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As an aside, I grew up with “chicken fingers” everywhere, on restaurant menus, etc. but now I can’t think of the last time I didn’t see them called “chicken ten
by mr_cyborg 5y ago
As an aside, I grew up with “chicken fingers” everywhere, on restaurant menus, etc. but now I can’t think of the last time I didn’t see them called “chicken tenders” outside of one regional fast food chain where I am now. I live in a different region now so I wonder if that’s a regional thing or just an overall trend
- Steltek 5y agoNortheast? I see "chicken tenders" on a lot of menus. I can see the difference being that "chicken fingers" having a childish connotation. And it goes without saying, "boneless buffalo wings" is a complete fabrication of reality.
- sweettea 5y agoIndeed, I had never heard of a chicken tender until I started reading r/WSB; they've always been chicken fingers or buffalo wings.
- LambdaComplex 5y agoBuffalo wings are something completely different though? Those are the thigh/drumstick of the chicken (which is commonly served with a spicy sauce), whereas chicken fingers/tenders are the tenderloin.
- Qub3d 5y agoBuffalo wings are actually wings. The "flat" and "drum" are both from the wing: https://www.wikihow.com/Cut-Chicken-Wings https://www.wikihow.com/Cut-Chicken-Wings
- schwartzworld 5y agoSome restaurants serve "boneless wings" which are typically fingies with buffalo sauce.
- jdkenney 5y agoI believe the chicken tender is a specific cut/part of the breast. I would guess it’s being used inaccurately for marketing/trendiness purposes, but originally it was probably not just a regional variation of “chicken finger”. See related: Chilean Sea Bass as a renaming of the less glamorous “toothfish”.
- tshaddox 5y ago“Chicken strips” is quite common too in the United States.
- brewdad 5y agoI wonder if Alton Brown has more sway than I thought. He's done a whole series of rants over the years on his show about how chicken don't have fingers. Then, in his last live stage show, he told a hilarious story about how he made chicken feet for his daughter when she insisted that chicken do have fingers.