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Why are chicken wings called buffalo wings?

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1. They were invented as a bar food in Buffalo, NY.
2. Buffalo wings From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the food Buffalo wings. For the roller hockey team, see Buffalo Wings. Buffalo wings (known simply as wings in much of the Northeast, especially in areas around Buffalo), are unbreaded chicken wing sections (called flats and drums), deep fried, and coated in a cayenne pepper-based sauce with other seasonings. Although many variations on this sauce exist, the original sauce is composed of only five ingredients: cayenne pepper sauce, white vinegar, butter, salt, and garlic. When using a prepared hot sauce of vinegar and cayenne pepper, the recipe is simply a mixture of hot sauce and melted butter. Buffalo wings are named after the city of Buffalo, New York, where they originated, and the appellation "buffalo" is now commonly applied to foodstuffs other than wings that are seasoned with the sauce.
3. the way there made in hot sauce the idea came from a little cafe in buffalo
4. Buffalo wings (known simply as wings in much of the Northeast, especially in areas around Buffalo), are unbreaded chicken wing sections (called flats and drums), deep fried, and coated in a cayenne pepper-based sauce with other seasonings. Although many variations on this sauce exist, the original sauce is composed of only five ingredients: cayenne pepper sauce, white vinegar, butter, salt, and garlic. When using a prepared hot sauce of vinegar and cayenne pepper, the recipe is simply a mixture of hot sauce and melted butter. Buffalo wings are named after the city of Buffalo, New York, where they originated, and the appellation "buffalo" is now commonly applied to foodstuffs other than wings that are seasoned with the sauce.
5. Yea, Buffalo New York thats the answer.
6. Hmmm...maybe they're made of buffalo meat?
7. My 8 yr old asked me this same Q.