2006-09-17 04:24:10 · 16 answers · asked by bobbinson 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
because the name chicken wings were already took.
2006-09-17 04:25:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Interestingly, buffalo could originally fly, this is why the North American Indian tribes used the Eagle as a form of the Great Spirit to catch them. Nowadays the wings are clipped from buffalo when they are a few months old (which is why the wings are so small compared to the adult animal).
2006-09-17 04:28:33 · answer #2 · answered by stevensontj 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I think it is because they were originally made in Buffalo, NY.
The History of the Buffalo Wing!
According to the book "Third Helpings" by Calvin Trillin, there are three stories about the creation of the Buffalo Wing. All
three stories take place in Buffalo, NY, which is why they are called Buffalo wings and not Baltimore wings.
1.In 1964, Buffalo's Anchor bar received a shipment of chicken wings by mistake. Cook Teressa Bellisimo needed to do
something with them, so she cut off the useless wing tip and chopped the remainder in half so that they were in straight
sections and easier to eat. Then she deep-fried them, covered them with a homemade hot sauce and borrowed some
celery from the bar's regular antipasto. Then she arranged them on a plate with some of the Anchor's house dressing,
which, fatefully, was bleu cheese. This improvised bar snack became an immediate hit.
2.This story also takes place at the Anchor Bar, but in this story, it was Friday night, when Catholics were still staying
away from meat on Fridays. The bartender asked his mom, Teressa Bellisimo, to make something special (and meaty) to
pass around at the stroke of midnight. The patrons loved her impromptu dish, and the wing took flight.
3.In the third story, the chicken wing had long been part of the city's black culture when a cook named John Young
invented the Buffalo wing as we know it by covering it with what he called his "mambo" sauce."
Within two decades the Buffalo wing had spread to bars and restaurants all over America. By 1995, Buffalo wings were
a $400 million part of the restaurant industry.
2006-09-17 04:25:09 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. G 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Because they originated In Buffalo, N. Y.
2006-09-17 04:45:36 · answer #4 · answered by bugear001 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Because back when buffalo wings were invented, they came from madagascan winged buffalo. This very rare, flightless creature was hunted to extinction in 1947, and only some stuffed specimins exist today.
2006-09-17 04:28:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
because they were invented at a restaurant in Buffalo, NY called the Anchor Bar.
2006-09-17 04:27:06 · answer #6 · answered by HCC 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because they come from Buffalo, N.Y. Thats the only place you can get them for real----ha ha!!
2006-09-21 04:20:16 · answer #7 · answered by POPPY 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because they were invented in and originally came from Buffalo, NY.
2006-09-17 04:32:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
because they originally come from a restaurant called the anchor in buffalo, new york
2006-09-17 04:44:28 · answer #9 · answered by Auron 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Because The Company Who Made Them Likes The Name Of them
2006-09-17 04:26:04 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Because they come from buffalos
2006-09-17 04:31:17 · answer #11 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋