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DOVER, Del. (AP) â When it comes to comfort food consumed during the COVID-19 pandemic, it appears as if the wing was king.
However, the increased demand for chicken wings over the past 14 months has led to a nationwide shortage of the small but versatile pieces of poultry, which, when seasoned with hot sauce, teriyaki sauce, lemon pepper or a variety of dry rubs, are often the perfect companion to a night out or a sporting event.
Restaurant owners in Delaware â such as Tom Armstrong, who owns Tomâs Bullpen in Doverâs The Shoppes at Hamlet â are feeling the pinch.
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Angela Bauer, Journal-Courier
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Kelvin Dooley is having to contemplate the unthinkable: He may go boneless.
His Virginia Beach restaurant, J & K Style Grill, is known around the region for its crispy jumbo wings fried to order and spiced up with the shop’s trademark Kenyata or Georgia Red sauces. Wings make up as much as 40 percent of what he sells at his restaurant.
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