The World’s Greatest Chicken Wing-Off

First there was the crab cake cook-off.

Then we had a great chili cook-off.

Now, ta da…the chicken wing cook-off.

These are my chicken wings.

These are the husband’s chicken wings…

And this is the mess the husband made when making his wings.

I couldn’t even tell you what he put in them. A little bit of this, a little bit of that. Guys are strangely competitive, even about cooking chicken wings. I was very laid-back about the whole thing. I waited until two hours before the competition to start cooking mine.

It wasn’t because I didn’t care. I just didn’t want to get caught up in all the macho machination of it all. There was an awful lot of testosterone in the kitchen that afternoon. Humf.

And I was told that my food was too spicy for the ordinary palate. But I like it spicy…

and as pretty and golden as the trophy is, I wasn’t going to compromise my principles for a horse’s butt trophy. I just wasn’t.

So I made my wings like I always make them. Salty, garlicky, spicy, and crispy. That’s how I like ‘em.

And…I tied for second place. And though I already said I didn’t care about winning, I was really happy.

But the winner was…

Neighbor Kenny! Who really isn’t my neighbor. I actually don’t know where he lives.

He’s just always showing up when there is food.

He won for his Asian style wings. They were delicious. He was very proud of his horse’s butt trophy. Men.

There were twelve different kinds of wings and I was so full after eating it all. And they really were all GREAT! You should have been there.

We had to get the formalities out of the way so that we could celebrate someone’s birthday.

Then it…

…time to…

…party.

Until next time when we do…salsa! I have the perfect recipe.

Oh here’s what I did for my wings. There will be no quantities because I didn’t measure. I just threw it in.

Lemon pepper
Salt
Fresh crushed garlic
Golden Mountain sauce
Soy sauce
Red Hot Chilis (the hotter the better)
Accent

Mix with wings well. Place in refridgerator for about a half an hour. Mix well again. Put in the oven in very hot heat. Take it out when it gets crispy.

Voila. Good enough for second place!