Show MJ Section ' ':iyc ' c i f" V Dp " '1 J i''- - )! I f V ’ v Tuesday July 23 2002 i JT v Vf t S The Herald Journal !$t ''Vi V?" ' Pagel By Cindy YUrth features editor -- 7-- ? ‘ V Vf ' - ’ft- j h - ? -- '"j & &f-- — 5 T?-- i):'? vsi? '' V ’J - r‘ Photo eourtesy of Fletochmann’s Ysast A 1998 Los Angeles County Fair award winner this flatbread features the i J‘i a2£2ZLZk’J: ' ftrt Object: Bake a special bread : - i! lil iiihj I - 1 Age range: No age limit tants can enter as singles or as adult: child iMnra 1 1 i 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons water tablespoon oliye oil teaspoon salt 12 Lfirrhmnnn’t Criteria: Flwor (40 percent) Prizes: Topping: 3 tablespoons olive oil ' 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary appearance (20 eiceatX texture (20 percentXcrNUivity (20 percent) upto $275 widi winners coarse salt receiving bonus prize money and made my into the national canmeti- don where the winning adult-diil-d team will receive a family vacation for v : : 12-in- ch 12-in- ch bread machine yeast 2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary V: cycle is complete remove dough from machine to a lightly floured surface Cover let rest 5 minutes If necessary kneald in enough flow to make dough easy to Ihandle Form dough into smooth ball Roll to round place on pizza pan that has been liidy greased with olive eiL Poke dough randomly with fingertips to form dimples Brush top with olive oQ sprinkle with rosemary arid salt to taste Cover let rise in warm draft-fre- e place until almost doubled in size about 3Q minutes ' Bake at 425 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until done Serve with olive oil and freshly ground coarse black Sample recipe: Festive Focaccla occasion WU be a contest for professional chefs who will have to create a meal out of the same "grab bag” of ingredients "That should be really fun” said Hadley Other new contests: Nesde’s Gold Medal flour Thbasco Clabber Girl baking powder Lehi Mills Hadley gets die judges She finds expert cooks from restaurants bakeries and universities and taps Utah State University every year ' There’s even a website for would-b- e contestants for than a features information more contest Statefairrecipescom dozen of the biggest prize money contests at fairs across die nation In addition the new site shares recipes tips from judges and secrets from winners So why not start experimenting now? What have you got to lose? Here are a few of die upcoming contests with sample recipes to help get you started For a complete list of contests and rules call the fair R and ask for the Living Arts Handbook To enter a at (801) contest contact the fur’s entry department at (801) - ' j Sponsors: bceadwoildxom Fleisdimann’s Yeast fowtoOriandb:u 2sty taste of rosemary vex wonder how your cooking measures up? Well it’s fair season — your chance to find out The Cache County Fair is coming up Aug 8 9 and 10 with its home aits and 4--H contests or aim even bigger at the Utah State Fair Sept 5 through 15 “We have a contest every day of the fair except Sunfair’s Special Events Coordinator Lisa Barber Sunsaid the days” are “demo days” where manufacturers can she explained days demonstrate cooking with their products This being America ill the cooking contests are sponsored by food corporations and your recipe had better feature their product Not to worry however : you can experiment with everything from lamb to 'Spam! And don’t think you don’t have a chance against Utah’s best cooks — last year each contest drew an average of only 981 participants Bather said (You could at least beat out that eight-tent- hs of a person) "We have a lot of the same people enter over and over” said Audrey Hadley indoor contest supervisor for the fair “I probably shouldn’t say this but it seems like an obsession to me” “Last year a woman from the Ogden area entered pretty much every contest” added Bather “She pretty much placed first second or third in every one Then there ate those who think ‘Oh I’ll just give it a try’ and they win sometimes too” female Hadley said the average contestant is a although the outdoor contests like chili and Dutch oven draw more men There are also contests just for kids — note this year's book- themed cookie contest — or just for a certain group like the beef recipe contest just for past presidents of the Cattlewofrien's Associa-' Add water oil salt flour yeast and rosemary to bread machine pan in the order suggested by manufacturer Select dou£hmanual cycle When award-winni- ng 538-FAI- 538-84- 40 pepper if desired eTz-IEe- zr Object: Make S 2 jalapeflo peppers seeded and recipe ' Ifcbasco Green Sauce using Pepper Tex-M- ex chopped 14 ciqiTkbasco brand greenpqiper Sponsor: lu sauce Age range: No age limit Criteria: taste appeal (40 percent) SSSSSXte! : ty (15 percent) PrlZ6S: First — ' $100 and gift has- - 14 cup ranch-sty1 Sample recipe: Avocado Ccunbine tomato onion bell pepper cilantro jalapelfo pepper Trisco green sauce and ratra dressing in a bowl and mix well 'Add avocado and ' toss gently until blended 7 : 3 oupa chopped Roma tomatoes n vefkw teil nenner w 8- - le " Salsa Rancherb I salad dressing avocado peeled and chopped Urge faVonte book Wng Gold Medal flour Medd '1 Fkw i ©TmlSinlfii: Crcauvitytaste y Plrfl®S first — $150 and anengraved memerUo second -- $75 thirtf-- - 25 Wituiers also receive an apn ribbon andawaitlceitificate: ' ''l l S’’ imdllPHW Tlhlir®® (B®®r 0®0lij® 12 cup granulated sugar 12 'cii packed brown stigar tabasco Heat oven to 375 degrees Shape dough into 16 balls usiiig l 12 tableqxxms dough breach j lScups Gold Medal Place balls about four inches apart on purpose ungreased cookie sheet Shape remaining dough into 32 balls! 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