Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance

FAMILY HEIRLOOM RECIPES

 

Illinois State Fair

August 12, 2016

 

 

(Image by Peter Engler)

 

Contestants entered their best scratch family heirloom recipe suitable for a family or community dinner.  Recipe should originate before 1950.

Contestants brought a prepared dish along with a brief story of who passed the recipe down to them, ethnicity, if relevant, number of years the recipe has been in their family and any interesting information about their recipe.

 

JUDGING CRITERIA

History: 50%

Taste: 40%

Appearance: 10%

 

Premiums sponsored in partnership with The Spice House :

 

 

 

Premiums:

1st place – $150.,  2nd place – $100.,  3rd place – $50.

 

 

Competition was conducted on August 14th, these are the results:

 

First Prize:

Asparagus Soup

Amy Wertheim, Atlanta, Illinois

 

 

 

Second Prize:

Grandmother’s Raspberry Sauce

Jone Schumacher, Chapin, Illinois

 

Third Prize:

Sarah Leonard’s Family Fruit Cake

Brazilla A. Leonard, Harvel, Illinois

 

 

Contestants:

Grandmother’s Gingerbread Cake

Gail Long, O’Fallon, Illinois

 

Grandma Delongs Meatloaf

Janie Saner, Sherman, Illinois

 

 

 

Kidney Bean Salad

Linda D. Cifuentes, Mahomet, Illinois