Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-06-21


out of foil until tender and
golden brown-abOut p hour.
Garnish with orange slices and
cranberries or as desired.
In fourth place was 42-year-OlC
Mrs. Samuel Bailey, of Lancaster
Pa, a housewife who is also g
part-time chicken hatchery worker
She has daughter and two sons
ranging in age from 10 to II years
Mrs. Bailey is an old hand al
chicken cooking having been the
Lancaster County, Pa, champion
in 1855. She competed in the Del
marva Contest that same year but
did not win. Here she received q
new kitchen range with her recipe
for "Bonelee, Stuffed Chicken:
Two chicken breasts chick
en- legs and thighs-uncut; 1
can Cream of Mushroom Soup;
u cup cooking sherry; Stuff
ing: 6 slices bread; stalks
celery or stems; l teaspoon
accent; u teaspoon poultry
seasoning; II teaspoon papri-
ka; IL teaspoon garlic salt.
Dissolve 2 chicken Boullion
Cubes in u cup of boiling wa
ter. Break bread in fine pieces.
Cut celery fine. Add the sea-
sonings, and celery to bread.
Moisten with cooled boullion
mixture. Divide stuffing on the
chicken, fasten with skewers or
tie with Irvine. Place in bak-
ing dish. Pour cream OF mush-
room soup mixed with sherry
over chicken, cover and bake
at $50 degrees, q to l hour,
uncover last Is minutes. Gar
nish with parsley and spiced
crabapples. Gravy may be
served in separate bowl.
Among the contestants as previ-
ously mentioned were three men,
one of whom captured ninth place
He was John lie Baron, Exeter,
New Hampshire. Harold Wiesberg
of Hyattstown, Maryland, husband
of last years National Senior
Cooking champion, also tried to
uphold the family hOnors, but
failed to place in the top % named
by the judges.
There was another interesting
highlight Fifth place winner was
Mrs. Eileen Young of HyattstOwn
friends of the Weisbergs. Last year
Mrs. Young was unable to COM
pete, so she named her national
prize winning recipe Chicken
Shortcake Eileen" in honor of her
missing friend. This year Mrs
Young came through on her own
Sixth to 25th prizes were award
ed as follows:
Mrs. Allie Phillips, Selbyville
DEL; Mrs. Simon S. Acuff, New
York City; Mrs. Albert Bradley
Delmar, Del; Mr.. LIE Baron; Mrs
Leslie l.. futile, Onancock, Va.
Mrs. Samuel Warrington, Bridge
vile, Del; Mrs. Ethel ]. Davis
Wilmington, Del; Mrs. Donald
Quasi, Madison, Wisconsin; Mrs
Donna Trumbauer, Chestertown
Md; Patricia III. Mullegan, Green
wood, Del;
Mrs. Carlyle Williams, Oman
cock, Va; Mrs. Jean Blessing
Houston, Del; Mrs. Rebecca Ben
nett, Salisbury, Md; Mrs. Carroll
Davis, Timonium, Md; Sue c. Flo
rio, Lewes, Del; Vanita Godow-
sky Saperton, New York City; Miss
Edna May Miller, Sun Valley, Ida
no; Mrs. Francis G. Smith, White
Hall, Md; Mrs. Herbert Dorman
Jr., Cambridge, Md; and Mrs. Will
1for,o Uroc4nv Nh
Three of the entrants in the SEN
ior contest had the ledge" over
other entrants in terms of years OF
experience. Oldest contestant was
Mrs. Allie Mae Phillips, Selbyville
Delaware, who was Is. Mrs. Nat
Cannon of EastOn, Md, was rs and
Mrs. Florence G Burchenai, Wood
side, Delaware, 70.
Miss Alice Peterson. food editor
of the New York Daily News, wha
was chairman of judges, praised
the work of all the contestants.
She said many outstanding recipes
were presented during the contest
which began at 8 a. m. and con-
tinued until after two o'clock.
Other judges were: Edith Barber,
New York, food editor, General
Features Syndicate; France
Blackwood, food editor, Evening
and Sunday Bulletin, Philadel-
phia; Eleanor Parrish, food and
fashion editor, News-JournaI pa
pers in Wilmington, Delaware;
Myra Waldo. New York author of
"The Complete Round the World
Cook Book; Eleanor Ney, White
Plains, New York, Westchester
County Publishers, Inc. Mary Hor-
ton, National Dairy Council; James
Beard, New York, food writer and
author of International Repute;
and Ina S. Lindman, New York,
creative food columnist.
Junior National Champion
A 16-year-old Italian girl who
just came to this country last fall
was winner of the Junior National
Chicken Cooking championship on
Wednesday, June IL.
Maria Pizzadili of FELTON,. Del
aware, entered recipe for Chick
en- la Romano. This is q version
of Chicken Cacciatore", an old
Italian favorite. Maria used a
brOiler chicken, split down the
back and baked in a moderate oven.
Scoring such American touches as
canned soups. foil or cereal crumbs,
she stuck to the traditional Italian
ingredients; real olive oil, orega-
no, Glove garlic and parsley.
Maria had hoped she'd win, so
she could buy her family a tele-
vision set in order that they might
learn more about this great coun-
try. She won $3.50 and a kitchen
range. Here is her recipe:
One 315-4-pound chicken: l
teasDOOn salt. Il, faaSD0O0 nom