Brightest Young Things

Frankly, we don't have a feature for today.
So we sat down last night, keyboard to keyboard and brainstormed: maybe just do best weekend bets as a feature? maybe dedicate today to Chad America's (inevitably amazingy) new baby son? Maybe? Maybe?
And so, because we are classy we decided to go with wings because there is a wing eating contest @ RNR today and we are gluttons and Libby hates wings but found that wing baby Jesus photo and Cale loves them and I am mostly happy with them but hate food you have to eat with your hands and...anyway.

For the uninitiated, we will start with some Wikipedia trivia:

Buffalo wings, hot wings, chicken wings, or wings are chicken wing sections (called wings or "flats") and wing drummettes that are deep fried and then coated in sauce. Traditional Buffalo-style chicken wing sauce is composed of two ingredients: a vinegar-based cayenne pepper hot sauce and margarine or butter.
Buffalo wings are named after their city of origin, Buffalo, New York. The local residents of Buffalo generally refer to them as "wings" or "chicken wings" rather than "Buffalo wings". The appellation "Buffalo" is also now commonly applied to foods other than wings (such as chicken fingers, chicken nuggets, and popcorn chicken) that are seasoned with the Buffalo-style sauce or variations of it.

Everyone knows this, or should we say, ALMOST everyone:

Here, courtesy of Recipezaar is the recipe for Hooters Hot Wings (which some people may argue, are the best hot wings out there. In my opinion this is poppy cock but Hooters still does the best sweet tea in DC so it all evens out)

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup louisiana hot sauce
• 1 dash pepper, Ground
• 1 dash garlic powder
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 10 chicken wings
• bleu cheese salad dressing
• celery
• vegetable oil, for frying

Directions

• Combine the flour, paprika, cayenne pepper, and salt in a small bowl.
• If the wings are frozen, be sure to defrost and dry them.
• Put the wings into a large bowl and sprinkle the flour mixture over them, coating each wing evenly.
• Put the wings in the refrigerator for 60 to 90 minutes. (This will help the breading to stick to the wings when fried.)
• Heat oil in a deep fryer to 375 degrees.
• You want just enough oil to cover the wings entirely -- an inch or so deep at least. Combine the butter, hot sauce, ground pepper, and garlic powder in a small saucepan over low heat. Heat until the butter is melted and the ingredients are well blended.
• Put all the wings into the hot oil and fry them for 10 to 15 minutes or until some parts of the wings begin to turn dark brown.
• Remove the wings from the oil to a paper towel to drain.
• But don't let them sit too long, because you want to serve the wings hot. Quickly put the wings into a large bowl.
• Add the hot sauce and stir, coating all the wings evenly.
• You could also use a large plastic container with a lid for this.
• 1Put all the wings inside the container, add the sauce, put on the lid, then shake. Serve with Bleu cheese dressing and celery sticks on the side.

Now that you know how to make them you should eat them. Here is how to do so. Competitively:

And extremely:

Assorted other news worthy wing stories
-Spiciest wings ever?
-The Wing Crisis
-Wing experts with wing hats:

NOW IT IS YOUR TURN: tell us the best wing story you have and if it is amazing enough we will give you something in return, we promise: maybe get you into the buffalo wing eating contest tonight for free?
That sounds reasonable.

That sounds reasonable.