that was doing a good business with wings and I decided to specialize." In the same interview Young stated that the Anchor Bar did not offer Buffalo wings as a regular menu item until 1974. Prior to opening his restaurant, he had a conversation with a boxer who traveled in a later interview Young recalled: "He told me that there was a restaurant in Washington, D.C. Īnother claim is that John Young, who moved to Buffalo from Alabama in 1948, began serving uncut chicken wings that were breaded, deep fried, and served in his own special tomato-based Mumbo sauce at his Buffalo restaurant, beginning in 1961. Īlthough an article published about the Anchor Bar in a local newspaper during 1969 does not mention Buffalo wings, a local competitor of the Anchor Bar, Duff's, began selling Buffalo wings in that year. Faced with this unexpected resource, Frank says that he asked Teresa to do something with them, resulting in the Buffalo wing. There was a mistaken delivery of wings instead of backs and necks for making the bar's spaghetti sauce.Dominic told The New Yorker reporter Calvin Trillin in 1980: "It was Friday night in the bar and since people were buying a lot of drinks he wanted to do something nice for them at midnight when the mostly Catholic patrons would be able to eat meat again." He stated his mother came up with the idea of chicken wings.It was then that she came up with the idea of deep frying chicken wings and tossing them in cayenne hot sauce. Upon the unannounced late-night arrival of their son, Dominic, with several of his friends from college, Teresa needed a fast and easy snack to present to her guests.Several versions of the story of the invention of the Buffalo wing have been circulated by the Bellissimo family and others including: At the time, chicken wings were inexpensive and undesirable, and normally thrown away or reserved for stock or soup. One of the claims is that Buffalo wings were first prepared at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York, by Teresa Bellissimo, who owned the bar with husband Frank in 1964. There are several different claims about the invention of Buffalo wings. It is also used for other dishes, such as pizza, that are seasoned with the Buffalo-style sauce or a Buffalo flavor seasoning. The name "Buffalo" is now also applied to other spiced fried foods served with dipping sauces, including boneless chicken wings (made from chicken breast meat rather than a chicken wing ), chicken fries, chicken nuggets, popcorn chicken, shrimp, and cauliflower. They are often called simply chicken wings, hot wings, or just wings.īuffalo wings have gained in popularity in the United States and abroad, with some North American restaurant chains featuring them as a main menu item. Buffalo wings are named for Buffalo, New York, where they were invented, and have no relation to the animal. They are traditionally served hot, along with celery sticks and carrot sticks, and a dip of blue cheese dressing or, primarily outside of New York, ranch dressing. A Buffalo wing in American cuisine is an unbreaded chicken wing section ( flap or drumette) that is generally deep-fried, then coated or dipped in a sauce consisting of a vinegar-based cayenne pepper hot sauce and melted butter prior to serving.
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