Post by Clipper on Aug 2, 2022 9:18:23 GMT -5
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We long ago stopped buying the wings as prices climbed. I refuse to pay a pizza joint or other restaurant a buck apiece for and item that used to be 10 cents a pound and normally only bought to make soup or stock.
We seldom ate wings for a snack anyway, but we started a few years ago to buy drumsticks instead. Not the leg and thighs. Just the drumsticks, and we normally just have them for an easy supper, not a snack and we air fry them instead of deep frying in grease.
I buy family packs of drumsticks, vacuum package them in lots of 5. Kathy normally will eat two and I eat three. We toss them in a bowl with vegetable oil, salt and pepper, and spread them on a wire rack on a rimmed baking sheet and cook them for about 45 minutes at 400. Take them out, toss them in a sauce made from butter, minced garlic, and hot sauce. Stick them under the broiler for a few minutes until they are crispy and browned. I found the recipe on Pinterest. Drumstick cost less than half the present price of wings and there is a lot more meat and less waste.
I think it would be interesting to pick the meat off of a dozen wings, set ti aside, and weigh the meat and the bones separately just to see how much edible meat you actually get for the exorbitant price you pay for wings and how much is actually bone and waste.
We long ago stopped buying the wings as prices climbed. I refuse to pay a pizza joint or other restaurant a buck apiece for and item that used to be 10 cents a pound and normally only bought to make soup or stock.
We seldom ate wings for a snack anyway, but we started a few years ago to buy drumsticks instead. Not the leg and thighs. Just the drumsticks, and we normally just have them for an easy supper, not a snack and we air fry them instead of deep frying in grease.
I buy family packs of drumsticks, vacuum package them in lots of 5. Kathy normally will eat two and I eat three. We toss them in a bowl with vegetable oil, salt and pepper, and spread them on a wire rack on a rimmed baking sheet and cook them for about 45 minutes at 400. Take them out, toss them in a sauce made from butter, minced garlic, and hot sauce. Stick them under the broiler for a few minutes until they are crispy and browned. I found the recipe on Pinterest. Drumstick cost less than half the present price of wings and there is a lot more meat and less waste.
I think it would be interesting to pick the meat off of a dozen wings, set ti aside, and weigh the meat and the bones separately just to see how much edible meat you actually get for the exorbitant price you pay for wings and how much is actually bone and waste.
