On Feb 22, 9:39*pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> "Jim Elbrecht" > wrote in message
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> > On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:18:29 -0600, wrote:
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> >>On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:54:45 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
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> >>>On Feb 22, 12:40 pm, Kalmia > wrote:
> >>>> On Feb 22, 1:34 pm, wrote:
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> >>>> > I never understood this. There is absolutely no buffalo meat, no
> >>>> > buffalo
> >>>> > hair, no buffalo parts, or anything else connected to buffalo in this
> >>>> > food.
> >>>> > Why do they call it this name?
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> >>>> I believe that those hot wings were first introduced in Buffalo, NY.
> >>>> Nada to do with any animal.
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> >>>Bingo!
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> >>>Buffaloes don't have wings. ;-)
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> >>>John Kuthe...
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> >>That's a good thing, I'd hate to have one of them crash into my roof
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> >>Thanks for all who replied.
> >>Oddly enough few people seem to know about this. *A local Hardees sells
> >>them, and I asked several of the workers the reason, no one knew.
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> > Sadly, the folks in Buffalo probably don't know what a Hardee's is.
> > None in NY or most of PA.
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> > I loved Hardee's in the 70's when I was in NC. * * *Surprised they
> > never invaded NY.
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> > Jim
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> Nope. *I think they're pretty much limited to the southern US (having
> originated in North Carolina in 1960). * I remember my father always had to
> have a Hardee's sausage biscuit when he and my mom set off on a long trip
> (They do make really good biscuits.)
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Hardee's bought Burger Chef in the Midwest sometime around 1980. BC
was noted for selling birdhouse kits as a promotional gimmick, and you
can still see some in backyards in Indiana or Iowa.