Oh the humanity

[DT Fan]

2 hours ago, iowaboy1965 said:

Never been to one.

Doug, there is a story from the apprentice class before us. It seems they decided to stop at Hooters on the way home one day. Gary T. being the frugal gentleman that he is had a hot dog and a glass of water as the story goes. Kenny could probably give you the details......

As to chicken wings, prefer to make them at home. When popularity drove the price nuts I quit buying them. Local grocery store had them on sale for $1.99/pound before the SB. I bought 5 pounds but haven't cooked them yet. 

[766 Man]

11 minutes ago, DT Fan said:

Doug, there is a story from the apprentice class before us. It seems they decided to stop at Hooters on the way home one day. Gary T. being the frugal gentleman that he is had a hot dog and a glass of water as the story goes. Kenny could probably give you the details......

As to chicken wings, prefer to make them at home. When popularity drove the price nuts I quit buying them. Local grocery store had them on sale for $1.99/pound before the SB. I bought 5 pounds but haven't cooked them yet. 

  I thought that I would never see the day when 10 wings cost 20 dollars but that day has come and gone.  I can remember 40 years ago when 5 pounds cost 4 dollars cooked, sauced, and ready to eat.  Even 10 cent wings were a pretty good bargain.  

[DT Fan]

Just now, 766 Man said:

  I thought that I would never see the day when 10 wings cost 20 dollars but that day has come and gone.  I can remember 40 years ago when 5 pounds cost 4 dollars cooked, sauced, and ready to eat.  Even 10 cent wings were a pretty good bargain.  

I think they usually run around 5 bucks/pound now, at the grocery store!! You can buy breasts and cut strips cheaper. Hello.....

[Dirt_Floor_Poor]

1 hour ago, Diesel Doctor said:

Hey, Hey, be careful.

Those guys are now us!

Nah, we all got girlfriends and then wives. I don’t need to go throw money at some waitress pretending to care what I think. I have better investment opportunities now than when I was 16. Some live and learn and others never do. 

[766 Man]

1 minute ago, DT Fan said:

I think they usually run around 5 bucks/pound now, at the grocery store!! You can buy breasts and cut strips cheaper. Hello.....

  It's called marketing.  I had a marketing professor at Cornell say more than once that a retailer could charge 20 dollars per pound for dog crap with the right marketing approach.  He did say what that approach was but I probably should not say here.  

[DT Fan]

7 minutes ago, 766 Man said:

  It's called marketing.  I had a marketing professor at Cornell say more than once that a retailer could charge 20 dollars per pound for dog crap with the right marketing approach.  He did say what that approach was but I probably should not say here.  

There's a lot of truth to that!!!! 

[lotsaIHCs]

Never been to one either. The local one closed several years ago and is now a Sickie's Garage...50 burgers/50 brews.

[jass1660]

2 hours ago, 766 Man said:

  Most female Walmart shoppers look so bad that you want to poke out your eyes after catching a glimpse of them.  The others are that bad type of sleaze that makes you double check that your wallet is still in your pocket after you walk past.  

I must be lucky the Walmart I go to is across from a huge 55+ community, have to dodge the self propelled carts mostly…

[1256pickett]

2 hours ago, 766 Man said:

  I thought that I would never see the day when 10 wings cost 20 dollars but that day has come and gone.  I can remember 40 years ago when 5 pounds cost 4 dollars cooked, sauced, and ready to eat.  Even 10 cent wings were a pretty good bargain.  

The 10 cent wings were definitely a big deal back in the day, even the quarter wing nights were popular later. I haven’t seen any $2 wings though. What I have seen is $1-1.50. Although during the Covid bs the local bar was doing takeouts and I tipped them extremely well. That was probably close to $2, but I figured they were hurting and needed a little extra. 

[nepoweshiekfarmalls]

The entire wing/ hot wing/ Buffalo hot wing industry is pure genius.   Selling  a practically undesirable cut of poultry for tremendous profit.

[1256pickett]

1 minute ago, nepoweshiekfarmalls said:

The entire wing/ hot wing/ Buffalo hot wing industry is pure genius.   Selling  a practically undesirable cut of poultry for tremendous profit.

I’m sure everyone has heard the story of the origins just ‘something to feed the kids after school’. It really took off around here as bar food that kept the customers drinking. When I was a kid, every bar had a 10 cent wing night once a week and at that time were losing money but made up for it in beer sales. That night was their biggest night for volume. 

[766 Man]

4 minutes ago, nepoweshiekfarmalls said:

The entire wing/ hot wing/ Buffalo hot wing industry is pure genius.   Selling  a practically undesirable cut of poultry for tremendous profit.

  Marketing. Marketing. Marketing.  That aside the good Buffalo wings eat like candy.  But like candy it gets expensive quick to fill up on them.  Question to 1256 Pickett is which place do you prefer in Buffalo.  My BIL prefers Barbills which now has a location in the eastern Rochester burbs.

[766 Man]

2 minutes ago, 1256pickett said:

I’m sure everyone has heard the story of the origins just ‘something to feed the kids after school’. It really took off around here as bar food that kept the customers drinking. When I was a kid, every bar had a 10 cent wing night once a week and at that time were losing money but made up for it in beer sales. That night was their biggest night for volume. 

  An example of a loss leader.  I thought the story was that the Anchor Bar in downtown Buffalo ran low on food one night but had leftover chicken parts and whipped up a sauce on the spot then viola chicken wings were born.

[1256pickett]

9 minutes ago, 766 Man said:

  An example of a loss leader.  I thought the story was that the Anchor Bar in downtown Buffalo ran low on food one night but had leftover chicken parts and whipped up a sauce on the spot then viola chicken wings were born.

Yes Anchor Bar, Low on food when the bar owners kids came by after school. I think saving what food they did have for actual customers was the way I heard it. 

[1256pickett]

22 minutes ago, 766 Man said:

  Marketing. Marketing. Marketing.  That aside the good Buffalo wings eat like candy.  But like candy it gets expensive quick to fill up on them.  Question to 1256 Pickett is which place do you prefer in Buffalo.  My BIL prefers Barbills which now has a location in the eastern Rochester burbs.

I’ve never had actual Anchor Bar wings but have heard they are real good just not great. My personal favorite is a place in Black Rock called Sportsman’s Tavern, live music 7 nights a week. Sometimes it’s even the bar owners band that plays but it’s been a few years since I’ve been up there. Local to me is Whiskey Hill Saloon in Cassadaga, real good but bring your wallet. 
I’ll add most bars I have been to in WNY have better wings than anywhere else in the country, it’s not a buffalo thing it’s regional. 

[766 Man]

41 minutes ago, 1256pickett said:

I’ve never had actual Anchor Bar wings but have heard they are real good just not great. My personal favorite is a place in Black Rock called Sportsman’s Tavern, live music 7 nights a week. Sometimes it’s even the bar owners band that plays but it’s been a few years since I’ve been up there. Local to me is Whiskey Hill Saloon in Cassadaga, real good but bring your wallet. 
I’ll add most bars I have been to in WNY have better wings than anywhere else in the country, it’s not a buffalo thing it’s regional. 

  Some of the best wings I have ever had were from the Alfred Pizzaria in Alfred, NY while a student at the SUNY over 40 years ago now.  

[zleinenbach]

16 hours ago, vtfireman85 said:

I know it’s different, I have been to one strip club in my life, that was one too many, and it was a bachelor party. Seeing guys in there spending money hand over fist for what? First thing I did was take a shower when I got back to the hotel. I can’t gamble either, not so much as a lottery ticket. 

when you have as much money as an electrician from Vermont you won’t get the thrill gambling As us normal folks!

[vtfireman85]

13 minutes ago, zleinenbach said:

when you have as much money as an electrician from Vermont you won’t get the thrill gambling As us normal folks!

Is that it? I wish I had known I was so wealthy before I spent the last 4 hours belly crawling through wet insulation and dead rats through 120’ of soggy crawl space…. Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket? 

[FarmerFixEmUp]

3 hours ago, nepoweshiekfarmalls said:

   Selling  a practically undesirable cut of 

Reminds me of this from the Great Outdoors.

 

[new guy]

Never went. Wings are a waste of time and money. Also the Hooters girls in the calender didn't come from Iowa...

[acem]

Back in the 60s and early 70s Dad was a marketing/logistics/etc manager for a couple different good sized (at the time) poultry companies.  Wings were almost a waste product of cut up chicken.  Like backs.  Nobody wanted them.  Now they are gold. 

 

[jordi 1455]

On 2/27/2025 at 4:44 PM, 766 Man said:

  It's called marketing.  I had a marketing professor at Cornell say more than once that a retailer could charge 20 dollars per pound for dog crap with the right marketing approach.  He did say what that approach was but I probably should not say here.  

The Dutch comedian Andre van Duin had a song called lekkere wijven rougly translated hot ladies, in the original version of the song of 96 he has a line ''het gaat in de reclame niet om kwaliteit, want je kan zelfs poep verkopen met een mooie meid'' roughtly translated ''In advertising qualitiy doesn't matter, you can even sell crap with beutifull lady''

the original 96 version.

 

 

the later 2010 version

 

[iowaboy1965]

On 2/27/2025 at 9:58 PM, acem said:

Back in the 60s and early 70s Dad was a marketing/logistics/etc manager for a couple different good sized (at the time) poultry companies.  Wings were almost a waste product of cut up chicken.  Like backs.  Nobody wanted them.  Now they are gold. 

 

I wouldn't leave the drive way to go look for wings myself. 

 

Guess I'm still a breast man. 🤷