Cooking can sometimes be about delicate flavors and a careful presentation. Other times, it’s about getting messy, having fun, and pigging out. Erik and I had both had a pretty long day, and we both knew that we needed to cook something. Never would either of us have guessed how perfect this meal was for our mental state.

We had some chicken limbs left over from a chicken stock endeavor from last week. Tonight was the last night to cook ‘em, and we had been dreaming of hot wings. We poked around the web looking for recipes, and the resounding theme was surprising: Coke, as in Coca Cola. Neither of us is really into soda, but we decided, tonight is the night to go crazy. We simmered and grilled almost 5 lbs of meat over the course of an hour, cleaning up the kitchen from the weeks’ messes along the way. It turned out so juicy, delicious, and caveman-satisfying that we barely managed to save two legs for lunch! Click to continue »