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Chicken wing shortage threatens Super Bowl Sunday
New York Post via Fox News ^ | January 24, 2013

Posted on 01/24/2013 7:47:01 AM PST by ConservativeStatement

First it was bacon, now it's chicken wings. With less than two weeks to go before the big game, football fans may find it a bit harder to find their favorite Super Bowl snack.

The National Chicken Council released a report that said the demand for wings this year is at “an all-time high” due to decreased wing production caused by the high cost of corn and feed prices. Wings are currently the highest priced portion of a chicken and cost $2.11 a pound in the Northeast, up 12 percent from last year.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Food; Sports
KEYWORDS: chicken; corn; foodsupply; poultry; superbowl
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1 posted on 01/24/2013 7:47:14 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Go to Hooters, for both.


2 posted on 01/24/2013 7:49:36 AM PST by Perdogg (Mark Levin - It's called the Bill of Rights not Bill of Needs)
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To: ConservativeStatement

That reminds me. Did the Seahawks make it?


3 posted on 01/24/2013 7:51:09 AM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

There was a time when wings were thrown away. The people of the Anchor Bar in Buffalo are due our thanks.


4 posted on 01/24/2013 7:53:07 AM PST by posterchild
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To: cuban leaf
Flipping through the channels, I came across the ESPN scroll and odds were shown for the game called “The Football Championship.” The term “Super Bowl” was absent. I wonder if that is because it was associated with gambling. The NFL licenses the term “Super Bowl,” too.
5 posted on 01/24/2013 7:53:13 AM PST by ConservativeStatement (Obama is the "Disco Duck" president. A no-substance novelty that reached number one.)
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6 posted on 01/24/2013 7:53:22 AM PST by OB1kNOb (On November 6, 2012 liberty was given the death penalty in America.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I’m doing a crawfish boil this year. There’s a bumper crop of mud bugs this year and market price is already down to $2.25 lb for next week.

Shoot, I was able to have a boil for New Years and only paid $2.75lb

I haven’t seen prices his low, this early in the season in years.


7 posted on 01/24/2013 7:53:45 AM PST by diverteach (If I find liberals in heaven after my death.....I WILL BE PISSED!!!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I heard a stat that said that 1.23 BILLION chicken wings would be consumed on SB sunday.

That sounds like a staggering amount, but...
if 1/3 of the country were eating wings, that would be 12 each.
if 1/10 of the country were eating wings, though, that would be 40 each.


8 posted on 01/24/2013 7:55:22 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: diverteach

I wish our local Popeyes had crawfish had`em on

their menu now.

Love cajun food of any sort

Justin Wilson got me started.

BBQ and Cajun...best eating in the world


9 posted on 01/24/2013 8:02:18 AM PST by Harold Shea (RVN `70 - `71)
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To: Perdogg

“Go to Hooters, for both.”

Good one Perdogg.

Me? I’ll just buy 50 whole chickens and throw a LARGE party!


10 posted on 01/24/2013 8:02:23 AM PST by poobear (Socialism in the minds of the elites is a con-game for the serfs, nothing more.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

This is serious!

I demand an immediate release of wings from the strategic wing reserve!


11 posted on 01/24/2013 8:02:29 AM PST by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

“Wings are currently the highest priced portion of a chicken and cost $2.11 a pound in the Northeast, up 12 percent from last year.”

$2.11 a pound is the highest priced pieces and parts of a chicken? Really? How much is breast meat per pound now?


12 posted on 01/24/2013 8:05:18 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I gave them up. There shouldn’t be a shortage.


13 posted on 01/24/2013 8:07:22 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: ConservativeStatement
Chicken wings used to be cheap because they don't have much meat on them. They got popular because they were a cheap snack. Now they are the most expensive part of the chicken because they are so popular.

And they still don't have much meat on them.

14 posted on 01/24/2013 8:07:33 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (TYRANNY: When the people fear the politicians. LIBERTY: When the politicians fear the people.)
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To: Perdogg

There’s an image at the NY Post’s site that promotes that.


15 posted on 01/24/2013 8:07:56 AM PST by ConservativeStatement (Obama is the "Disco Duck" president. A no-substance novelty that reached number one.)
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The north makes it a national past time to ridicule the hick hayseed rednecks in the south that raise chickens, 4 wheel in the mud, etc..... go suck on a fried pigeon wing for a change! That’s about all you can ‘raise’.... /[in jest]


16 posted on 01/24/2013 8:08:17 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Adder

Very innovative....kudos!


17 posted on 01/24/2013 8:09:14 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Perdogg

Hooters’ wings suck


18 posted on 01/24/2013 8:09:56 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I never eat’em either. Wings are the nastiest part of the chicken. It’s where all the blood collects and coagulates after they’re slaughtered.


19 posted on 01/24/2013 8:10:09 AM PST by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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REASON?

Enthenol! High prices.

20 posted on 01/24/2013 8:10:20 AM PST by captnorb
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