Buffalo Chicken Wings With Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce

6 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/4 cup hot pepper sauce
vegetable oil for frying
18 chicken wings -- disjointed, tips
-- discarded

***DIPPING SAUCE***
1/4 pound blue or Roquefort cheese
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon wine vinegar

hot pepper sauce to taste Prep: 10 minutes Cook: 35 minutes Serves:
36 mini-drumsticks These spicy hot wings w/ cool, creamy dip are all
the rage. Serve with plenty of ice-cold beer.
Melt butter in a small saucepan. Add hot sauce & remove from the
heat. In large frying pan or deep-fat fryer, heat 1" of oil to 375x.
Fry wings in batches w/o crowding until golden brown, 12 1/2 minutes.
Drain on paper towels.
Brush wings w/ spicy butter & serve warm w/ Blue Cheese dipping
sauce.

BLUE CHEESE DIPPING SAUCE In small bowl, mash the blue cheese,
leaving some small lumps. Whisk in the mayonnaise until blended. Add
the remaining ingredients & whisk to blend well. Cover & refrigerate
until serving time.