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KC Wild Wings™ get Senate approval in New York. Spring 2005

Farmland KC Wild Wings were a big hit at the New York State Fair and with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. The OPERATOR spoke with William Cornelius, executive chef and local television food host for two prominent restaurants on Seneca Lake in upstate New York: Petioles Restaurant, of the Logan Ridge Winery, and Veraisons Restaurant of Glenora Wine Cellars. Here’s what he had to say about KC Wild Wings and garnering the senator’s praise.

OPERATOR: How did you hear about KC Wild Wings?

CHEF CORNELIUS: Our rep, Timothy Rielly, introduced me to KC Wild Wings. I was blown away with the product.

OPERATOR: How so?

CHEF CORNELIUS: The versatility of the product and how little you need to do to it to offer (customers) a wonderful meal.

OPERATOR: Can you give us some examples?

CHEF CORNELIUS: I’ve served it as an osso buco for some very fine, upscale dinners. And I’ve removed it from the bone for pork sandwiches.

I’ve buffaloed it. I’ve barbecued it. I’ve done a garlic cream sauce with it. Anything you can do with a rib or a chicken wing, you can do with that product.

Also, here at Logan Ridge we make a loganberry barbecue sauce from our number-one-selling loganberry wine. The wine is reduced and added to our barbecue sauce.

OPERATOR: How did you prepare the wings for Senator Clinton?

CHEF CORNELIUS: Welch’s® actually sponsored Senator Clinton’s event, now that I think of it. I made a great Welch’s Jelly barbecue sauce for that. We served that recipe to the Senator and her crew when she was touring the Finger Lakes area and it was a huge hit. We called them “Lollipop Ribs”.

OPERATOR: We understand you were also a big hit at the New York State Fair?

CHEF CORNELIUS: At the fair, I do a daily cooking demo in the art and homes center. Senator Clinton was also at the fair. Unsolicited, she commented on the meal she’d had in the Finger Lakes. It was pretty neat, getting that kind of feedback. It was nice to know she was still talking about us days after.

OPERATOR: Anything else?

CHEF CORNELIUS: I can’t say enough about the product. Right down to the way it’s packed, with the three sleeves within the case. It’s very convenient to run it as a feature because you don’t have to have nine pounds of it going all at one time.