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In article <CqA1F4.1G6@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
norton@cmf.nrl.navy.mil (David Norton) writes:

> > 1 cup liquid Margarine
> > 1/2 cup liquid brown sugar
> > 1/4 cup Louisiana Crystal Sauce (tm)
> > tabasco to taste (should at least make your eyes water)

Brown sugar is a neat idea (I've used it myself) *but*... Wing Sauce
has gotta have at least 50% 'hot sauce' (Louisiana, durkee's if you
gotta, whatever).  This looks like a lotta margarine and not enough red
stuff...

Here's my basic recipe:

"College Ave" Wing Sauce
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2 cups Louisiana hot sauce
1/2 stick margarine
1 packet dry italian salad dressing mix
1/2 can (3 oz.) tomato paste
tabasco sauce (as desired)

Simmer these ingredients over very low heat for about 15 minutes.
Remove from heat. Shake well (need not be gentle!) with freshly
fried/drained wings in a covered container (beverage pitchers work
well, as do tupperware bowls...)

The tomato paste (my innovation) adds a very slight tomato flavor, but
more importantly, it thickens the sauce so that it sticks well to the
wings!

Other tested sauce additions (experiment with combos!): Blue cheese
dressing (in the sauce! But not too much...); brown sugar; honey;
mustard; garlic; scotch bonnet pepper sauce; Worcestershire sauce;
black pepper; ground cayenne pepper; [insert your favorite idea here!]


Things that are NO-NO's for Real Wings:  Baking (they gotta be deep
fried!!!); Any kind of breading/coating (bare skin only!!).

Things that are OK if you are radical: Using chicken thighs (need a lot
of sauce) or turkey wings ("brontosaurus wings!).


I also have another simple recipe I made up, which may appeal to wing
eaters.

Jamaican Wings
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Deep-fry and drain wings, place in a shaking bowl. Add a modest amount
of scotch bonnet pepper sauce (be careful with this stuff! -  2
tablespoons for a dozen wing sections is about average heat). Add about
4 tablespoons of dry Jerk seasoning mix. Shake well.  Yum!!  $^)


OK, I gotta stop writing about wings. I'm starting to drool on my
keyboard!  $^)



-- Dr. Moze  <Steve Marsh>       marsh@anvil.nrl.navy.mil