Food Fact Friday: I'm a Buffalo Girl

Lately I've been really craving Buffalo wings! I love them in the traditional sauce with lots of blue cheese dressing. How do you like yours?? Everyone knows they started in Buffalo, but here is some history.


Traditional Buffalo wing sauce is made up of two ingredients: cayenne pepper based hot sauce and margarine or butter. Purists say margarine is better for consistency & taste (but I love butter). Buffalo wings may also be prepared with breading and sauce, although many would consider breaded wings not to be genuine.

There are 2 main stories of how they came to be...The 1st story is that Buffalo wings were first made at the Anchor Bar, located in Buffalo, on October 3, 1964, by Teressa Bellisimo, co-owner of the Anchor Bar with her husband Frank. When their son, Dominic, and his friends, arrived home from college late one night, Teressa needed a fast and easy snack to present to them. She came up with the idea of deep frying chicken wings (normally thrown away or reserved for stock) and tossing them in cayenne sauce.


A 2nd version was told by Dominic Bellisimo (Teressa's son). He said his mom came up with the idea when one busy Friday night, there were alot of patrons drinking at the bar. At midnight, Catholics could once again eat meat, so she wanted to make something tasty for them to snack on.

For all you wing freaks: The National Buffalo Wing Festival is coming up... August 30-31 in Buffalo, NY.