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Boston Tries to Top L.A. in the Battle of the Super Bowl Snacks
Even if the Patriots win, it’s hard to bet against California guacamole.
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If there’s one thing that gets people worked up around the Super Bowl—apart from the teams, and especially if one of them is the New England Patriots—it’s the food.
Super Bowl Sunday is one of America’s biggest eating days, accompanied by oceans of stats on tortilla chip sales, beer purchases, and the most key one of all: chicken wing consumption. (Or “pork wings,” if you’re feeling less traditional.) This year the country is projected to eat 1.38 billion wings during the big game, even as their price has jumped almost 25 percent since Jan. 1.