Buffalo wings have become America’s favorite choice for appetizers at most parties and back yard barbecues. Every bar, restaurant, and pub has Hot Buffalo wings on their menu. It was not long ago when we didn’t even know what a buffalo wing was. How did they get so popular? What caused this craze over the buffalo wing? The answer is simple. They are delicious! For years the more common chicken parts preferred were the leg, breast and thigh. The remaining parts of the chicken were considered “scraps” mainly used for stock or soup pot.
Chicken wings were considered the least flavorful part of the chicken that is until a curious restaurant owner came up with a recipe that would soon sweep the entire world. It all started in a place called the “Anchor Bar” located in, where else, Buffalo, New York. Hence the term “buffalo wings” was born. The documented date was October 30, 1964. The restaurant owner was a woman named Teressa Bellissimo. One night her son stopped by his mother’s restaurant with friends for a late night bite to eat. Teressa found herself with an excess of chicken wings in her kitchen and saw this as an opportunity to put the excess chicken to good use. Being that chicken wings were known as the least flavorful part of the chicken, she decided to fry the wings and dip them in a spicy buttered chili sauce. She served them with blue cheese dressing as a means of a dipping sauce with intentions of it cooling off the hot spice. The flavor she created was so incredible that word soon spread. It was at that moment that Teressa had made her mark in history as the creator of the now world famous buffalo wing recipe.
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