According to legend, Dominic Bellissimo was tending bar at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, N.Y., on a Friday night in 1964 when a group of his friends showed up. Since they were hungry, he asked his mother, Teressa, to whip something up.
Teressa made a plate of deep-fried chicken wings, flavored them with hot sauce and the rest is history.
- An estimated 27 billion wings will be sold in the U.S. in 2014
- 1.25 billion of those were eaten during Super Bowl weekend
- 51 percent of Americans like ranch with their wings. 32 percent prefer blue cheese.
- 65 percent of Americans say Buffalo-style wings are among their favorites, followed by
49 percent for barbecue, 35 percent for breaded, and 33 percent for teriyaki.
- Americans get 75 percent of their wings from restaurants and food service outlets, and 25 percent from supermarkets.
