Super Bowl fans cry 'fowl' over chicken wing shortage

We have found an interesting article on mnn.com (Mother Nature Network) titled,  "Super Bowl fans cry 'fowl' over chicken wing shortage". The article discusses how the Super Bowl is the second -biggest eating day of the year and the volume of wings consumed. The article also examines the reasons behind the much discussed chicken-wing shortage. Although the article was written before the the Big Game, it still possesses some interesting and relate-able points. Click here for the entire article.

"Super Bowl fans cry 'fowl' over chicken wing shortage".
By Ned Smith

Americans are serious about their chicken wings, no more so than during the Super Bowl weekend,  the second-biggest eating day of the year.

It doesn't take much to start a furor with foodies, no matter how retrograde their tastes may be. Last fall, it was the pork industry crying wolf about an anticipated shortage of ham and bacon because of feed crops decimated by drought. This year, it's the National Chicken Council taking Mother Nature and the federal government to task for a shortfall in the production of chicken wings that will hold consumption to 1.23 billion wing segments during the 2013 Super Bowl, 12.3 million less than last year.

It's not that our appetite for these zesty, protein-rich snacks has diminished. Quite the contrary, said Bill Roenigk, chief economist and market analyst at the National Chicken Council, a Washington, D.C.-based trade group.

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