Nashville Hot Chicken vs. Buffalo Wings

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 4:13 pm

Nashville Hot Chicken:

- Battered full chicken pieces
- Covered with oil/cayenne-based chile paste
- Served with white bread & pickle slices

Buffalo Wings

- Unbattered wing joints
- Covered with butter-based hot sauce
- Served with celery and blue cheese dressing

FIGHT!!

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 4:35 pm

It's like condoms versus real sex, Ben.

Why don't we discuss the merits of Nashville "Hot Chicken" on its own? Why do you have to drag the ONE thing Buffalo has going for it into this? Do you want to see them have nothing?

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:42 pm

If I may restate your desperate defense of upstate New York in a way that helps this thread:

POPULARITY/AVAILABILITY: Buffalo Wings win going away. They are available everywhere on the planet at any time of day, whereas Nashville Hot Chicken is primarily known only to people who are from or have lived in Nashville, and even then, they must wait over 30 minutes for it to be prepared.

Wings: 1, Hot Chicken: 0

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:47 pm

SCALABILITY: You want wings? Go ahead, get six, or eight, or ten. You got a big party coming over? Get 200! You can do that! It won't take any longer, and everyone's happy (providing they enjoy wings).

Wings: 2, Hot Chicken: 0

PORTABILITY: You can eat wings with one hand. In fact, in an effort to always keep one hand clean for signing the check or scraping wax out of my ear, I never use more than one hand to eat a wing. Try that with a hot chicken breast!

Wings: 3, Hot Chicken 0

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:01 pm

Whew! It seems like my belief system is being upheld! This makes this thread extremely comfortable for me!

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:21 pm

VARIETY: Buffalo wings are made out of chicken wings, even if you are dumb enough to think they are also made out of baby chicken legs, which I'm discovering is the case with an unexpectedly large percentage of the population.

Hot chicken, however, offers all of the delicious COLORS OF THE RAINBOW, as it pertains to chicken.

Wings: 3, Hot Chicken: 1

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:29 pm

Well, I'll admit that I thought they tasted better when I was of the belief that they were made from the legs of baby chicks.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 7:04 pm

I don't care what parts I eat, just get them there parts on the table!

I think Buffalo wings are more about the sauce flavor than the chicken parts. There are other flavors of chicken wings that I like more than traditional Buffalo style.

Tell us (me) more about Tennessee hot wings, please.

THE
FLAVOR WHORE
AARDVARK

lethargic · Post by **lethargic** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 9:29 pm

I have lived in Nashville for 38 years. I had never heard of Nashville hot chicken.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 9:39 pm

lethargic wrote:I have lived in Nashville for 38 years. I had never heard of Nashville hot chicken.

You have never lived in Buffalo, but have heard of Buffalo wings.

Wings: 4, Hot Chicken: 1

lethargic · Post by **lethargic** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 10:17 pm

The Popeyes at Rivergate is terrific. Consistently at the bottom of the local health inspection reports. It's right next to the historical Steak N Shake where I once had a meal with Flack and I once had a packet of salt blown in my eyes. And right in front of the historical movie theater where I got into my Cloverfield argument.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 12:27 am

lethargic wrote:I have lived in Nashville for 38 years. I had never heard of Nashville hot chicken.

There is no way that's true.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 12:28 am

lethargic wrote:The Popeyes at Rivergate is terrific. Consistently at the bottom of the local health inspection reports. It's right next to the historical Steak N Shake where I once had a meal with Flack and I once had a packet of salt blown in my eyes. And right in front of the historical movie theater where I got into my Cloverfield argument.

Popeyes is not "hot chicken". You are lying, and have never been to Nashville.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 12:49 am

pinback wrote:
lethargic wrote:I have lived in Nashville for 38 years. I had never heard of Nashville hot chicken.
There is no way that's true.

Let me add that if it IS true (which it isn't), it is analogous to living in Philadelphia for 38 years and not having heard of Pat's King of Steaks, or realizing that Philly is known for cheesesteaks.

Like living in Chicago for 38 years and not realizing that you could take a cab and experience the worst pizza that Robb Sherwin has ever come in contact with. (Something is still wrong with that story, but that's for a different thread.)

I would come up with more analogies, but there's no way it's true in the first place. FOOL ME ONCE, lethargic.

Fool me once.

lethargic · Post by **lethargic** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 12:33 pm

I found a hot chicken place called Prince's Hot Chicken. It's 9 minutes away. Look at this complicated route. There's no way it's worth 9 minutes.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 1:16 pm

You FOUND A PLACE called Prince's.

"I found a place called Carnegie Deli."

"I found a place called MGM Grand."

"I found a place called the Eiffel fucking Tower."

lethargic · Post by **lethargic** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 1:59 pm

I give up on my resolution.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 3:49 pm

Can you please post a recipe for this Tennessee Hot Chicken?

Curious to know how it's built.

THE
GOOGLING IS
FOR EVERYONE ELSE
AARDVARK

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:23 pm

lethargic wrote:I found a hot chicken place called Prince's Hot Chicken. It's 9 minutes away. Look at this complicated route. There's no way it's worth 9 minutes.

Agreed. My favorite restaurant has two locations, one 15 minutes away and one 13 minutes away. I haven't been there in months. lethargic wins this round.

lethargic · Post by **lethargic** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:14 pm

AArdvark wrote:Can you please post a recipe for this Tennessee Hot Chicken?

Chicken + hot + curly black hairs.