# I just made the best Buffalo Wings

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 20, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-made-the-best-buffalo-wings/357476 "2006-05-20T00:43:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-made-the-best-buffalo-wings/357476/21 "2006-05-22T06:44:11Z")

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[QUOTE=Omniscient]  
OK, I’m pretty sure I’ve deduced that IQF means _Individually Quick Frozen_ but is this really a common enough abbreviation where I should have know it right off the bat? Never heard of it before now.  
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Me neither. And are the ‘signature’ wings breaded or not? I’m going to assume not, but I’ve seen things called “Buffalo Wings” in both breaded/deep fried and non-breaded/baked varieties.

Having spent my formative years a vegetarian, I’m still learning about these things…

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**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:** [May 22, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-made-the-best-buffalo-wings/357476/22 "2006-05-22T13:15:32Z")

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[QUOTE=vaderspal]  
Me neither. And are the ‘signature’ wings breaded or not? I’m going to assume not, but I’ve seen things called “Buffalo Wings” in both breaded/deep fried and non-breaded/baked varieties.

Having spent my formative years a vegetarian, I’m still learning about these things…  
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“Real” wings (according to me and the city of Buffalo) are deep-fried and unbreaded. The crispy skin is half the fun of a good wing.

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**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-made-the-best-buffalo-wings/357476/23 "2006-05-22T15:37:24Z")

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Sorry, yes IQF is Individually Quick Frozen. Probably not too common an abbreviation and I should have spelled it out. The wings are not breaded; they are raw and frozen when starting out. Breaded wings would be an Abomination, so says this former Upstate NYer.

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