I’m not normally a chicken wing eater, but I hear about others liking them. Thought I’d get some at the store the other day, but they were $3.99 a pound while drumsticks were only $1.99 a pound.
For you chicken wing enthusiasts - why would chicken wings be worth the $2 more a pound? What are you doing with them? Talk me out of the drumsticks I bought instead.
They were a garbage cut of meat that were tossed to the freed slaves of the south, and as black folk do, they turned it into a delicious snack with spices and seasonings. As culture desegregated, it became a trendy dish and that drove the prices up on what was once a trash cut.
From a culinary viewpoint, the ratio of protein, fat and crispy skin is perfect and you won’t find it elsewhere on a chicken. The large surface area to relatively small amount of edible meat means a high ratio of seasoning per bite.
Makes for a tasty snack
In the two weeks before the superbowl the local news will start talking about ancillary things like what people eat in the cities who’s teams made the superbowl that you can serve at a superbowl party. In the early ‘90s Buffalo made the superbowl 4 years in a row, and thus the Buffalo wing gained national notoriety.
And it ruined chicken wings prices forever.
Drumsticks are superior
Hell, only the neck is not superior.
They used to be thrown away or used for stock, poor people turned them into trendy food and now it’s expensive. Same with Osso bucco.
And lamb shanks! Used to be so cheap. Not any more.
I had my first taste at a dive bar in 1989. 5 cents apiece!
They are good bar food, used to be cheap leftover chicken parts, lots of crispy skin and sauce, easy to cook with a deep fryer, slower to eat, and goes well with beer.
More seasoning to meat ratio. And the meat is tender like breast meat, but fatty enough to not be dry. Easy to eat with your hands and to share. Easy to cook fast and thoroughly in a deep fryer. And used to be dirt cheap. I remember 10 cent wing nights at bars to bring in people and make them thirsty. Basically selling them at cost. Would be more like 50 cents now. But they got popular, so you never see it anymore. Now they sell for a huge profit.
I‘d go for the drjmsticks in that case. Wings are great but legs are equally good and if they are cheaper, sign me up!
Also those prices are insane… I pay 6.- over here for 500g of wings from the supermarket…
I don’t know, man, it’s just like… the way that it is.
Buffalo Wings! The best shi evah
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