Thread: Where did the term "Buffalo Chicken" come from?

On Feb 22, 1:34*pm, j...@myplace.com wrote:
> I never understood this. There is absolutely no buffalo meat, no buffalo
> hair, no buffalo parts, or anything else connected to buffalo in this
> food.
> Why do they call it this name?

I believe that those hot wings were first introduced in Buffalo, NY.
Nada to do with any animal.

On Feb 22, 12:40*pm, Kalmia <tweeny90...@mypacks.net> wrote:
> On Feb 22, 1:34*pm, j...@myplace.com wrote:
>
> > I never understood this. There is absolutely no buffalo meat, no buffalo
> > hair, no buffalo parts, or anything else connected to buffalo in this
> > food.
> > Why do they call it this name?
>
> I believe that those hot wings were first introduced in Buffalo, NY.
> Nada to do with any animal.

Bingo!

Buffaloes don't have wings. ;-)

John Kuthe...

On Feb 22, 10:34*am, j...@myplace.com wrote:
> I never understood this. There is absolutely no buffalo meat, no buffalo
> hair, no buffalo parts, or anything else connected to buffalo in this
> food.
> Why do they call it this name?

buffalo wings originated at Frank and Teressa's Anchor Bar, of Buffalo
New York.

http://www.anchorbar.com/original.php

Wings used to be cheap -- the popularity of Buffalo wings drove up the
price, making deep fried hunks of breast meat economically appealing.

[email protected] wrote:

>I never understood this. There is absolutely no buffalo meat, no buffalo
>hair, no buffalo parts, or anything else connected to buffalo in this
>food.
>Why do they call it this name?

It's a figure of speech. Chickens like to roam free, like the buffalo
in that old song. If the "buffalo wings" are made from factory
chicken, the restaurant is perpetrating a fraud.

On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:34:05 -0600, [email protected] wrote:

> I never understood this. There is absolutely no buffalo meat, no buffalo
> hair, no buffalo parts, or anything else connected to buffalo in this
> food.
> Why do they call it this name?
>
They were created in Buffalo, New York.

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On 22/02/2012 1:34 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> I never understood this. There is absolutely no buffalo meat, no buffalo
> hair, no buffalo parts, or anything else connected to buffalo in this
> food.
> Why do they call it this name?
>
>

I guess you were lonely in the wee hours and needed to do some trolling.

[email protected] wrote:

>I never understood this. There is absolutely no buffalo meat, no buffalo
>hair, no buffalo parts, or anything else connected to buffalo in this
>food.
>Why do they call it this name?

Why were you brought into this world by Sicilian section?

spamtrap1888 wrote:
> j...@myplace.com wrote:
>
>> Why do they call it this name?
>
> buffalo wings originated at Frank and Teressa's Anchor Bar, of Buffalo
> New York.
> http://www.anchorbar.com/original.php

Chicken Kiev. Chicago pizza. Think for a while and you'll be able to
come up with plenty of foods that are named for their point of origin.

On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:54:45 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Feb 22, 12:40*pm, Kalmia <tweeny90...@mypacks.net> wrote:
>> On Feb 22, 1:34*pm, j...@myplace.com wrote:
>>
>> > I never understood this. There is absolutely no buffalo meat, no buffalo
>> > hair, no buffalo parts, or anything else connected to buffalo in this
>> > food.
>> > Why do they call it this name?
>>
>> I believe that those hot wings were first introduced in Buffalo, NY.
>> Nada to do with any animal.
>
>Bingo!
>
>Buffaloes don't have wings. ;-)
>
>John Kuthe...

That's a good thing, I'd hate to have one of them crash into my roof

Thanks for all who replied.
Oddly enough few people seem to know about this. A local Hardees sells
them, and I asked several of the workers the reason, no one knew.

On 2012-02-22, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

> them, and I asked several of the workers the reason, no one knew.

If they did, they'd probly be working somewhere else other than
Hardee's.

nb

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"notbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 2012-02-22, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> them, and I asked several of the workers the reason, no one knew.
>
> If they did, they'd probly be working somewhere else other than
> Hardee's.
>
> nb
>
I'm not sure people working at any fast food restaurant would know this. Of
course it's Buffalo NY.

Jill

On 22/02/2012 2:57 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>> I never understood this. There is absolutely no buffalo meat, no buffalo
>> hair, no buffalo parts, or anything else connected to buffalo in this
>> food.
>> Why do they call it this name?
>
> Why were you brought into this world by Sicilian section?

I saw a show on Discovery or Travel or Food...one of them,
that had the annual Buffalo chicken wings festival or something
like that. A big annual event with wings and a contest anyway.

One of the principals, NOT an outsider, said it was the only
reason anyone would want to come to Buffalo. I haven't got
that far north so I can't say but it did seem a bit rude to
talk about your own town that way.

spamtrap1888 wrote:
>
> Wings used to be cheap -- the popularity of Buffalo wings drove up the
> price, making deep fried hunks of breast meat economically appealing.

I do "buffalo whole chicken" using the cheap on-sale chicken. Just as tasty
and more meat in each bite.

Gary

On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:08:09 -0500, injipoint <[email protected]>
wrote:

> One of the principals, NOT an outsider, said it was the only
> reason anyone would want to come to Buffalo. I haven't got
> that far north so I can't say but it did seem a bit rude to
> talk about your own town that way.

He was probably speaking the truth, which is often hard on delicate
ears.

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On Feb 22, 11:57*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> j...@myplace.com wrote:
> >I never understood this. There is absolutely no buffalo meat, no buffalo
> >hair, no buffalo parts, or anything else connected to buffalo in this
> >food.
> >Why do they call it this name?
>
> Why were you brought into this world by Sicilian section?

Brooklyn has redeemed many of his past sins with this statement.

[email protected] wrote:
> I never understood this. There is absolutely no buffalo meat, no
> buffalo hair, no buffalo parts, or anything else connected to buffalo
> in this food.
> Why do they call it this name?

I read that they came from a bar in Buffalo NY.

On Feb 22, 10:34*am, j...@myplace.com wrote:
> I never understood this. There is absolutely no buffalo meat, no buffalo
> hair, no buffalo parts, or anything else connected to buffalo in this
> food.
> Why do they call it this name?

Many many years ago, long before our time, in a distant past in the
wild wet there lived a creature called the Buficken. It was a small
creature that resembled a cow but had feathers and wings. Much like
many animals...it was nearly killed off for it's tasty wings. today,
they are raised in a very secret location that not even the CIA or the
FBI know there whereabouts. And now you know the rest of the story.

[email protected] wrote:
> I never understood this. There is absolutely no buffalo meat, no
> buffalo hair, no buffalo parts, or anything else connected to buffalo
> in this food.
> Why do they call it this name?

It's just a show of reverence for the extinct species Air Buffalo which was
hunted to extinction by native Americans in an effort to get rid of falling
debris.

On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:18:29 -0600, [email protected] wrote:

>On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:54:45 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Feb 22, 12:40*pm, Kalmia <tweeny90...@mypacks.net> wrote:
>>> On Feb 22, 1:34*pm, j...@myplace.com wrote:
>>>
>>> > I never understood this. There is absolutely no buffalo meat, no buffalo
>>> > hair, no buffalo parts, or anything else connected to buffalo in this
>>> > food.
>>> > Why do they call it this name?
>>>
>>> I believe that those hot wings were first introduced in Buffalo, NY.
>>> Nada to do with any animal.
>>
>>Bingo!
>>
>>Buffaloes don't have wings. ;-)
>>
>>John Kuthe...
>
>That's a good thing, I'd hate to have one of them crash into my roof
>
>Thanks for all who replied.
>Oddly enough few people seem to know about this. A local Hardees sells
>them, and I asked several of the workers the reason, no one knew.
>

Sadly, the folks in Buffalo probably don't know what a Hardee's is.
None in NY or most of PA.

I loved Hardee's in the 70's when I was in NC. Surprised they
never invaded NY.

Jim