Wings are my favorite part of the chicken, and well worth the work. We buy 10 lb. bags of em at Costco, but I've never understood the appeal of the buffalo/hot sauce coated type either. They are best naked without any coating or batter, simply salted and deep fried or grilled until very crispy. Dousing a perfectly crispy wing in sauce makes as much sense to me as putting chili or cheese on nice crispy french fries - which is none.

I prefer having spicy thai wings.. or honey garlic..

Hot wings I agree have no dimension.. If I want hot food, then East Indian, Thai, or curries of different cultures..

There are many different flavors and temperatures of hot sauces. I rather enjoy some of them.

I like different hot sauces as well. There was one place I went that bragged about having dozens of brands available, and I tried dabs of several!

The hot sauce used on Buffalo Wings is just plain boring!

You've not had good Buffalo Wings then. Please remember that not every place that serves wings serves the same sauce.

Here's a peeve of mine ...

Often breakfast buffets in Europe will have ham, cheese and bread ... but no mustard! I've been able to obtain some for a sandwich as a special request, but thought it odd they don't put it out on the table?

Never occurred to me to use mustard at breakfast (or make a sandwich) although I do like mustard with ham on sandwiches at lunch or with sliced ham for dinner :o

My new buffet food rule is to take only one piece of each fruit to test it's ripeness before loading up my plate. Corollary: avoid the green melon because it is rarely, if ever, ripe.

Glad there is someone out there to eat that useless part of the chicken. I'd jsut as well eat the chicken feet as a wing.

I got a message from a Flyertalker the other day who told me, "I don't eat lamb, goat, frogs, pheasant, dear, rabbit, etc., but I love chicken feet." :D

At breakfast my savoury cannot intermingle with the sweet. Separate plates for the eggs, hashbrowns, sausage/bacon and/or beans and another for the french toast/pancakes. Need different cutlery too.

I like chicken feet..

It is a delicatessan in my culture..

Very true regardless of whether it is mild.

Very wrong.

I haven't done it in a long time as these days I use (green) tabasco, but I used to pour pancake syrup on my hash browns. Why only at breakfast?

Its inevitable to get some syrup on hashbrowns if served on the same plate as pancakes..

All mixes up in the stomach anyways..

Says somebody who's obviously never tried Cornish Quartz from Davidstow!

I'm willing to accept there's a big difference between American and Italian styles of ice cream. But there's quite a continuum between the two (and the stuff you get here tends to sit in the middle, with less fat and no egg white).

I love meat, vegetables and fruit in a food.I'll often let my dinner sit for an hour or so when I eat at home to accomplish this.In a night i dont eat heavy food.Ina morning i take tea with Chips of different kinds -- potato chips, tortilla chips, different flavored potato chips.

If I'm eating BBQ in Texas the only "plates" better be sheets of wax paper I dump all the meat on.

I tried chicken feet at brunch with a friend and don't think I would get them again, unless someone comes up with a boneless version...

Do you mean butcher paper? I've never seen a BBQ place in Texas that uses wax paper. But, plenty of them use butcher paper...usually the red-tinted variety.

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I only take chicken feet in dark soy sauce type cooked.. and sometimes in chinese soup..

Cold chicken feet cooked straight up.. I would have a problem taking as well

It's quite possible that's what it was, I called it "wax paper" because that's the term I'm most familiar with. The last place I went served it on white paper. Here's a picture and you can tell me if it's what you mean:

http://gallery.flyertalk.com/gallery...-Pics/100_4947

Yep. That's butcher paper...the white variety, however. ;)

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Thanks William! I like learning new terms and I'm glad I learned something today. Also, looking at that picture makes me so hungry. Have you been to Coopers BBQ in New Branufels?

Nope. I've been to Coopers in Llano, but I have no idea if they are the same folks. From your description, it certainly doesn't sound like it, so they are on my radar now. ;)

If you are ever back in the River City, give this place a try: http://www.franklinbarbecue.com/

It is a challenge at time to get fed there because he often sells out in less than 3 hours, but rumor is that his new smoker will be online sometime next week. Far and away the best BBQ I have ever eaten in my 58 years.

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It's funny you mention Franklin because my friend whom I was visiting in Austin (who I go visit frequently) kept saying we had to go there and we didn't have time. Next time I will make SURE we do, I promise!

Spaghetti is always better the second day. Cold Pizza is an extremely viable breakfast food. cold fried chicken is totally acceptable.

Perfect foods for breakfast in a hotel room with a fridge, but no microwave..

Skittles and M&Ms are eaten in threes.

Never go with the second choice offering on an airplane.

No eating fruit in public.

Much research has proven pizza doesn't need a fridge. But I used to microwave it to kill any bacteria it may have grown while overnighting in my desk drawer. :D Parallel experiment proved that pizza put the in fridge at work vaporizes before one gets back to eat it.

Personal rule: No cold pizza. Cold steak is okay.

Desk drawer:D

Perhaps hiding away from the sun, helps to prevent certain fermentation.. I take it's tasty to eat pizza stored at room temperature..;)

-When searching for a BBQ joint in SC, look for ones that have religious tracts on the wall. A good hint that a place has said tracts is that they are closed on Sundays and Wednesdays, as the proprietor will be in church on those days.

-On German trains food tastes better in the restaurant car, window seat.

-When smoking a brisket, leave it on for at least 7 hours.

-When drinking beer with friends in Texas, make sure it is delivered to your table in a bucket.

When searching for a BBQ joint in NC, it is helpful if the directions include, "Turn off of the main drag. Go up the road a ways, and then turn again." It's even better if the directions include, "Turn off of the paved road." :D

Or, as I like to say, "Turn left where the old schoolhouse used to be!" :D

I will not eat anything that tastes like chocolate, but isn't chocolate i.e. those hard chocolate mints or any chocolate flavored alcohol.

:D I hate it when people give me directions like that! :D If I knew where the old schoolhouse was located, I'd probably not be lost. :D

The directions that get me are the ones that go like this (and you are scribbling them down of course)

"On the left, just after the big tree, you'll see a road with a sycamore at the corner, if you go down there you'll get to Mr. Jonas' farm, you can tell it's his because you'll see the pigs wallowing in the mud right in front of the red brick farmhouse.

You don't want to take that road...."

Here are mine
 

1- Ketchup, Mustard and Relish go on a Hot Dog, in that specific order. If out of order, do not serve it to me.

2- If insistent on serving mayonnaise with a hamburger/cheeseburger, please serve it on the side.

3- Do not give me a red wine pairing with my appetizer and tell me that a full bodied chardonnay will be ok for my main course pairing.

4- Cereal in milk needs to be consumed w/in 10-15 minutes.

5- Just like a steak should never be cooked well done, a hamburger should also never be cooked well done.

6- If it’s against food code laws to cook a hamburger less than well done, I should be well informed prior to ordering.

7- In the morning, food then coffee, in that order.

8- If 7 is done correctly, the stomach will thank you dearly.

9- Mixed nuts are okay but macadamia nuts should never been in that mix.

10- For salads, ranch is not a dressing.

11- If I ask for an Italian dressing, it had better not be a vinaigrette dressing.

12- Skim Milk is glorified water.

13- 2% Milk is the minimum cut.

14- Outside of condiments, french fries should be just that, lightly salted (ABSOULTELY NO garlic)

15- Drinkable yogurt is NOT yogurt. It’s called a smoothie.

16- No whole grain breads with PB and J.

17- Stuffing out of the box is NOT stuffing, it must be home made.

18- Apple Pie is served w/vanilla ice cream, always.

19- If you are a vegan, please save your lecture until after I finish eating.

20- Too much salt is a bad thing, too much pepper? No such thing.

Drinks alone:

A fridge can cool 24 beers at once, anything above that is not acceptable.

Serving a Blue Moon or witbier without an orange slice is a SEVERE party foul.

Serving a Corona without a lime slice is UNFORGIVABLE.

Do not serve me red wine chilled or serve me white wine at room temperature.

Was given directions today by the hotel valet.. and the highways did not intersect..

Good thing by memory.. I remembered another route to get back on track..

My wife says next time get a map from concierge..:rolleyes:

And here's what I would call rule 19.1: If you're a vegan and lecture me about how awful it is to eat meat, I will eat more meat to make up for the meat that you don't eat.

Don't eat at a restaurant in a gas station.