Eat Wings the Right Way
 

I think the guy that convinced America that chicken wings are a treat, ranks right behind the Devil convincing people he doesn't exist.
But that is neither here, nor there. If you eat 'em, do it the right way. ;)

Neat! I've been doing it wrong.

He's taking the fun out of wings.

taking the bone out of the devil or taking the devil out of the bone. either way - yummmm wings :drool:

I'll have to try it.

Darn. Need wings. But hot wings. None of this pastrami crap ... and that Russian dressing, that was just a whole big bucket of wrong with respect to wings.

And all other food uses, for that matter. Including Big Macs. Nasty.

Come on over. I made some wings the other day. I make have to make some more today.

I'm sorely tempted ... 13 hr drive, say five hours of wing eating, shit shooting, and pistol shooting, no, better make that six, 13 hr drive back, that's 32 hours round trip, if you can hook me up with something peppy for the drive back. I don't have any time off built up yet, so unfortunately, I'll have to decline for the time being.

I buy 10-12 wings for about £1.43.
For Diz.

From a cat perspective: get your human to cut off the big fat end bit first. If you get this, you can stop yowling immediately. Then she can just snip apart the rest with poultry shears, plucking off feathers if necessary because she worries about you. If she doesn't watch over you, make sure you go see her with a mouthful you'll then preceed to knaw on carpet/ sofa/ bed. It makes her feel special. If she stays in the kitchen, go into the hall and make a bloody mess under the hoover. Because your human will be distracted (by cooking her own dinner) and will be oblivious until one of her parents gets the hoover out. They will then exclaim with disgust and make said human feel like a slattern all day.

FTR, wings - and chicken necks (which I cannot get) - are the ideal mixture of fat, flesh and bone for cats.

Don't touch them myself. Any more than I'd eat his beebles.
Then again, if you offer me a steak & kidney pudding I'd be there like a shot.

Today is a good day to eat wings. I might just do that....


Dennis is allergic to chicken (and beef, corn, and wheat), so he eats Hillshire Farms deli selects extra thin honey ham. And duck and pea kibble.

My nickname for Jeff is 'the Piranha'. Whether chicken or turkey, when he eats a drum or wing there is no meat or cartilage left. I have never seen cleaner bones in my life.

has Diz still got his beebles?

the right way? you mean, in the bathtub?

No Cloud, that's how you eat a mango.

this is not new to me. I've always preferred pulling the bone out whenever I could.


:D

Both of them? I thought you were more partial to putting the bone in? :cool:

I know you're a responsible cat owner - but check the salt content in what you're feeding him. In general meat is only called "ham" if it's salt cured - which is too much salty for little cat bodies (I admit I use it as a treat when the 'rents have it in.)
I buy Diz beebles every week. The only thing he's short on is bollocks ;)

But I can't put it in without pulling it out first.

It's not ideal... and he drinks a ton of water because of it, but he lost 2lbs in the transition from a mostly chicken diet. That's scary in an 8lb cat... and he's only gained 1/2 of it back.
I'll try other stuff again soon now that he's actually eating the kibble (at $36 a bag :eek:), but I couldn't have him not eating anything.

Like I said - I know you're responsible.
I was just shocked when food traffic lights came in here and I realised how damned salty cured meats were (usually at a red for humans, let alone cats).

But I had the same issue with Dyl - of sainted memory - in that he'd pass up any dished food to Diz and only eat from my hand. And what did he like best? High salt processed meat. What do you do? Starve them?

That ham is 97% fat free. Maybe a cheaper ham would have more fat, to help weight gain?

Never had an issue with the fat content of processed meats - they're great in moderation if you (human) is on a diet. They're just laden with salt - because that's what curing is - the process of preserving flesh in salt.

Trouble is, when animals of a much smaller mass ingest it, the levels of salt per BMI are so much higher. And it's not part of their natural diet. It isn't healthy.

I'm not criticizing Jinx - I asked her a question to see if she was aware of the issue and she is.

Maybe Bruce, I just bought that kind because the boy also likes it, for omlettes and stuff. I should look and see what else is there though. Dennis went from refusing to try anything, (apparently hates all forms of seafood except tuna and the mercury in that freaked me out) to gobbling up that ham so I just went with it...

It definitely has a lot of salt SG, 690mgs in 2oz. Would be a lot easier if he'd just eat goddamn cat food.

Maybe you could go out on the farms and catch him some mice. You know, in your spare time. :lol2:

Over here you can get frozen packs of meat for animal consumption. Includes bonemeal, which is the next best thing for cats that won't eat actual bones (or if you fear them yourself). Sold in pet supermarkets. Mostly for working dogs but just check the labels.

I know a meat & bones diet does not appeal to every cat owner, all I can say is Diz is doing well on it. He's gaining weight here because he sneaks Mia's food (full fat cat beebles avilable 24-7). But before that he was the sleekest and healthiest cat I've ever seen.

Oh and Bruce - don't tempt me :) You can buy live mice for some reptiles. If I thought it would benefit the Diz cat (and I didn't live witrh my Mum!) I would be so tempted to give him a "live" diet!

FTR - as if to prove that a cat needs to hunt, Diz has just come in with a soiled mush. I know what this means. I left the back door ajar so I could hear when the tumble drier had finished (Grandad's shirts). He's been out after worms again. Diz, not Grandad. Filthy beggar.

Buying them is poor sportsmanship, ya gotta catch free range mice... bare handed. ;)

Just to update - I went downstairs to find a live wriggling worm (avec soil) in my my Mum's nice beige sofa.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Came here before washing the dirt (from the clean up) from under my nails.
Off for a scrub at such high temps it might remove my fingerprints. Bad Diz.

:eek:
Best Beloved and I are regularly wakened in the night by the sound of "CRUNCH CRUNCH" as the cats eat their warm, caught-on-the-hoof snacks on the bedroom floor in the middle of the night ...

We aren't going to talk about wings again are we? MMMMMMMMMM............Wings!

Did i ever tell you about the wedding dress incident? Black taffeta ....few days before, woke up to black shreds all over bedroom floor... never so relieved to step in blackbird carcus.....

He catches his own mice when they run over here from the deli during the twice-yearly or so extermination. He doesn't eat them though. If I don't manage to wrestle them off of him he'll eventually kill, but has never even made one bleed.

You wrestle them off of him? Why? :mg:

Hunger.

Because yuck. I don't want to deal with a crime scene... the kids get all freaked out etc.

But, but, but, what a great science fair project. Law of the jungle, hunter/hunted, natural order of things, and less salt. :D

I went grocery grocery shopping yesterday for my aging mother. She had written 'chicken wings' on her list. I got them home to her place and she said, What? I don't want these you take them" :blush:

Wow thanks mom. This is like old time where work and favors were bartered with food. I like!
(I didn't actually say or think that but I was grateful)

I've been so hungry for wings since this post. Now all I need is a good recipe. Wing recipes are like apple pie recipes. A dime a dozen.

Anyone?

it's pretty simple....

1.deep fry the wings until crispy, set aside to drain for a minute

2. buy some red hot™ chicken wing sauce(you'll want to do this ahead of time so your wings don't get cold)

3. melt a half a stick of butter

4. pour 5 or 6 ounces of the hot sauce and the melted butter into a big bowl

5. drop the (still hot) wings in, and toss them around until well coated

6. enjoy with chunky bleu cheese dressing and celery hearts.

and beer

Thanks LJ. I have the hot sauce. I did not know about the dipping in butter though. I'll give it a try.

I also have the celery and dressing but alas no beer. * sigh *

Small rant about buying beer.

I am not a 6 pack beer drinker. When I want a beer I want a specialty beer, Just one or two. I go buy one and get up to the checkout with my other stuff only to be put off because people don't know how to ring one bottle of beer. For as much trouble it causes they just might as well get on the loud speaker and say, "hey lady at check stand 8" wants ONE beer out of 6" "Assistance needed immediately"

sheesh

So you just leave the rest of the six pack in the cooler, missing a bottle?


Call me nuts, but I think they "don't know how" to ring it up because you're not supposed to be doing it. They probably don't know how to ring up just two slices of bread either.

Two out of three stores can and do including the one I once cashiered at. It's perfectly alright. It happens all the time.

Stores that specialize in mircobrews especially. It doesn't hurt business and it doesn't ruin the beer. Another someone will come along and buy the singles. They do not go to waste. It's ok. I know you have a neat and tidy mind.

or a couple eggs, 1 hotdog roll...

:p

Sky - most of our supermarkets will not sell a can or bottle of generic lager - they are packaged in fours usually, or boxed in twelves. But "special" beer is sold in bottles and is always sold individually.

It sucks if it is available for sale but the cashier does not know how to process it - maybe write a note to your local supermarket explaining the training need.

Alternatively, go to an independent store. I assume you have off licences there?
They're happy for any sales they can wrestle from the giants, deal with smaller purchases and usually know what they're doing (ie offering tasting nights and good suggestions).

I lived literally round the corner from a place called The Offie in Leicester.
I didn't buy all my drink there (when I was drinking too much I went to Bargain Booze) but back in the days where things were under control I was a weekly visitor for a couple of foreign beers on the weekend.

:lol:

Party Store is probably the closest term. Package Stores I've heard them called too, I think.

TOTAL WINE™ has a section of single beers that you can buy....and empty six pack holders so you can make your own six pack of various beers... for $10 or whatever. i've caught a get 7 for the price of 6 promo a couple times.

I think Trader Joe's sells beer that way too.

I wanna go to lj's store

sample heaven

Nah, you wanna come to mine so's we can meet!

Oh, wait.
No offence, but I've decided I wanna go to LJ's store too...