Clearly more research and practice is called for.

Not all chicken wings are Buffalo wings. The guy in the video clearly says these are "Pastrami wings" and the dipping sauce is Russian dressing.

Just sayin'.

I especially like when it uncovers some hidden bits of meat that end up being incredibly delicious.

@GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List: I was thinking (and am hoping) that it happens. And in 22 hours I will be finding out.

@gerrylum:

I don't know if this is a national promo or what, but Tuesdays in my area at Buffalo Wild Wings (a/k/a/ BW-3's) is 45 cent wing night. I think I just convinced myself to go get wings tonight...

There's a place in St Louis called Culpepper's, which makes THE most amazing wings (secret sauce - they won't tell you what's in it, although I think one ingredient is Tabasco) and serves them with blue cheese dressing. This is the only time I will ever eat that dressing, is with those wings.

NOW I WANT THEM. AND THEY'RE THREE-AND-A-HALF HOURS AWAY.

My friend, you can have your wing and eat it too.

I keep reading comments of people being taught to eat chicken wings and there are instructional videos.

But no one has ever taught me...

Good God, I finally found my natural born talent!

@Snowblind: +1

Can someone please explain this to almost ALL restaurants??? Jesus Kinderporn Christ. I'm not from Buffalo, but a good wing needs to be coated in sauce, not some measly ladlings that Oliver Twist couldn't even get by on.

A little bit of fun never hurt nobody

As a person who has been born and raised in buffalo. Wings can have any type of sauces on them, they don't need to be a type of hot sauce or even have mild. I do have to try this though.

My way of eating them, is just eat until I just have the middle meat left and break apart the phone and no middle just sides.

i ususally just wing it.

badum pish!

@lotussix: That's right!!! I was just thinking about how delicious some BWW wings would be right now...

@squinko: Yep yep. It's a little bit of work, and you do need to be very good with chopsticks, and not be afraid to use your teeth, but it means no mess no fuss afterwards.

One, the person in the video is clearly not from Buffalo as it's clear the wings aren't Buffalo wings, they seem to have basically no sauce on them, and they are being dipped into a creamy pink sauce, maybe the kind you dip a blooming onion into. True Buffalo wings have a sauce made up of two things, hot sauce (preferably Frank's Red Hot) and if a milder flavor is desired, cut with melted margarine. The dipping sauce should be chunky bleu cheese dressing, not ranch and not anything pink.

As to technique, really you should take your time and savor the wings, but if speed is desired, you eat the piece shown in the video by seperating the bones at one end, flipping back one of the bones at the intact joint so that the bones are touching (thus essentially turning the wing inside-out) inserting into your mouth and pulling the bones out. this can be done in significantly less time than it takes to chew the meat, thus making the chewing the now time-critical element of eating.

That said, this video may be a good option if you are going to serve wings to kids, since with the unseasoned wings you are making an unbreaded chicken nugget.

I agree that they're more problematic, but there really is only one way to eat them. I prefer the two bone sections myself, my wife likes the drumsticks. I think the meat on the flat sections is usually better.

Fuck and A.

Getting every last flavor molecule off of a pan-fried pork chop bone is... simply heavenly.

Similarly, people who live near the sea have tricks for quickly de-boning fish or de-shelling shrimp (I know my dad has shown me a few tricks from his childhood on a small island), and though other less elegant methods may suffice, there's nothing wrong with learning a better, more efficient technique.

As for whether this actually affects taste, I think it does. I know if I just eat wings off the bones, the meat in the middle doesn't get any marinade with it, so it doesn't taste as good. This seems like a quick way to get rid of that problem, minor as it may seem.

@davere:
I normally hate chicken wings due to the amount of time it takes to get all the meat off...
but THIS...
this technique could forge a whole new path for me and wings.

Once I am no longer single, and esp when most of the cooking happens at home, thats not gonna happen too much.

@uncle moe: The choking part usually precludes the attempt to pull out bone part, so I can see how someone would want to follow step 3, but because of step 1, has doomed themselves to an abrupt left turn to step 2: suffocation.

also applies to using a fork or spoon.

@MostlyHarmless: lol, I think you're right.

@Cant_stop_the_rock: "After removing the small bone I just stick the whole wing in my mouth "

That what she said.

har har

@Michael Belisle: I'm not referring to technique I'm just talking about eating.

There's no wrong way to eat... or is there? I guess I'm too smart for my own good or something. Eating was never that hard for me.

@Ghede: That's also a really good way to choke on chicken bones.

I clearly have a one-track mind today.

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Note: The sarcasm is strong with this post.

To: formatic
From : DH405
Subject : Re: "..pull the big bone out"

That's what (s)he said.

Chopsticks, chopsticks, chopsticks.

(I know there is at least one person on consumerist that might get that).

I say man up, suck the meat out, eat the cartilage then snap the bones in two and suck out the marrow! OM NOM NOM! ^_^

Probably uses a miniature lobster cracker.

@lotussix: I think that's the mentality I'm going with here. I first cultivated my love for chicken wings during college, in which it was cheap, abundant, and filling. It hasn't subsided, much to the chagrin of Mr. Pi. I can't eat them in public though. Too messy.

wow. all this talk about chicken wings. good thing it's wing tuesday!

@MostlyHarmless: i prefer drummies.

Jeez. Man up and suck the meat out between the bones. It's not difficult. This method takes WAY too long and can end up including gross parts (like cartlidge).

@gerrylum: there's not a time where i don't want chicken wings.

*pours orange juice into my ear*

I love to eat every last piece of marginally edible tissue from every piece of chicken (or steak, or pork) I can get my grubby hands on. Sometimes I even crack the bones and eat the marrow too.

When I get done with a chicken wing, it looks like it's been picked clean by a pond of piranhas.

That video gets you almost there. After you pull the bones out, gnaw the soft ends off. Enjoy your carnivorous side, folks!

Also, posting this just when i decided to get a sammich instead of chicken wings... not fun. now i'll have a craving ALL DAY.

I wonder if this guy knows how to debone a turkey leg?

Unless this person is from Buffalo, NY he doesn't know anything about how to properly eat a chicken wing.

According to this video, I eat wings the "wrong" way apparently. I find the cartilage not as tasty as this guy, and I don't eat it, so I'll keep my 30 seconds per wing not de-boning it and enjoy the same amount of meat as I always would to boot :).

I don't think I NEEDED to know that, but it is interesting.

I think avoided setting up any "that's what she said" jokes

lol.

Do people really need instructions on how to eat? If so then we are in more trouble than I thought.