Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance

FAMILY HEIRLOOM RECIPES

 

Ohio State Fair

August 3, 2013

 

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 sponsored in partnership with Feedstuffs FoodLink.com

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Pampered Chef is sponsoring additional prizes for our winners:

 

First place: Food Chopper

Second place: Stainless Steel Silicone Whisk

Third place: Spoon Rest

 

Competition was conducted on August 3rd, these are the results:

 

 

First Prize:

Grandma Meister’s Laundry Day Chicken Soup

Karen Haldeman, Cincinnati, Ohio

 

 

 

 

Second Prize:

Maw-Maw’s Hamburger Crunch

Catherine L Blackwood, Columbus, Ohio

 

(Image by Catherine Lambrecht)

 

 

Third Prize:

 

 

Gramma Hawaii’s Mele Kalikirnaka Fruit Cake Cups

Nancy Radke, Gahanna, Ohio

 

(Image by Catherine Lambrecht)