Love them or hate them - but can't ignore them. That's the story with Chicken Wings in most parts of the US. This snack is mostly known as 'buffalo wings' - and yes I am about to answer your question. As any god fearing, peace loving, Indian I too wondered why is this name - 'Buffalo' - does it have buffalo meat? Does the reddish sauce have buffalo blood? Yikes !!! Not that I mind - I'd eat anything as long as it does not crawl down my throat. People who have qualms about eating cakes with eggs but not boiled eggs, eggs but not chicken, chicken but not red meat ... 'Hypocrites' - I tell you. My philosophy is simple - 'Cook it and i'll eat it' (Sushi being an exception - that I love just the way the Japs made it). 
Bottom line - I dont discriminate between animals which are cooked. I eat - indiscriminately.
Back to wings - So whilst I was on one of my eating binges I asked the waitress with a smirk on my face - So why's this called 'Buffalo' wings - does it have buffalo meat. She gave me a 'blonde'- look pat came a reply - what's a Buffalo? So another revelation - Americans dont know what buffalos are.
Anyway - Google to the rescue (as always). It turns out - this snack was 'invented' in a place called Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY and hence the name. Ahhhhhh - Unagi, I was aware!!!!
So while in the US I have had wings almost every week -come on I mean - Deep fried meaty goodness with some tangy, spicy sauce - what's there not to like. In the mid west - its practically there on every menu along with ribs (I suspect there's a law which warrants it :).
So for the greater good of mankind, I have been since eating wings as and when I find them on the menu, looking for the best of the best. My journey has taken me from the wings @ fast food chains (yucks) to speciality joints like Dave's. One chain and its sauces deserve special mention here - Buffalo Wild Wings (not too much ingenuity with the names eh ??). Their Mango Habenaro sause wings really make you go yippieeeee!! Finally I needed to go to the place where it all began ... Anchor Bar @ Buffalo, NY.
So very much against sane judgement and many reviews warning me that Anchor Bar was too touristy to serve anything worth eating, I dragged my wife to this 'historic' watering hole while on a trip to Niagara Falls. But one step in there and I was sold - the ceiling was covered with BIKES - life-size vintage bikes. All the walls were covered with autographed letters of appreciation from who's-who of American folklore, articles from every newspaper ever that published even a line mentioning Anchor Bar and pictures of celebrities 
who wet their beaks here. Now that what I call - 'IN YOUR FACE'.
who wet their beaks here. Now that what I call - 'IN YOUR FACE'. And then came the Wings - succlent, spicy and hottt.. And a glass of icy cold Honey Brown to wash it all down. I swear I could hear bells going off in my head and angels singing Hallelujah Hallelujah !!!
As the guys @ 'Highway on my plate' with say - Food Quote of the day -
During the day Mother Nature played the game,
To go on the Hurricane Deck - were We Insane ??
But after Anchor Bar
Chicken Wings would never be the same ...
