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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Ted Anthony

How the ‘boneless wing’ became a tasty culinary lie

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One day in 2020, at the pandemic’s height, an earnest-looking man with long hair the colour of Buffalo sauce stepped up to a podium in Lincoln, Nebraska, to address his city council during its public comment period. His unexpected topic, as he framed it: It was time to end the deception.

“I propose that we as a city remove the name ‘boneless wings’ from our menus and from our hearts,” said Ander Christensen, who managed to be both persuasive and tongue-in-cheek all at once. “We’ve been living a lie for far too long.”

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