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Why are foodways important?

Foodways is the study of what people eat and why. Why we procure, prepare and serve the food we do has cultural, sociological, geographical, financial and political influences.

 

 

Why is recognition of diverse foodways valuable?

Preserving our past and present for the future by research, documentation and oral histories. It is culinary anthropology on the hoof, paw, root and leaf.

 

 

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Illinois State Fair, 2017

Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance

FAMILY HEIRLOOM RECIPES

Illinois State Fair

August 11, 2017

(Image by Barbara Kuck)

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%

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Premiums:

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

Competition was conducted on August 11th, these are the results:

 

First Prize:

OLD FASHION OVEN FRIED CHICKEN
Jone Schumacher, Chapin, Illinois

 

 

Second Prize:

Fruit Dumplings
Svestkove Knedlicky
Linda D. Cifuentes, Mohamet, Illinois

 

 

Third Prize

Grandma’s Rhubarb Dessert
Amy Wendling, Pleasant Plains, Illinois

 

 

Contestants

Beans N’Such
Mary Gillespie, Springfield, Illinois

 

 

Upside Down Cake
Mary Joan Miller, Pleasant Plains, Illinois

 

 

 Religieuse
Michael Marchizza, Chatham, Illinois

 

 

Meatloaf – the food of nightmares
Amy Wertheim, Atlanta, Illinois