Editing Buffalo wing (section)

===Origin===
There are several different claims about the invention of Buffalo wings.<ref name="geography.ccsu.edu">{{cite web| url = http://www.geography.ccsu.edu/harmonj/atlas/buffwing.htm| title = On the Wings of a Buffalo or "Mother Teresa's Wings"| access-date = January 20, 2008| last = Harmon| first = John E.| work = Atlas of Popular Culture in the Northeastern United States| archive-date = July 28, 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120728233935/http://www.geography.ccsu.edu/harmonj/atlas/buffwing.htm| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="newyorker.com">{{cite web| url = http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1980/08/25/1980_08_25_082_TNY_CARDS_000331411?currentPage=1 | title = An Attempt To Compile A Short History of the Buffalo Chicken Wing | access-date = 2008-01-22 | last = Trillin| first = Calvin | date =  August 25, 1980 | publisher = The New Yorker Magazine}}</ref> One is that Buffalo wings were first prepared in 1964 at the [[Anchor Bar]] in [[Buffalo, New York]], by Teressa Bellissimo, who owned the bar with her husband Frank.<ref name="newyorker.com" /><ref>''Primal Grill with [[Steven Raichlen]]'', [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]], August 8, 2008</ref> At the time, chicken wings were inexpensive and undesirable, and normally thrown away or reserved for [[Stock (food)|stock]] or [[soup]].<ref name= Filippone/>

Several versions of the story of the invention have been circulated by the Bellissimo family and others, including:

*The Bellissimos' son, Dominic, was tending the bar, and upon the unannounced late-night arrival of several of his friends, Teressa wanted a fast and easy snack to present to the guests. She came up with the idea of [[deep frying]] chicken wings and tossing them in cayenne hot sauce.<ref name="geography.ccsu.edu"/><ref name="newyorker.com"/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.anchorbar.com/original.php| title = AnchorBar - Origins of the original Buffalo Chicken Wing| access-date = January 6, 2008| publisher = AnchorBar.com| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080129092706/http://www.anchorbar.com/original.php| archive-date = January 29, 2008| df = mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Filippone">{{cite web| url = http://homecooking.about.com/od/foodhistory/a/buffwinghistory.htm| title = Buffalo Wings History - The origins of Buffalo Chicken Wings| author = Peggy Trowbridge Filippone| access-date = January 20, 2008| publisher = About.com| archive-date = January 25, 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090125160547/http://homecooking.about.com/od/foodhistory/a/buffwinghistory.htm| url-status = dead}}</ref>
*Dominic told ''[[The New Yorker]]'' reporter [[Calvin Trillin]] in 1980: "It was Friday night in the bar and since people were buying a lot of drinks he wanted to do something nice for them at midnight when the mostly [[Catholic]] patrons [[Friday fast|would be able to eat meat again]]." He stated his mother came up with the idea of chicken wings.<ref name="geography.ccsu.edu"/><ref name="newyorker.com"/>
*There was a mistaken delivery of wings instead of backs and necks for making the bar's [[spaghetti]] [[Tomato sauce|sauce]]. Faced with this unexpected resource, Frank says that he asked Teressa to do something with them, resulting in the Buffalo wing.<ref name="geography.ccsu.edu"/><ref name="newyorker.com"/>

Although an article published about the Anchor Bar in a local newspaper during 1969 does not mention Buffalo wings, a local competitor of the Anchor Bar, [[Duff's Famous Wings|Duff's]], began selling Buffalo wings in that year.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Galarneau|first1=Andrew Z.|title=At 50, the Buffalo-style chicken wing has conquered the world|url=http://buffalonews.com/2014/03/01/at-50-the-buffalo-style-chicken-wing-has-conquered-the-world/|access-date=1 May 2017|newspaper=The Buffalo News|date=1 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Clemens|first1=Chris|title=Duff's Famous Wings – Buffalo, NY|url=http://exploringupstate.com/duffs-famous-wings-buffalo-ny/|website=ExploringUpstate.com|date=May 18, 2015|access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref>

Another claim is that John Young, who moved to Buffalo from Stockton, Alabama in 1948 at the age of 13, popularized chicken wings in Buffalo.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-01 |title=Family stakes John Young's claim as the originator of the Buffalo wing |url=https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/family-stakes-john-youngs-claim-as-the-originator-of-the-buffalo-wing |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=WKBW 7 News Buffalo |language=en}}</ref> Beginning in 1961, he began serving uncut chicken wings that were breaded, deep fried, and served in his own special tomato-based [[Mumbo sauce]] at his Buffalo restaurant.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Story of John Young |author=Rachel Wharton |date=February 3, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=D8}}</ref><ref name="Janice">{{cite news|last1=Okun|first1=Janice|title=John Young Stakes His Claim To The Chicken Wing|url=http://buffalonews.com/1996/02/06/john-young-stakes-his-claim-to-the-chicken-wing/|access-date=4 May 2017|newspaper=The Buffalo News|date=6 February 1996}}</ref> Prior to opening his restaurant, he had a conversation with a boxer who traveled; in a later interview Young recalled: "He told me that there was a restaurant in [[Washington, D.C.]] that was doing a good business with wings and I decided to specialize."<ref name="Janice"/> In the same interview Young stated that the Anchor Bar did not offer Buffalo wings as a regular menu item until 1974.<ref name="Janice"/> He registered the name of his [[restaurant]], John Young's Wings 'n Things, at the [[County and City Hall|county courthouse]] before leaving the Buffalo area in 1970.<ref name="geography.ccsu.edu"/><ref name="newyorker.com"/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.jamesbeard.org/about/press/newsdetails.php?news_id=24| title = James Beard Foundation | access-date = January 20, 2008| work = THE 2003 JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION COCA-COLA AMERICA'S CLASSICS AWARDS| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080103154411/http://www.jamesbeard.org/about/press/newsdetails.php?news_id=24| archive-date = January 3, 2008}}</ref> In 2013, at the National Buffalo Wing Festival held in Buffalo, John Young's contributions were acknowledged when he was inducted into the festival's National Buffalo Wing Hall of Flame.<ref>{{cite web|title=Buffalo Wing Hall Of Flame John Young "Wings and Things"|url=http://buffalowing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/WingFest-2013-final.pdf|website=National Buffalo Wing Festival|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=August 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824014222/http://buffalowing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/WingFest-2013-final.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>