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FINGER LICKIN’ GOOD: CHIPPEWA VALLEY ONE HANDERS

YOU THINK YOU LIKE EATING CHICKEN WINGS? Well, can you say you started a sauce company after years of dedication to group outings with the sole purpose of chowin’ down on some wings? Exactly. Well, Dan Barnum, the founder of Chippewa Valley One Handers, can – and did. C.V. One Handers is a sauce-making company right out of Eau Claire, born out of a true love for chicken wings and fine sauces. After being part of an area chicken wing-eating group founded in 2011, Barnum took things to the next level when he started churning out One Handers sauce in 2020. Regularly stocked by downtown E.C. store Tangled Up In Hue, a wide variety of freshly made sauces are created by One Handers for $10-$15. Flavors include Pineapple Habanero, Jalapeño Cilantro, Ghostberry, Scorpion Red, and more, with short ingredient list shown right on the bottle. If you haven’t had a chance to snag a bottle or two for yourself from Tangled Up In Hue, you’re in luck: Tangled Up is presenting a One Handers hot sauce sampling pop-up on Saturday, July 30, from 10am-2pm. Even better, they’ll also be putting on the One Hander Challenge: at 1pm during the pop-up, the One Hander Chicken Wing Challenge will serve each contestant a variety of sauced wings they must eat using only one hand, right down to a “clean bone.” The first person to “clean bone” every wing will win a limited edition bottle of One Handers sauce. Check One Handers out on their Facebook page or stop by Tangled Up In Hue (505 S Barstow St. B, Eau Claire) to buy a bottle! –McKenna

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