Back in my junior year of college I lived in a house on Bridge street with several of my sorority sisters.  The house was right next door to Byrne Dairy which meant there was always an abundance of chocolate peanut butter ice cream.  It was across the street from The Oswego Sub Shop. They made a mean turkey club. Oh and there was the infamous Shed (once a popular bar – now a restuarant) who made the essential greasy pizza balls. Of course no college experience would be complete with out hot wings. These we typically ordered them from  Pizza Villa.  We would order them so hot that out noses would run.  I am not quite sure why we did that….   Food was everywhere! But one of my favorite food memories from my college days came from my housemate Regina.  She made these AMAZING hot wings that could make your nose run, but they were not greasy or fried.  They are crispy with just the right amount of heat.  I recently asked her for the recipe so that I could make them for my hot wing loving son as a celebration for an award he won.   Here is her family recipe:

Ingredients

• 4 dozen wings
• 1 cup Olive Oil
• 1.5 cups Vinegar
• 3 Tbsp Salt
• 2 dashes Tabasco (Regina uses like 15)
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1/2 tsp minced garlic
• 1/8 tsp onion powder
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp celery salt
• dash ground cloves
• 1 beaten egg
• 3 Tbsp cayenne pepper

How to:

• Combine all ingredients in to a large bowl to make marinade
• Marinade chicken in the large bowl or extra large ziploc bags in refrigerator for at least 8 hours – 24 hours is best
• Great grilled or in the oven (30 min at 375, then broil to make skin crispy)
• Enjoy- Dylan Sure Did!