Milford chronicle., 1956-06-29
This Years Chicken
Festival Hailed
As Greatest EUel'

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Miss Harris was first named Miss
Popularity by the 1000 people who
saw the opening contest round.
Wednesday evening she was chosen
Miss Virginia, while Linda Lynch.
II, Ocean City, Md, was chosen
Miss Maryland, and Miss Sandra
McCabe of Selbyville, Delaware,
was awarded the title of Delaware
State Queen. Miss Harris then won
the overall title and with crown
der of the festival. The three top
winners appeared on the principal
float in the closing night parade.
Last Thursday more than so
teenagers assembled in convention
hall, where they began work on the
National Junior Chicken Cooking
Contest, using fifty gas or electric
stoves, % of each having been
provided for the affair.
A fifteen-year-oli Georgetown,
Delaware, lass--Carol Mumford,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin
ii. Mumford-came up as the new
National Junior champion with her
recipe for Chicken n Mushroom
Packages" The tastefully decor
ated packages" help to eliminate
a lot of dish washing according to
Carol, and here's her prize recipe:
ready-to-coOk frying chicken
/ cup flour
~ cup shortening
] can whole mushrooms
slices of onion
] tablespoon pepper
"a cup butter
h cup cream
Cut chicken in serving pieces.
Dredge chicken in flour; brown in
hot fat. (Reserve giblets and neck
for other use.) Tear five IA x IL
inch pieces of heavy aluminium foil
Place two pieces of chicken, sever
al mushrooms and one slice of on
ion in center of each aluminium
square. Sprinkle with salt and
pepper. Fold up edges of foil. Add
two teaspoons of butter and one
tablespoon cream to each package.
Bring edges of foil together and
seal with double fold. Place in
shallow baking pan. Bake in mod
crate oven $3.50 degreesJ for As
minutes. Serve in foil Makes five
servings.
Taking seconG ana third places
respectively were two 12-year-old
cousins, Gail Brewington and Nam
cy Brewington of Salisbury, Md.
Their Chicken Hawaiian" and
"Barbecued Chicken" won the fan
cy of the prominent food editors
who served as judges.
Here is Calls recipe for Chick
en- Hawaiian:
Dehnarvalous chicken, fully cut
up
"a lb. margarine
l cup bisquick
teaspoons salt
teaspoons paprika
Il teaspoon pepper
/ No. 2 can crushed pineapple
Wash chicken thoroughly. Roll
in bisquick which has been mixed
with salt, pepper and paprika. Melt
margarine in shallow pan, place
chicken skin side down in melted
margarine. Cook in oven 375 de-
grees one hour turning once dur
ing cooking. During last Is min
utes CT cooking time, cover chick
en- with crushed pineapple and fin
ish browning. Serve on platter
garnished with fruit.
Nancy Brewington's Barbecued
Chicken is prepared in this man
ner:
"a ID butter
One 21a 10 Delmarvalous chick
en-, cleaned and cut in serving
pieces
IL teaspoon salt
Il teaspoon black pepper
Melt butter in shallow roasting
pan, and arrange chicken in pan.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Bake in a 375 degree oven for one
hour, turn once or twice to brown
on both sides. Reduce heat to 325
degrees. Spreal half of barbecue
sauce over one side of broiler, bake
for Is minutes covered. Turn
broiler over, spread with remain
ing sauce and bake fifteen minutes
Uncover pan and let chicken dry
out on top of oven for ten minutes.
Place chicken on hot platter, gar
nished with parsley and radish