THE BEST WINGS

Continuing in my food talk, I thought with the Suns playing the lala boys tomorrow night that wings might be in order. And no one, no one has better wings than Outback.

They call them kukaburrow wings, but by the picture above, you can tell that's a misnomer. Outbacks are big. They are also heavy with meat and not bone. My suggestion is medium hot sauce on them. Hot but not too hot. They are just the best.

Before I discovered Outback's wings, I would have said the Redbird Inn at old Busch Stadium. But they were hot. White hot. Those got your mouth hotter after you had eaten them. Even fifteen minutes later. They didn't have quite the chicken on them that Outback (I know, Outback's is kukaburrow) but they were good.

Tailgating before Rams' game always found me diving into some of Jeff Hacker's wings or fellow Gitto's lot partner Len's wings. Both very good with the edge to Hack.

I can't talk about wings with mentioning the great wings that my wife cooks up. But she's such a great fried chicken cook, that the whole bird becomes my preference when Caroline's around the stove. The only other yardbird that's close to hers is at the MTV Holiday Inn brunch. KFC take a huge back seat.

The Dandee Inn's wings in Belleville, IL gets honorable mention mainly for their size. But they are good and plenty.

If you have no Outback near you, nor known tailgating buddies, no ballpark near you, no MTV Holiday or Dandee, I'm sure you can find chicken wings served at many places. Unfortunately, they just won't be as good. But turn on the Suns' game anyway and see if they can beat the lakers 5 games to 2. And when they do, it won't matter that you missed some great wings. You'll still have a great aftertaste.