# Buffalo Wing **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 14, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wing/201583 "2003-09-14T16:59:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yadayadagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3be4f8/32.png) [@yadayadagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yadayadagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wing/201583/1 "2003-09-14T16:59:20Z")
Why do we call buffalo wings that when they are from chickens? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wing/201583/2 "2003-09-14T17:01:51Z")
They are named after the city Buffalo, NY. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wing/201583/3 "2003-09-14T17:02:01Z")
[History of Buffalo Wings.](http://www.hotsaucesource.com/History-of-Buffalo-Wings.html) ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wing/201583/4 "2003-09-15T13:29:22Z")
You could have answered that question by either Googling on the phrase “Buffalo wings” or doing a search for threads containing the phrase “Buffalo wings”, since we have discussed that topic several times already. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wing/201583/5 "2003-09-15T13:33:59Z")
It’s her second post, cut her some slack. ---
**Author:** ![frookah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@frookah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frookah)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wing/201583/6 "2003-09-15T14:19:33Z")
Cooking seconded.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wing/201583/7 "2003-09-15T14:53:20Z")
And third. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wing/201583/8 "2003-09-15T17:18:57Z")
Whatever comes after third. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wing/201583/9 "2003-09-15T17:22:37Z")
Well, if chickens can have nuggets and fish can have fingers, I don’t see why buffalo can’t have wings. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wing/201583/10 "2003-09-15T17:28:49Z")
Here is a more comprehesive history from Buffalo’s Anchor Bar where they were invented in 1964. [http://www.anchorbar.com/history.htm](http://www.anchorbar.com/history.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Baggins111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Baggins111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baggins111)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wing/201583/11 "2003-09-15T17:56:13Z")
Down here in South Carolina, they are not called Buffalo Wings because of the extreme abhorrence of anything considered “Yankee.” (There are still towns here in SC that are talking about the lull in the “War of Northern Agression”) They are simply known as Hot Wings or “Wangs,” as in the phrase, “Let’s go get some wangs, Bo.” Let’s not scare **yadayadagirl** off… she may have the next great thread floating aound in her head just waiting to get out! ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wing/201583/12 "2003-09-15T23:57:32Z")
While the Anchor Bar may have indeed been the originator of that style of wings, the term “Buffalo wings” almost certainly wasn’t applied to the type of food until sometime in the mid-late 1970’s. They almost certainly just were called “hot wings,” even in Buffalo until well after their introduction. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wing/201583/13 "2003-09-17T09:52:32Z")
We’re not just answering quesitions here. We’re teaching people to learn how to answer questions by themselves. One of the instructions given for General Questions is that people should try things like Google, searching for threads on the subject, searching Cecil’s answers, searching IMDb, etc., before they start a thread about something. I was being very polite in my previous post. ---
**Author:** ![yadayadagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3be4f8/32.png) [@yadayadagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yadayadagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wing/201583/14 "2003-09-18T20:38:00Z")
I just asked that because I told my sister that people answer everything you asked on this site with in an hour. Thanks for proving me right. ---
**Author:** ![Jake4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@Jake4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake4)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-wing/201583/15 "2003-09-18T21:03:31Z")
We’ve been played! 🙂