Why Some Chicken Wings No Longer Have Bones

[The Interpreter]

...The days when the chicken wing was the poor, scraggly cousin to the lofty chicken breast are long behind us. Bars and restaurants up and down the United States are, in fact, putting a stop to their cheap wing nights as wholesale prices for the tasty appendages outstrip prices for the typical gold standard in chicken commerce, the boneless, skinless chicken breast.

This has led to a bizarre situation where, to cut costs, many eating establishments are going to the effort of cutting up prime breast meat in vaguely wing-like shapes, deep-frying the chunks and selling them as "boneless chicken wings" – the culinary equivalent of turning gold into lead....

http://www.thestar.com/living/food/arti ... have-bones

[Jet Black]

I hope Obama steps in, to stop the rich Chicken-Barons from profiteering on the backs of the wing-loving workers.

No problem really, I hear Camel Knees are the latest up-and-coming snack, plentiful and cheap.

[cgarison]

The part that scares me is that the "boneless chicken wing" reminds me more of the pieces of chicken that you get when you order sweet & sour chicken, orange chicken, or General Tso's Chicken from a chinese restaurant. I have to blame WalMart for that trend as they are the most prominent seller (other than Applebee's and Wendy's) of glazed boneless wings in a sesame glaze or honey barbecue (which tastes like honey ketchup.)

I could go for some honey mustard wings right now.

[Big Media]

Wendy's "wings" are exactly as described in the above article, cut up pieces of breast resembling the shape of a wing.

I love me some Wendy's Asian Boneless Wings. mmmm

[Bob Campbell]

I think it was the late Frank Perdue who put it best, "Parts is parts".
I thought they were boneless so I'd have less chance of choking on one.

[AmpedNow]

I can eat a mountain of wings, with or without bones.

Sauce is just as important.