Dang restaurant.....
EryOaker
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One of my go to restaurant choices is wings.... low carb and delicious. I'll get a side salad without croutons and with ranch dressing along with my wings. It's normally a safe bet for me. However, tonight I was practically poisoned. I was watching the football game and not really paying attention. 1.5 wings in, I noticed the texture and flavor was different than normal. I look closer and realize my garlic parm wings are BREADED!!!! Who breads wing?!?!?! Seriously. WTF! So I flag down the manager and he explains that you have to order "naked" bone-in wings then add sauce. I feel wronged! Never would I have guessed that bone in wings would be automatically breaded.... I've been to this restaurant two other times and never had them come out like that. At least they fixed my order and gave me a new basket of wings. However, I will likely never go back there.... for the simple fact that people who bread bone-in wings must have something twisted in their brain! That's like serving streak ultra-well done... GET AWAY FROM THE KITCHEN!!! YOU DON'T BELONG THERE!!!
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I've never heard of breading bone-in wings. Sacrilege! Bread the boneless ones, but leave the REAL wings alone!0
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Wow! You're having a rough weekend. 1st your mother-in-law and now the restaurant.1
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I have heard of that before. The couple places I get wings at don't do it though. I have asked just in case.1
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Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »I have heard of that before. The couple places I get wings at don't do it though. I have asked just in case.
I never knew it was a thing!! I'll be extra careful from now on!!!0 -
Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »I have heard of that before. The couple places I get wings at don't do it though. I have asked just in case.
I never knew it was a thing!! I'll be extra careful from now on!!!
It is a thing. LOL. I watch too much of The Food Network, The Cooking Channel and America's Test Kitchen. There was an episode a few years ago on Throw down with Bobby Flay where his throw down was with the guy who owns the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY, supposedly the original place Buffalo Wings were served. Most of the show was them chattering back and forth about whether any wing (Buffalo Wings in particular) should ever be anything but nekked. Bobby dredged his in flour. The Anchor Bar did not. Anchor Bar won.
Heck, even The Colonel breads his wings.
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That's funny! I always thought the wings were breaded before they were rolled in the hot sauce and baked. But then again I've never eaten wings. They are a waste of time for the amount of meat you get. Just dump hot sauce and blue cheese dressing on any other piece of chicken.
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canadjineh wrote: »That's funny! I always thought the wings were breaded before they were rolled in the hot sauce and baked. But then again I've never eaten wings. They are a waste of time for the amount of meat you get. Just dump hot sauce and blue cheese dressing on any other piece of chicken.
I totally agree! I don't eat the things!0 -
canadjineh wrote: »That's funny! I always thought the wings were breaded before they were rolled in the hot sauce and baked. But then again I've never eaten wings. They are a waste of time for the amount of meat you get. Just dump hot sauce and blue cheese dressing on any other piece of chicken.
Baked?!?! BAKED?!?! You are band from cooking!!! Just step away from the kitchen now!!!1 -
canadjineh wrote: »They are a waste of time for the amount of meat you get.
I do get that, and my roommate and I have discussed this a few times as he is very much anti-wing for similar reasons. But I figure that the meat:effort ratio is only part of the wing experience. The nibbling is part of it, maybe like a primal thing? Like a dog trying to get peanut butter out of a Kong toy -- as you are nibbling to get the admittedly little amount of meat, you're getting at all the little sauce bits that are in the nooks and crannies of the wing.
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canadjineh wrote: »That's funny! I always thought the wings were breaded before they were rolled in the hot sauce and baked. But then again I've never eaten wings. They are a waste of time for the amount of meat you get. Just dump hot sauce and blue cheese dressing on any other piece of chicken.
Baked?!?! BAKED?!?! You are band from cooking!!! Just step away from the kitchen now!!!
Well, I personally wouldn't worry about what I'm about to type but - there are a whole lot of readers who, while they might eat deep fried wings, THEIR reaction would be an "OMG what sort of OIL were they fried in and what else was fried in that oil".
Me personally? I can count on 1 hand the number of times I eat in a restaurant each year. I've watched too many episodes of Restaurant Stakeout (with their hidden cameras) and Restaurant Impossible. Eek! I'm never impressed with "hygiene/sanitation ratings" posted at the front of the restaurant. It is for the 1 day the 1 inspector happened to visit. I wonder if a cook might wipe their brow (or drippy nose) with the same towel they wipe splatters on a plate before serving. Or if there are any rebellious servers or cooks who may not wash their hands after using the restroom...0 -
canadjineh wrote: »Me personally? I can count on 1 hand the number of times I eat in a restaurant each year. I've watched too many episodes of Restaurant Stakeout (with their hidden cameras) and Restaurant Impossible. Eek! I'm never impressed with "hygiene/sanitation ratings" posted at the front of the restaurant.
A family member, during a very low point in his life, was forced to earn his living as a restaurant inspector for the county health department. His tip: eat at Mom and Pop restaurants where the cook and the cooktop are visible to the patrons. There are still unseen risks but at least you've minimized the perils you can experience at Chez La Maison de la Casa, $45 a head minimum.1 -
I don't eat much... I've never seen breaded wings. TBH, I've never seen boneless wings either.0
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funny, here in my country are breaded parts of chicken usual. even breaded and boneless you can buy in market...
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canadjineh wrote: »That's funny! I always thought the wings were breaded before they were rolled in the hot sauce and baked. But then again I've never eaten wings. They are a waste of time for the amount of meat you get. Just dump hot sauce and blue cheese dressing on any other piece of chicken.
Baked?!?! BAKED?!?! You are band from cooking!!! Just step away from the kitchen now!!!
The best ones are deep fried, then put in sauce and baked for a bit to set the sauce.0 -
I made buffalo wings in my air fryer. The sauce was Frank's hot sauce and butter. They turned out so crispy and browned yumminess. My husband and 2 of my kids thought it was amazing. My husband loves wings and he thought they were as good or better than in the restaurant. This is not a plug for the air fryer, just thought it fit since I tried them for the first time last weekend. Yes, the sauce was added before and after cooking...2
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You had me at wings..... but breading them? Sacrilege! Leave my wings along, just give them to me smothered in hot sauce. With some extra dipping sauce, just in case....0
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Hooters (I've only been to the one that used to be in my town) their wings come in traditional (lightly breaded, bone-in), naked, or boneless (heavier breading)0
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Wings should ALWAYS be served "naked" and "bone-in" and deep fried, unless otherwise requested! It's a crime otherwise!2
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Well there ya go! I've only eaten ribs once in my life (just to be polite at someone's house) and wings never, and @kirkor the reason for both is that nibbling around nerves, cartilage, bones, and gristle makes me puke. Google image: boneless chicken ranch - far side cartoon. My dream meal, lol. The only deep fried anything I like is really good fish & chips in a light beer batter, but I haven't eaten them since I found out I have to be gluten free.
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I'm with you canadjineh! Gnawing on a bone makes me puke too.0
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canadjineh wrote: »Well there ya go! I've only eaten ribs once in my life (just to be polite at someone's house) and wings never, and @kirkor the reason for both is that nibbling around nerves, cartilage, bones, and gristle makes me puke. Google image: boneless chicken ranch - far side cartoon. My dream meal, lol. The only deep fried anything I like is really good fish & chips in a light beer batter, but I haven't eaten them since I found out I have to be gluten free.
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@canadjineh @poli22 - So you folks don't just gag or maybe throw up a little in your mouths... You actually projectile vomit if a bone gets near your chops?0
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Mmmmyup..... I can do Industrial First Aid on accident victims but can't have a bone-in steak like a t-bone. I have to immediately cut the meat away from the bone and chuck the bone into the garbage before starting to eat dinner. I even like my meat rare but that's only if there's no vein-y bits running thru it. I don't even like the look of ripped weight lifter's muscles.
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I can understand how all of that might be a turn off. I knew a fella years ago who wouldn't eat chicken unless it was in ground form or a patty. His reasoning was it looked too much like it does in its live form. I'm the same way with whole fish on a plate. It doesn't make me nauseous or ill but I'd rather not have eyeballs on my plate.1
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Hooters restaurant anyone?0
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If you have ever taken anatomy and dissected out nerves, tendons, muscles, etc. it is very hard not to continue to do so when the animal is on your plate. After do this it is even harder to eat said animal without barfing. If it doesn't look like an animal part, it is much easier to eat. At least that is my take. I also really like vegetables and fruit.3
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I always ask and ask again. Even a few that dont look breaded have a very light coating. Im allergic to wheat so I am paranoid.1
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@canadjineh @poli22 - So you folks don't just gag or maybe throw up a little in your mouths... You actually projectile vomit if a bone gets near your chops?
You just had to go there, didn't you.
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@poli22 that's exactly it. I've always been interested and involved in medical stuff and aimed my education in that direction, so I guess it serves me right
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