What is a wing?

When you hear the term - "Wing" what do you imagine?

For lunch today, I ordered 5 Honey BBQ Wings at KFC. And what did I get? Not 5 wings...but 5 drummettes! And my question is.... when did the drummette become the wing?

What is a drummette? If I were to describe it to a blind person...a drummette can be described as a miniature drumstick (not the ice-cream mind you). It has ONE bone, with cartilage covering the top and bottom, with meat wrapping the entire bone from top to bottom, being chubbier on top and skinnier on the bottom. It ranges anywhere from 2" to maybe 3" long. The skin usually wraps about 70% of the entire appendage and more often than not, is eaten with the fingers grabbing the lower (said skinner part) of the drummette. It's most often found attached to the wing -- which comes next.

What is a wing? If I were to describe it to a blind person...a wing is best described as a piece of tissue that is 95% wrapped in skin. It possesses TWO bones, joint together on both ends by cartilage. Meat is wrapped around both bones and includes, even, in between the cavity created by the two bones. The appendage has a smooth side and a bumpy side with the bumpy side being where feathers were formerly attached. The wing is most often recognized as the central part of a three-section-wing, with one end of the wing connected to the drummette (see above) and the final part, the "SHARP". (I know of no English word to describe this part). The sharp shall not be described in present post, because most Americans ignore this part anyways...and mostly Asian (probably Cantonese people) like to suck on, nibble with, or "nuun" the SHARP. And the SHARP really is what it's name is described to be...it's pretty SHARP.

Are the drummettes cheaper while wings are more expensive, harder to find? It can't be...cuz they're attached to each other, right? So why do restaurants and such serve DRUMMETTES over WINGS???