hope

ally ever since you claimed to sugg ban the entire Cards bandwagon i have assumed you are a loose cannon who is capable of anything.

we ilnfl mods must never let the rest of you relax too comfortably.

I went on the Steelers bandwagon simply because I thought I would be blacklisted from ILNFL if I didn't. I thought I could handle it but I'm here to say that it has affected my family and friends.

i've kill-filed cankles and yet it's not enough

wut!

i'll be rooting against the steelers in that i dont want them to win, but i don't really want to see arizona win either... is there a way to just give the lombardi trophy to bruce, for excellence in halftime performing

hannah storm should get it for excellence in the field of excellence

there is really no outcome that will make me happy so I'm just hoping that a kicker somehow wins MVP

I would be cool with:
Steve Breaston
Troy P.

Alton Brown was doing wings the other night but I wasn't paying any attention, so I just looked up his recipe on the web. No frying -- steam the wings for 10 minutes, then roast them for 40 minutes (!) at 425˚ (!!).

I can see the steaming, but that sounds like way too long to roast at that temp.

― WmC, Friday, January 30, 2009 9:55 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

This recipe works really well. Crispy skin, meat falling off the bone, and you don't end up with a pot of hot oil to deal with afterward. Will be making a massive batch with that method tomorrow.

Wings Fo' Evah. Seriously. I had a huge lunch, and prolly won't eat anything terribly large for dinner, but if someone were to show up with 24 hot wings and some blue cheese dressing, I could CRUSH it without pausing for a breath.

I did nachos again tonight because this is not getting out of my head.
I no longer desire nachos.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

POLL SHOCKER

Next Mt. Goats album to be titled 'Not'cha Wings'

i'll be rooting against the steelers in that i dont want them to win, but i don't really want to see arizona win either... is there a way to just give the lombardi trophy to bruce, for excellence in halftime performing

― mad loli vamp bone (cankles), Saturday, January 31, 2009

^^^^^^^ yeah this would be the ideal results

i garontee that 14 of these votes can be traced back to emails such as "mountaingoats_2✧✧✧@ya✧✧✧.c✧✧" or "darn_yell✧✧✧@earthl✧✧✧.n✧✧"

I would like to see every quarter be as hilarious as 1st quarter Bears - Colts super bowl also for both qbs to turn into Rex Grossman

lol omar

not feeling these results tbh, would like to hear a j0hn d song defending nachos tho

the results are skewed thanks to site new answers attracting angry pro-microwave vegetarians who aren't football fans over from ile. i really hate that feature of the site and i wish there was a way to disclude ilnfl threads from it tbh. i mean there are not 40 ppl who even occasionally post here! the real vote is in the commentary and i think we know who won that.

the thing about this debate, btw, is that you can have both often at the same time.

pro-microwave vegetarians

This concept is offensive to me.

I dunno, i'm kinda feelin' it.

I srsly cannot fucking believe these poll results and am with schef 500% on this one even though I am one of the ILE site new answers ppl but hey at least I had the only correct answer

Alton Brown was doing wings the other night but I wasn't paying any attention, so I just looked up his recipe on the web. No frying -- steam the wings for 10 minutes, then roast them for 40 minutes (!) at 425˚ (!!).

I can see the steaming, but that sounds like way too long to roast at that temp.

― WmC, Friday, January 30, 2009 9:55 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i saw this episode and had 58 orgasms

take it to TMI, dude

suggest banned you for that, jordan

wings cheering section can't handle the truth that The People bring

more nauseous and foolish cant was never chattered than that which would deride the memory or depreciate the merits of wings

that's a beautiful sentence but its assertion has now been disproven by science

I almost bought some wings at the grocery store to make for today and they were $2.09/lb! wtf, chicken wings are supposed to be .79/lb tops.

i garontee that 14 of these votes can be traced back to emails such as "mountaingoats_2✧✧✧@ya✧✧✧.c✧✧" or "darn_yell✧✧✧@earthl✧✧✧.n✧✧"

― steve goldberg variations (omar little), Saturday, January 31, 2009 7:21 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is even funnier w/the filter for some reason

This morning I acheived ultimate wing triumph by procuring chicken wings from that farmer that Michael Pollan had 58 orgasms over and BEST OF ALL aside from them being 500% certified Alice Water's approved yuppie foodie wings I was free to get ONLY THE FLATTIES which are the best parts IMO. Fatties v. drummies deserves it's own poll methinks.

Umm let me try that last sentence over again: Flatties v. drummies deserves its own poll methinks. Let's leave the fatteys out of this discussion shall we?

gonna wash my wings down with some of this

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/5360/fralic4ay3.jpg

http://www.spdconline.org/history/Facts/images/IronCity7.jpg

wife just got me some iron city beer for tonight!!!1!1!!

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i am genuinely shocked by this outcome

Flatties v. drummies deserves its own poll methinks

this would not be good for ilnfl's health

though i feel it inevitable

I had wings and nachos at the same place tonight before the game. Will post thoughts later.

these poll results are fucked up

http://www.bionicgenius.com/wp-content/wing.jpg

i suspect some chads were miscounted--perhaps we should re-poll and make the poll an ILE poll. what do people think. could the nacho lobby really be this powerful?

nah the real answer is obvious. drumsticks vs flatties (w/e those are called!) would be more interesting imo