Two of my favourite foods; prawns and chicken wings. Some complain that they are too much work for too little reward. To them I say, don't complain - take control. It's a simple study of the effort to reward ratio.
In this case - Effort:Meat
In the modern times the benchmark or expected effort to reward ratio is skewed toward your 1:2 or 1:3 on average, even 0:3 is not uncommon. Leaving behind our hunter-gatherer roots, the humble chicken wing or prawn is just too hard for some. But here's how you leverage the ratio in your favour.
Adjust either component of the ratio, increase the reward, or reduce the effort, and you are starting to appeal to modern stadards. You can't put more meat into a prawn or more flesh on a chicken gun. But you CAN reduce the effort.
If a 0:3 ratio on prawn and chicken wings appeals to you then join with me people. Prawn shells and wing bones are food stuffs.
I am prepared to make just one concession. Lychees ARE too much hard work.
'Black Widow' Sonya Thomas took her second straight victory at the National Buffalo Wing Festival eating contest by devouring 173 wings in 12 minutes.
