Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance

FAMILY HEIRLOOM RECIPES

Picnics and Family Reunions

Minnesota State Fair

August 17, 2014

 

 

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

Taste: 50%

History: 40%

Appearance: 10%

 

Premiums:

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

 

 

Competition was conducted on August 31st, these are the results:

 

First Prize:

Mom’s Cherry Upside Down Cake

Mary Drabik, Shoreview, Minnesota

 

 

 

Second Prize:

Family Apple Pie

April Weinreich, Wahkon, Minnesota

 

 

 

Third Prize:

Grandma’s Egg Cookies

Marceil Ann Luedtke, Roseville, Minnesota

 

 

 

Fourth Prize:

Bunny’s Indian Fry Bread

 

 

 

Honorable Mention:

Great Grandma’s Cookies

Sharon R Johnson, Columbia Heights, Minnesota

 

 

 

Contestants:

 

Our Family Angel Food Cake

Lori Beach, Maple Grove, Minnesota

 

 

 

APPLESAUCE CAKE

Betty Stennes, Farmington, Minnesota

 

 

 

Grandma Mamie’s Cheesecake

Barb Lutz, Elk River, Minnesota

 

 

 

Devil’s Food Cake with Chocolate Frosting

Ruthie Gearhart, White Bear Lake, Minnesota

 

 

 

Old Fashioned Fruitcake

Dori Henderson, St. Paul, Minnesota

 

 

 

Granny Alice’s Fried Chicken

Alice Seuffert,  St. Paul, Minnesota

 

 

 

MOLASSES COOKIES

Laura Ann Saxon