Chicken wings are a ripoff...

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Chicken wings are a ripoff...

Posted: 2/28/2006 4:57:40 PM EDT

Remember when wings used to be a castoff? Nobody wanted wings. Now you go into a restaurant and they charge you $5 for 6 or 7 scrawny wings with some hot sauce on them.

Don't get me wrong, I love a good wing. But geez, how in the hell do you charge that much for something so devoid of meat? Two or three bites and they're gone.

Sad thing is that people pay these high prices for fucking WINGS!!!

Posted: 2/28/2006 4:58:22 PM EDT

[#1]

I make my own Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Posted: 2/28/2006 4:58:52 PM EDT

[#2]

Geez....anybody else have a hanking for a plate of 3 mile island at Hooters right about now?

Posted: 2/28/2006 4:58:57 PM EDT

[#3]

Wings are tasty. Well worth the cost.

Bill3508

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:00:12 PM EDT

[#4]

Buffalo Wild Wings spicy garlic.... mmmmmmmmmmmmhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I get the boneless though, and it fills me up pretty good.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:00:57 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Geez....anybody else have a hanking for a plate of 3 mile island at Hooters right about now?

Now that there is a damn good idea!

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:01:29 PM EDT

[#6]

Give me the neck anyday!! (yuck)

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:01:44 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Buffalo Wild Wings spicy garlic.... mmmmmmmmmmmmhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I get the boneless though, and it fills me up pretty good.

It should since its a hunk of breast meat and Not a wing.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:02:52 PM EDT

[#8]

Think thats bad?
A few weeks ago I ordered room service in a hotel -- I really thought a nice shrimp cocktail would be a good starter -- it was $8.50 -- oh well... ordered it anyway.

I received 4 (yes -- count 'em FOUR) shrimps, a bunch of green stuff and a bit of cocktail sauce.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:04:09 PM EDT

[#9]

I remember back in the late 80's early 90's, I could go down on campus and get 5¢ wings.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:04:50 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
Remember when wings used to be a castoff? Nobody wanted wings. Now you go into a restaurant and they charge you $5 for 6 or 7 scrawny wings with some hot sauce on them.

Don't get me wrong, I love a good wing. But geez, how in the hell do you charge that much for something so devoid of meat? Two or three bites and they're gone.

Sad thing is that people pay these high prices for fucking WINGS!!!

Where the HELL are you going that charges that much for wings? All the bars (read: best places for wings) around here charge $5 a dozen and most of 'em have $.25 wing nights.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:06:32 PM EDT

[#11]

A friend of mine was from Cameroon (That’s in Africa) and he thought it was real funny that Americans would buy chicken wings. They always thought of them as the worst part of the chicken.

We both agreed that the thigh was the best part. There’s a lot of juicy meat on one and they are cheap for some reason. You can cook them like wings if you like, I’ve found that works pretty good but it’s a little messy.

I buy pre skinned chicken thighs (about $2.00 a pound) and coat them with Shake and Bake. Then I add some red pepper to spice them up and give them a light spray with some canned olive oil. They come out really good that way and it’s fairly cheap.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:08:02 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
A friend of mine was from Cameroon (That’s in Africa) and he thought it was real funny that Americans would buy chicken wings. They always thought of them as the worst part of the chicken.

We both agreed that the thigh was the best part. There’s a lot of juicy meat on one and they are cheap for some reason. You can cook them like wings if you like, I’ve found that works pretty good but it’s a little messy.

Tighs are indeed the best part of the chicken. The wing tips are the worst. All skin & fat & virtually no meat.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:08:06 PM EDT

[#13]

Yes, I know what Burley is saying. They *WERE* indeed castoff, and I have often likened the person who convinced us to pay top dollar for them is just below the person that convinced us that we should pay for water in a bottle.

That said, damn but do I love them. That's why I wish they were still castoff.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:08:35 PM EDT

[#14]

Hmmmmmm, chicken wings.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:09:59 PM EDT

[#15]

Remember when potato "skins" were really potato skins.

Somewhere along the line, they just got lazy and started cutting whole potatoes in half.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:13:21 PM EDT

[#16]

I make them out of thigh meat, they taste the same but without the bones.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:13:42 PM EDT

[#17]

I very rarely buy them. You're right, they're way overpriced. I go to the store and buy two pounds of wingettes for 3 bucks. Then I get the packet of wing mix with the baking bag. Bake 'em for about 45 mins, and BOOYA! A whole meal's worth of wings at a fair price. Good topic!

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:14:12 PM EDT

[#18]

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:15:10 PM EDT

[#19]

mmmmmmmm wings mmmmmmmmmm

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:15:41 PM EDT

[#20]

Wings are nasty scraps of skin and bone.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:17:32 PM EDT

[#21]

ALL chicken is way overpriced since it became the "in" thing to eat for health reasons! Boneless skinless breast used to be a couple bucks a pound, now it's almost as much as beef ribeye!

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:18:01 PM EDT

[#22]

and they really arent wings, they are parts of wings (drum+flapper = wing)

8 complete wings (which is 16 = 8 drums and 8 flappers) at Popeyes is $4.99 but you get 10 "wings" (really 5 complete wings) for $9-10 most places

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:20:06 PM EDT

[#23]

MMMmmmmm........ Hot Wings & Cold Beer!!!

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:21:31 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
MMMmmmmm........ Wings.........

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Yum!

but IBTL

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:24:37 PM EDT

[#25]

I see no sense in buying nothing but skin and bone slathered in sauce. Bleh.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:25:20 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Geez....anybody else have a hanking for a plate of 3 mile island at Hooters right about now?

Now that there is a damn good idea!

An idea without a paycheck to back it up.

Man, I sure hope I get a roger on my callback later this week.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:26:04 PM EDT

[#27]

Dammit to hell, can't you hardup motherfuckers post in one damn thread without shoving in photos of scantily clad women?

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:27:12 PM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
Dammit to hell, can't you hardup motherfuckers post in one damn thread without shoving in photos of scantily clad women?

huh-huh, huh-huh, he said shove....

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:31:31 PM EDT

[#29]

You buying boneless wings or something?

I always thought wings to be CHEAP. My only problem with them is the few places that I found that could make them hot enough that I've found discontinued the flavor due to lack of damand.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:33:21 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
Dammit to hell, can't you hardup motherfuckers post in one damn thread without shoving in photos of scantily clad women?

+1 Way to hijack this.

IBTL for BOTD Violation.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:37:01 PM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
Remember when wings used to be a castoff? Nobody wanted wings. Now you go into a restaurant and they charge you $5 for 6 or 7 scrawny wings with some hot sauce on them.

Don't get me wrong, I love a good wing. But geez, how in the hell do you charge that much for something so devoid of meat? Two or three bites and they're gone.

Sad thing is that people pay these high prices for fucking WINGS!!!

............as opposed to a $12 hamburger? Why eat away from home at all?

clickee for the wings that started it all

Anchor Bar clickee

Yes, I have been there, and they are damn good!!!

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:37:12 PM EDT

[#32]

Growing up, I remember when my family ate a lot of fish because it was cheaper than beef. Fish was also viewed as a cast off type food until sometime in the 70's when it became the "in" thing. Same thing with chicken which was cheap and as such very popular with po folk.

My, my,...look how far they have both come.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:40:00 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
Growing up, I remember when my family ate a lot of fish because it was cheaper than beef. Fish was also viewed as a cast off type food until sometime in the 70's when it became the "in" thing. Same thing with chicken which was cheap and as such very popular with po folk.

My, my,...look how far they have both come.

I heard some thing on the radio a while ago about how in the 1700s they'd feed prisoners lobster because it was regarded as not something good to eat. The prisoners even considered it cruel.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:40:50 PM EDT

[#34]

Um......... hard up??? Actually, "we" prefer to look at the situation as....... an ARFCOM post without pictures of Guns or Women or food is pretty much a total waste of bandwidth!!!

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:46:34 PM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:
Geez....anybody else have a hanking for a plate of 3 mile island at Hooters right about now?

Still my favorite hot wing ever. I've been trying different take-out places around my house for one that comes close... nothing has touched Hooters. Maybe I'll go tomorrow for lunch. I've got a wicked craving now.

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:52:30 PM EDT

[#36]

Wings

Posted: 2/28/2006 5:56:18 PM EDT

[#37]

IBTL for BOTD violation

Posted: 2/28/2006 6:04:01 PM EDT

[#38]

bdubs on tuesday, yum.

About the only time I have wings.

Posted: 2/28/2006 6:08:52 PM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:
Dammit to hell, can't you hardup motherfuckers post in one damn thread without shoving in photos of scantily clad women?

Yeah, you bastards!

Posted: 2/28/2006 6:09:01 PM EDT

[#40]

And another thing. They call both parts of the wing a wing like there is four wings on a chicken.

Posted: 2/28/2006 6:39:01 PM EDT

[#41]

And yet another thing, they really aren't hot wings unless they start to burn your eyes, just prior to them being within visible range.

Posted: 2/28/2006 6:50:56 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:
ALL chicken is way overpriced since it became the "in" thing to eat for health reasons! Boneless skinless breast used to be a couple bucks a pound, now it's almost as much as beef ribeye!

I have been paying $1.69/lb for boneless skinless breasts around here. From what I read we are near the bottom of the cheap chicken cycle.

Posted: 2/28/2006 8:40:07 PM EDT

[#43]

I pay $14 and change for 6.5 lb. bags of frozen Tyson breasts at Sam's.

Posted: 2/28/2006 8:41:31 PM EDT

[#44]

They are too high, I dont buy them, I will not pay more then 25cent each

Posted: 2/28/2006 8:47:53 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:
Remember when wings used to be a castoff? Nobody wanted wings. Now you go into a restaurant and they charge you $5 for 6 or 7 scrawny wings with some hot sauce on them.

Don't get me wrong, I love a good wing. But geez, how in the hell do you charge that much for something so devoid of meat? Two or three bites and they're gone.

Sad thing is that people pay these high prices for fucking WINGS!!!

You have to remember that your posting on a forum where people routinely spend 1 - 2 dollars per cartridge and shoot em off like they were free.

Posted: 2/28/2006 8:52:03 PM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
I see no sense in buying nothing but skin and bone slathered in sauce. Bleh.

It's far better than just buying the sauce.

Posted: 2/28/2006 8:52:58 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:
Remember when wings used to be a castoff? Nobody wanted wings. Now you go into a restaurant and they charge you $5 for 6 or 7 scrawny wings with some hot sauce on them.

Don't get me wrong, I love a good wing. But geez, how in the hell do you charge that much for something so devoid of meat? Two or three bites and they're gone.

Sad thing is that people pay these high prices for fucking WINGS!!!

You motherfucker..........I am SO hungry now.

WHY did you have to post this???

Posted: 2/28/2006 9:00:28 PM EDT

[#48]

Thank you people!

I've been saying this fr 10 years and no one listens. It's just bone, skin, and gristle. I'm a fat guy and I love my food, but I burn more calories eating the wings than I get from them. I'd probably starve to death if I had to try to live off of them. To little benefit for the effort.

Posted: 2/28/2006 9:14:35 PM EDT

[#49]

Now I'm hungry. Fuck you guys.

Posted: 2/28/2006 9:16:00 PM EDT

[#50]

Quoted:
Geez....anybody else have a hanking for a plate of 3 mile island at Hooters right about now?

Shoot....I am NOW!!!!

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