Chicken Wings
Tonight, “the girls” are going to gather at Pam Gill’s house to give Anna Meyer a send off as she gets ready to return to Australia. Several bottles of wine will be sacrificed in gratitude for friendship, good times, and for some, the ready availability of hormone replacement therapy. This group of women has rode horses, herded cattle, shot skeet, practiced archery, gotten massages, given pedicures and facials, and laughed at the world and each other much too loudly. Each reunion day ends with a gourmet dinner and enough wine to line the bottles up and play ten pins. Tonight, we are “grazing.” We each bring an appetizer or a dessert and I think I’ll bring chicken wings. Deciding which recipe to use is the problem. I present my three all-time favorites.

Sue Kleber

 Guaranteed Genuine Anchor Bar Buffalo Chicken Wings

3 lbs. chicken wings, each wing cut into 3 parts and the tip discarded
1/2 cup Frank’s Redhot sauce
1/3 cup melted butter
2 Tb. Crystal Louisiana hot sauce (optional)

Bake wings for 1 hour at 425 or deep fry at 400 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. Mix melted butter with the two hot sauces and pour over wings. Serve with celery sticks and very chunky blue cheese dressing.

Spicy Asian Wings

(A slight variation on a recipe given by New York’s famous Lobelle’s meat market)
3 lb cut-up chicken wings
1/2 cup Hoisin sauce (Lee Kum Kee preferred)
3 TB soy sauce
2 TB ketchup
2 tsp minced ginger
2 tsp minced garlic
1 TB honey or light brown sugar
2 TB lime juice
2 tsp Sambal ground fresh chili paste or more to taste
2 TB rice wine vinegar or other mild vinegar

Combine sauce ingredients and marinate the wings for at least an hour. Bake at 375 degrees for one hour, turning the wings over after the first half hour.

Marlene’s Wings

(Marlene Hunt brought this wing recipe to Anderson’s cabin and they were pounced on. They are very good, especially if you’re not fond of spicy food.)

4 lb chicken wings
1/2 cup melted butter
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 TB minced parsley
1 TB oregano
2 tsp. paprika
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper

Mix cheese and spices together. Dip each wing into melted butter and then into cheese mixture. Arrange on foil lined baking dish. Drizzle any remaining butter over the wings and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour. The wings can be baked ahead and warmed just before serving.
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