Milford chronicle., 1954-04-16
Tempo OF National
Chicken Cooking
Contest Is Stepped Up
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electric or gas stoves, with each
contestant having a complete stove
for use; with assistants to regu-
late stoves if help is desired. Also
to those who desire such-there
will be furnished deep fryers, rO-
tisseries, etc, the desire to be spe-
cl1ed on the cOntestants's appIi-
cation. Several kinds of fats in
cluding lard, margarine, butter.
and the various vegetable shorten
ings and all-purpOse flour, salt and
pepper. The contestant will be re-
quired to bring his or her own
spices and accompanying ingredi-
ents along with cooking pan. skill
let or roasting pan, knife, fork.
spoon and other necessary small
equipment. The contestant also
agrees to serve the prepared chick
en- on a dish or platter furnished
by themselves and all parts of the
chicken furnished must be cooked
and delivered to the judges and
remain the property of the COM
mittee.
Each contestant is required to
submit his or her recipe to be
used in the competition to Mrs.
Arthur S. Handy, chairman for the
National Cooking Contest, Lewes.
Delaware, and pOstmarked not la
ter than midnight, June 5, 1854
The recipe must contain specific
amounts of ingredients listed in
the order in which they are TO he
used along with directions for MAX
ing the dish in sufficient detail
Recipes are preferred typewriter
and should be sent in along with
the application blank.
Judges for the contest will be
selected from nationally known
food experts who will judge the
prepared dishes on the following
points: Palatability-55 points:
recipe-25 points and appearance
20 points.
An attractive list of prizes cal
culated to attract contestants have
been set up. In the senior division
the first prize will be $5OO.OO in
cash, plus a choice of a gas or
electric range; a gold trophy from
the Poultry and Egg National
Board. Second prize will be a
cash award Of 100000 MUS nboion
of gas or electric range; third and
fourth prizes will De cnOlce ul
gas or electric range and fs.
prize a gas dryer. Prizes 6 through
10 will be announced at a later
date.
In the Junior Chicken Cooking
Contest this year also on a nation
al competition basis, the first prize
will be $4,000 plus a gas 0r cleo
trio range and a gold trophy from
the Poultry and Egg National
Board. The second prize in the jun
Tor contest will be $4,000 and a
range. Prizes through 10 will be
announced later.
Mrs. Mary Bitulli, of Laurel. who
has been a contestant in two pre-
viOus national cooking contests
was the first to make application
to enter. Mrs. Harry Karcher of
Greensboro, Md, also an entrant |
in two previous years. was the |
second to apply and Stephen
Vaughn, of Lewes, the third. Mrs.
Elsie EspOsitO. of WOodside, Long |
Island. New York, is the first con- !
Jestant to enter outside the Del
maTva Peninsula.
The first entrant in the Junior
Cooking Contest is Carolyn GOrdy !
OF Georgetown, student in the /
Georgetown High School.
thousands of application blanks
together with copies Of the rules
Of the contest are being mailed all |
over the United States and it is
expected that entries in the con-
test will begin coming in rapidly
during the next few weeks.
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