The History of the Buffalo Wing! According to the book "Third Helpings" by Calvin Trillin, there are three stories about the creation of the Buffalo Wing.

All three stories take place in Buffalo, NY, which is why they are called Buffalo Wings and not Baltimore wings. The Real Story follows after reading the legends below.

1. In 1964, Buffalo's Anchor bar received a shipment of chicken wings by mistake. Cook Teressa Bellisimo needed to do something with them, so she cut off the useless wing tip and chopped the remainder in half so that they were in straight sections and easier to eat. Then she deep-fried them, covered them with a homemade hot sauce and borrowed some celery from the bar's regular antipasto. Then she arranged them on a plate with some of the Anchor's house dressing, which, fatefully, was bleu cheese. This improvised bar snack became an immediate hit.
   
   
2. This story also takes place at the Anchor Bar, but in this story, it was a Friday night, when Catholics were still staying away from meat on Fridays. The bartender asked his mom, Teressa Bellisimo, to make something special and meaty to pass around at the stroke of midnight. The patrons loved her impromptu dish, and the wing took flight.
   
   
3. In the third story, the chicken wing had long been part of the city's black culture when a cook named John Young invented the Buffalo Wing as we know it by covering it with what he called his "mambo" sauce."

"One Friday night back in 1964, I was working behind the bar. It was very busy that night. My mother, Teressa, was in the kitchen cooking and father, Frank, was greeting customers. It was one of those good Friday nights.

Respectfully yours,
Dom Bellissimo"The Rooster" Anchor Bar
1047 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14209

Even the "big boys" of the pizza business, Domino's and Pizza Hut are now serving Buffalo Wings, a practice of Buffalo-area pizzerias for many years.

Within two decades the Buffalo Wing had spread to bars and restaurants all over America.

By 1995, Buffalo Wings were a 400 million dollar part of the American restaurant industry.

Commonly referred to as Buffalo Wings, We simply call them delicious. These spicy little morsels of poultry are now served around the world.

Buffalo Wings are plain naked wings, they are not breaded. The wings used for Buffalo Wings are large meaty wings which appear as small drumsticks. The small skinny wings that look like pigeon wings should be rejected as a Buffalo Wing.

• Original Anchor Bar Sauce available from
  Anchor Bar (716) 853-1791
  
  
• Buffalo Brand Chicken Wing Sauce available from
  Buffalo Brand Products (718) 260-9225

2 1/2 lb. fresh chicken wings 12-16 whole wings
1/2 cup chicken wing Sauce
1/4 cup melted butter or margarine

Split wings at joint, pat dry.

Melt margarine or butter in microwave bowl or small saucepan, add wing sauce and bring to light boil, remove from heat.

Deep fry wings at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes, or
bake wings at 425 degrees for 45 minutes
until completely cooked and crispy; then allow to drain.

Put in cooked wings into sauce and toss until wings are completely covered. Remove wings from sauce and let drain a moment to remove excess. Serve with bleu cheese and celery. For a milder wing add additional margarine or butter.