I did make a new year's resolution this year. Sort of. I don't really do the resolution thing, but I did make a resolutionesque decision, and I did it around the end of the year, so it pretty much qualifies.

And this resolution is a simple one. I will no longer purchase or consume ANY buffalo-chicken-wing-flavored product that is not in fact a buffalo wing. The years of disappointment and irritation end now.

That means no buffalo-sauced chicken sandwiches, no buffalo chicken tenders, certainly no breaded chicken product that claims to have the buffalo flavoring in the breading. No chips, potato or otherwise, dusted with alleged wing flavor, whether or not it's also dusted with alleged bleu cheese flavor.

You know why? Because none of them taste like good buffalo wings, most of them don't even taste like bad buffalo wings, and none of them even taste good in a "this flavor isn't what's advertised, but I still like the flavor" kind of way. 

But since I have that positive mental association in general with the "buffalo wing" concept, if I don't impose a blanket ban, I will forget all the past horrors and try again. So be it resolved - no buffalo flavoring will pass my lips unless it's borne by the arms of poultry.