Day 11

Every Friday I have a volunteer hour in West Valley Community Service from 8pm to 11.15pm. I got up late today so I had to rush to the volunteer event. I did not get a chance to eat breakfast so I ended up eating a bagful of Cheddar Flavor Sun Chips. What I like about Sun Chips is that not only it provides healthy snacks, it also helps to sustain the environment. It contains 18 grams of whole grains and low saturated fat and cholesterol per ounce serving, which could reduce the risk of heart disease than eating other kinds of chips. Moreover, it helps the environment by providing a way to capture sun’s ray energy to produce 145,000 bags of Sun Chips, using solar energy instead of fossil fuel in their production plants, and having a 100% compostable chips bags. Not to mention its tasty flavor. I am in love with my new snack. For lunch, I went to Wingstop and ate chicken wings with lemon pepper and garlic parmesan dressing, a couple of boneless chicken strips, and french fries. 

Lemon Pepper and Garlic Parmesan chicken wings

Chicken Strips

French Fries

I was curious about the history of chicken wings, so I looked it up online and found an interesting story about it. Chicken wings or Buffalo wings were obviously first created in Buffalo, New York, in a restaurant called Frank & Teressa’s Anchor Bar, by its owner Teressa Bellisimo on October 30, 1964. On that Friday night, Teressa’s son, Dom Bellisimo was working at the family bar and suddenly his friends decided to crash because they were really hungry. So he told them to wait until midnight so they could have what they wanted while asking for his mother to cook something for them. About 20 minutes later, Teressa brought two plates and set them on the bar. Dom and his friends were curious about what was on the plate. Terressa was about to make chicken soup for them and she said, “ It’s a shame to put such beautiful wings in a stock pot.” Instead, she created sauce and fried those wings and the rest is history.  

These chicken wings make me think about Indonesian traditional Ayam Goreng (fried chicken). When I was still in Indonesia, Ayam Goreng is my comfort food. It is made from chicken wings mixed with Indonesian spices and then deep-fried. It has the same method of cooking with the Buffalo wings, but with different dressing or sauce. It is really interesting to find that there are some similarities between Asian and Western cuisine.

Ayam Goreng

Sources:

"Ayam Goreng Berempah | Luxury Vacation | Tourism Destination | Exotic Vacation Destinations | Vacation Packages | Restaurant | Food Culinary – Vacation and Culinary." Vacation | Tourist Destination | Travel Packages | Restaurant | Food Culinary – Vacation and Culinary. Web. 11 Mar. 2011. .

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