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" What will an estimated 110 million Americans collectively do on Sunday, February 3, other than watch the Super Bowl? They will consume more than 1 billion chicken wings. According to the National Chicken Council&amp;#039;s 2013 Wing Report, more than 1.23 billion wing portions will be dipped and devoured as the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens vie for the coveted Vince Lombardi trophy. That&amp;#039;s enough chicken wings to stretch from the 49ers home field at Candlestick Park to M&amp;amp;amp;T Bank Stadium in Baltimore 27 times.    If you think 1.23 billion sounds like a lot, note that last year Americans consumed 1.25 billion on game day, or about 12.3 million more wings. Why the decline? That&amp;#039;s a result of the chicken producers&amp;#039; output. Bill Roenigk, chief economist and market analyst at the Washington, D.C.-based National Chicken Council explains, &amp;quot;Chicken companies produced about one percent fewer birds last year, due in large part to record high corn and feed prices.&amp;quot; More From Delish: Best Chicken Wings in the U.S. The council also discovered how Americans like their wings. Ranch or blue cheese dressing? Ranch wins. According to the National Chicken Council&amp;#039;s poll, conducted by Harris Interactive, nearly six in 10 U.S. adults who eat chicken wings said they prefer to do so with ranch dressing. The dip data also showed that those answers depended on where you were in the country. Northeasterners are more likely to prefer blue cheese (47 percent). Thirty-two percent in the Midwest, 30 percent in the South, and 32 percent in the West share that same affinity. Would you guess that men or women are bigger fans of wings? Seventy-seven percent of women will likely consume wings, compared to 82 percent of men. And if you&amp;#039;re wondering if political party factors into poultry preferences, both red and blue states enjoy wings. &amp;quot;[Wings] are nonpartisan and politically independent,&amp;quot; explained Roenigk. &amp;quot;That is, there are really no extreme left wings or extreme right wings.&amp;quot; More From Delish: The Hottest Buffalo Wings Money Can Buy Who&amp;#039;s selling the most wings? Wingstop is giving other chains a run for their money, predicting its 550 outposts will prepare more than 6 million wings. If you live in the Chicago area, you can get a taste of McDonald&amp;#039;s Mighty Wings, which are being tested in 500 local stores. Will you eat wings on Super Bowl Sunday? How do you like them?  Find more great food content on Delish: Search for the perfect recipe from our homepageFind out the latest food newsGet a recipe book to save your favorite dishesSign up for our free newsletters Check us out on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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