# Boneless "Wings" are not wings **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 30, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347 "2021-06-30T17:54:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/21 "2021-06-30T21:14:46Z")
I would like to buy that man a beer and some proper wings. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/22 "2021-06-30T21:18:45Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > And hot dogs aren’t (usually) made of dogs > > And Girl Scout Cookies aren’t made of . . . Oh, wait a minute. What about Baby Oil? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/23 "2021-06-30T21:20:10Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > What about Baby Oil? Oh yeah, forgot about that. They use it instead of shortening in the Girl Scout Cookies. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/24 "2021-06-30T21:20:46Z")
I use it to keep babies from squeaking. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/25 "2021-06-30T21:36:43Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > What about Baby Oil? It’s a by-product of manufacturing baby powder. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/26 "2021-06-30T21:42:18Z")
Perhaps, but as a gustatory pleasure, the point of a chicken wing is all that delicious, crispy fatty skin, IMHO, and that’s WHY chicken wings live on, despite the fact that they tend to be more expensive by weight these days than many other parts of the chicken. Last time I checked at my grocery, they were more expensive per pound than even boneless, skinless breasts! I’m with the OP. It’s a nugget. Or a “chicken tender.” The “boneless wing” nomenclature is just silliness. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/27 "2021-06-30T22:14:02Z")
There is a variety of boneless “chicken wing” that is basically a nugget sized ball of dark chx meat with a dimpled skin like surface. Chicken balls really. Chicken thighs are the bomb! I leave skins on and roast them to crispy moist deliciousness ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/28 "2021-07-01T00:53:19Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > Wingstop, a chain of buffalo chicken wing restaurants, has been promoting chicken thighs because the price of chicken wings has risen so much > > That’s a lot closer to hot wings than “boneless wings”. And as **chela** points out, they can be prepared in a way that works just right. But, yeah… wings should be _ **wings** _ and tenders, tenders. Each has its place. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/29 "2021-07-01T03:27:38Z")
Shit, it was _still_ 10 cents when I went to OSU in the 90s! Though that may have been only on Tuesdays by that point. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/30 "2021-07-01T03:43:23Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > I use it to keep babies from squeaking. So…lube? 😬 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/31 "2021-07-01T07:14:20Z")
What’s the deal with “semi-boneless”?! Who’re they trying to fool with that? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/32 "2021-07-01T07:24:52Z")
I’d rather have boneless wings. Eating meat off the bone has always been awkward and difficult for me, and you get more meat for your buck with a boneless wing anyway. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/33 "2021-07-01T13:08:43Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > > [@Jumpbass](#): > > > > I use it to keep babies from squeaking. > > So…lube? 😬 Too far. 😐 ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/34 "2021-07-01T13:12:08Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > The prime (and most delicious) ingredient in hot wings is chicken skin. A McNugget covered in hot sauce is an entirely different thing. I have never had a boneless wing with skin. Every one I’ve ever had was just breaded fried chicken pieces with no skin involved. Usually they’re larger than a typical nugget but smaller than a tender, but chock full of disappointment. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/35 "2021-07-01T13:20:59Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I have never had a boneless wing with skin Who has? Ain’t no such thing. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/36 "2021-07-01T13:31:53Z")
I have recently discovered chips made from fried chicken skins. Really bad for you but holy crap are they delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/37 "2021-07-01T13:41:56Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > you get more meat for your buck with a boneless wing anyway. I don’t know that that’s true, at least any where that I would go a second time for wings. We did wings last night for dinner and the kids got “boneless wings” and my wings were about the same size. My favorite wing place sells wings that are 5-6 pieces to the pound and even if you removed the bone I don’t think I’ve ever seen boneless that large. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/38 "2021-07-01T14:57:52Z")
I bought some BIG ol’ chicken breasts the other day. I thought, “Man, I bet she was popular.” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/39 "2021-07-01T15:11:23Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > [@Atamasama](#): > > > > I have never had a boneless wing with skin > > Who has? Ain’t no such thing. Maybe some enterprising chicken rancher/biologist will start injecting the wings with massive doses of prednisone while they’re still chicks. Then the wings will be boneless when they take them off the adult birds. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347/40 "2021-07-01T15:12:55Z")
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