I’ve heard that there is a great shortage in chicken wings
these days.
Really?
I haven’t seen a
shortage of breasts and thighs, so what’s so special about the wings and drumettes
that warrant a shortage? I always thought of these as 2nd class chicken parts.
There are 2 wings and 2 drumettes per chicken and someone
had to find a way to use all the parts, right?
The beaks and feet are already spoken for our soups and Chinese cuisine,
so the logical choice is to make them the poor man’s snack attack pack.
Why else would Domino’s Pizza sell them?
Wings are perfect for little fingers and big mouths. It’s a “finger lickin’ food just perfect for
snack time, or anytime”. Sounds like a
jingle I heard when I was young.
With the supply and demand mentality, the shortage of wings,
means the price just jumped to about $2.00 a pound, making them more expensive
than chicken breasts or even a small ribeye steak.
Recently, there was a massive heist of 65,000 pounds of
wings, but the thieves were thwarted. Hallelujah. I suppose they were banking on selling them to
the local pubs stocking up for the Super Bowl.
Hey mister, do I have a deal for
you.
I wonder what the police did with 65,000 pounds of chicken
wings? They can’t sit in a cardboard box
with other evidence. Did they rent a
freezer or did the evidence go missing?
By the time the case is called, will the wings have to make an
appearance in court, and can the owner actually sell 3-year-old chicken when he
gets them back?
With our new food shortage, I can imagine that there will be
a new surge to produce the next snack food suitable for children and adults, something
like fried frog legs…or not.
I'd love to hear about your favorite snacks and if you had wings for the Super Bowl. Email me at aitken.helen@gmail.com
It's a great day for a wing or two.
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