Buffalo Wings Party

Thanks to some friends back home, we came to possess an abundance of authentic Buffalo wing and barbecue sauces.  It's not really convenient or cost effective to deep-fry wings  for just the two of us,  so we called in a bunch of other gaijin (literally, outside-people, or foreigners) for a wings party.

 Lee demonstrating some Personal Protective Equipment

Mmm, I love a man in safety glasses! We went a bit Martha Stewart and put the melba toast and carrots for blue cheese dipping in our bread pans because all the bowls were being used in the wings process and had biscuits and garbage bread. We also offered a salad and ice cream sundaes for dessert, with homemade caramel and whipped cream. Lee scoffs at my dessert making attempts, but the caramel finally worked after burning only two batches of sugar.


Lee had a nice assembly line for his frying going on, drying raw chicken in the sink, pot of cornstarch to coat the chicken before dunking them into the oil:


We had about 15 people, so it was a good sized party. It was nice to be able to have a little taste of home, even if it wasn't quite the same.  The "suicide" sauce from the Anchor Bar was definitely not as spicy as the stuff they serve in the restaurant after the server warns you about it two or three times, but the wings were deep fried and hot and plentiful and there's a lot to be said for that combination, especially here where the "large" McDonald's fries container would pretty much fit into one of your wallet's credit card sleeves.