drumette

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drum·ette

 (drŭm-ĕt′)
n.
The small fleshy part of a chicken wing, often fried and served as an appetizer.

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Stand a chicken drumette on its wide end and, holding the narrow bone at the top, use a paring knife to push and scrape the skin and meat downwards to expose the bone and make a plump 'lollipop' at the bottom.
Toro in the meatpacking district uses only the first joint, the drumette, which is smoked and glazed with za'atar and honey.
To prepare the chicken wings, cut each wing through the joints into two sections, the drumette (the part that looks like a little drumstick) and the flat, discarding the wing METHOD 1.
Evanger's Hand Packed Specialties formulas are: Roasted Chicken Drumette Dinner (contains bone); Braised Beef Chunks with Gravy; Whole Mackerel with Gravy; Chunky Chicken Casserole; Whole Chicken Thighs (contains bone); and Hunk of Beef (last two are for supplemental feeding).
It's a semi-boneless duck breast with a wing drumette from Maple Leaf Farms, the nation's leading purveyor of duck.
To check that they are done, make a slit in the thickest part of the largest drumette; there should be no traces of pink.
These drumettes (as they're sometimes called) can be fun food for grown-ups, too.
Encircling the reception area were a Brazilian skewer station with bacon-wrapped filet, pork tenderioin, chicken drumettes, and lollipop lamb chops; a charcuterie bar which included Mississippi State cheese, sausages, olives, grilled vegetables, crackers, and fresh fruit; a baby skillet station offering crab macaroni and cheese, traditional macaroni and cheese with a wide assortment of toppings, Asian slaw, loaded potato casserole, and baked potato shooters; an evo grille offering skewers of chicken, beef, vegetables, and shrimp, and fried rice in takee-outee boxes.
Among his hors d'oeuvres were: Seafood Grit Cake with Crab and Brie and Mornay Sauce; Blackened and Grilled Alligator with Collard Green Chimichurri Sauce; Sweet Tea and Serrano Chicken Drumettes with Blue Cheese Slaw, and Catfish on a Stick with Smoked Onion Crema.
Then these tender, juicy, bone-in chicken wingettes and drumettes are battered and breaded in a southern style crispy coating and fried up fresh.
Fire up the grill and then brush 24 wings (flats and drumettes attached) with olive oil.
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