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Chicken wings...hot, super hot or mild are a great treat for a simple meal, but they are at their best at a party. Most Super Bowl parties feature platters of this tasty finger food to munch on before during or after the game.

The concept of bathing deep fried chicken wings in peppery hot sauce was born in 1964 at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York. Teresa Bellissimo cooked a batch of leftover wings in hot sauce as a late-night snack for her son and his friends. The boys raved so much about the hot wings, that the Bellissimos put them on the menu the next day.

A platter of hot chicken wings with celery slices and bleu cheese dip earned the signature name “Buffalo Wings” and were an instant hit. Recognizing a great idea, Dominic Bellissimo, the son who started the whole thing, and Dick Winger, who sold hot sauce to the bar, began a sales campaign to introduce the fiery snack to bars and restaurants around the country. McDonald’s began selling "Mighty Wings" in 1990, KFC rolled out Hot Wings in 1991, and Domino's Pizza joined the chicken wing explosion in 1994.

Jessica Simpson may yet be the only one who doesn't know that Buffalo Wings are not really made from real buffalo meat. The rest of the USA has developed a sweet spot for the combo of intensely hot spicy chicken wings with the cool Bleu Cheese dressing and a celery chaser.

More about buffalo wings around the Web:

How to Make Buffalo Chicken Wings at Home - Just one recipe for the original Anchor bar style Buffalo Chicken Wings, but this one has the recipe for the bleu cheese dip to top it off. Many think the sauce is the best part of the wings so this is a real treasure...

Buffalo Chicken Wings - How about a selection of chicken wings and sauce recipes brought to you by Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science? Don't knock it, the recipes are great. How do you think students on a tight budget feed themselves - and talk about knowing how to party...

Super Bowl Chicken Wings Recipes - The complete collection from AllRecipes.com, with complete ingredients and instructions, star-rated reviews, photos, and visitor comments.

National Buffalo Wing Fest - Are you a real Buffalo Wing fanatic? This Labor Day weekend bash (in Buffalo, New York, of course) features live music, 25 “Buffalo Wing” restaurants showing off their specialties, the United States Chicken Wing Eating championship, a contest for the best original chicken wing sauce, and even a "Miss Buffalo Wing"....

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