Illinois State Fair, Saturday, August 15th, Culinary Arts

Hi,

Two events of interest will be occurring at the Hobby, Arts and Crafts Building, which has air conditioning (important on a hot, muggy Springfield summer day):

1. Noon - I will be preparing Edgar Rose's Pecan Pie for the Blue Ribbon Pie Competition. If you enjoy watching someone bake a pie, this may be of interest to you. The results of the competition will be announced around 5 or 5:30 PM.

2. Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance is sponsoring a competition:



FAMILY HEIRLOOM RECIPES ENTREES OR SIDE DISHES

Enter your best scratch family heirloom recipe suitable for a family or community
dinner. Recipe should be from before 1950.

Bring your prepared dish along with:

On a 8 ½ x 11” sheet of paper type a brief story of who passed the
recipe down to you, ethnicity, if relevant, number of years the recipe has been in
your family and any interesting information about your recipe.

Submit your dish, recipe and story on August 15th from 9 AM to 10 AM. Winners will be announced at noon.

First prize: $150.
Second prize: $100.
Third prize: $50.

For more complete information, go to page 101 of the Illinois State Fair premium book:

Form to complete your entry
plus the general exhibitor's card form:


ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 15, 2009 (must have an envelope with that cancellation)

Turkey Tetrazini served at Sweets! (picture by David Hammond)


Beef Noodles served at Sweets! (picture by David Hammond)


Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,

Two events of interest will be occurring at the Hobby, Arts and Crafts Building, which has air conditioning (important on a hot, muggy Springfield summer day):

1. Noon - I will be preparing Edgar Rose's Pecan Pie for the Blue Ribbon Pie Competition. If you enjoy watching someone bake a pie, this may be of interest to you. The results of the competition will be announced around 5 or 5:30 PM.

2. Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance is sponsoring a competition:



FAMILY HEIRLOOM RECIPES ENTREES OR SIDE DISHES

Enter your best scratch family heirloom recipe suitable for a family or community
dinner. Recipe should be from before 1950.

Bring your prepared dish along with:

On a 8 ½ x 11” sheet of paper type a brief story of who passed the
recipe down to you, ethnicity, if relevant, number of years the recipe has been in
your family and any interesting information about your recipe.

Submit your dish, recipe and story on August 15th from 9 AM to 10 AM. Winners will be announced at noon.

First prize: $150.
Second prize: $100.
Third prize: $50.

For more complete information, go to page 101 of the Illinois State Fair premium book:

Form to complete your entry
plus the general exhibitor's card form:


ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 15, 2009 (must have an envelope with that cancellation)

Turkey Tetrazini served at Sweets! (picture by David Hammond)


Beef Noodles served at Sweets! (picture by David Hammond)


Regards,

That's so wierd that you would post this tonight. I was searching the State Fair websight today looking for any information on the Family Heirloom competition and came up empty.

Hi,

Yeah, it is buried in the pdf premium book that is not indexed for search engines.

I meant to put this up much earlier. Sorry for being tardy.

Regards,

Hi,

There is still time to get your entries in and postmarked today.

I entered:

August 15th:
- Blue Ribbon Pie contest
- Pizza Party (I'm there and have access to an oven, why not.)

August 22nd:
- Meatloaf
I will be there if I need to return for the Blue Ribbon finalists.

I hope to get some pictures of the meatloaf competition whether I make it there or not. I'm just dying of curiosity.

Regards,

Oh crap, missed it. Well, maybe next time. Good luck on your dishes Cathy.

Hi,

If you are attending the Illinois State Fair on Saturday, look for us at the Hobby, Arts and Craft's building not too far from the Dairy building with the butter cow.

At 10 AM, we'll be judging the Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance's Heirloom recipe competition focusing on dishes suitable for potluck, community dinners and church suppers circa 1950 or earlier.

At noon, winners for the heirloom recipe will be announced.

I will then begin preparing my entry in the Blue Ribbon pie competition with winners announced around 4:45 PM.

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,


I will then begin preparing my entry in the Blue Ribbon pie competition with winners announced around 4:45 PM.

Regards,

You bringing home any leftovers?

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,


I will then begin preparing my entry in the Blue Ribbon pie competition with winners announced around 4:45 PM.

Regards,

Best of luck Cathy with your pie - keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Jyoti

Hi,

I made two pies this evening with two different crusts. CAn't for the life of me figure out which is which. I hope with a revived mind I can figure out in the morning or with the help of some friends.

I'll let you know what happens.

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,

If you are attending the Illinois State Fair on Saturday, look for us at the Hobby, Arts and Craft's building not too far from the Dairy building with the butter cow.

At 10 AM, we'll be judging the Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance's Heirloom recipe competition focusing on dishes suitable for potluck, community dinners and church suppers circa 1950 or earlier.

At noon, winners for the heirloom recipe will be announced.

I will then begin preparing my entry in the Blue Ribbon pie competition with winners announced around 4:45 PM.

Regards,

Hi Cathy,

I was at my parents' house last week and brought home a copy of the "Washburn County Homemakers' Cook Book", dated 1950. I'll share it with you the next time we're at an event. Best of luck to you this weekend.

Ms. Ingie

The State Journal Register had an article on the results of Heirloom Recipe competition:

Old family recipes honored at Illinois State Fair

Regards,

I had the privilege of judging the Heirloom Recipes competition at the State Fair. I was truly impressed by the quality of nearly all the entries as well as by the stories that accompanied them. Here are photos of some of the dishes.

First Place — Kluski (potato dumplings)


Second Place — Potica (filled with black walnuts)


Third Place — Yeast Donuts


Barbecue Sauce


Saltibarsciai (cold beet soup)


And here's the biggest pumpkin—452 pounds.