Brainstorm turns mushroom contest into reality
BY DEBBIE KOONTZ
HARRISBURG - On Thursday,
a brainstorm, originally concocted
and envisioned by Bill Piper,
PDA’s mushroom marketing
specialist, became a reality.
Piper pictured a cooking contest
devoted entirely to his specialty,
(mushrooms, of course), with lots
of photographers andpress people,
and most of all, lots and lots of
consumers hungry consumers
(both for food and knowledge)
swarming about the ‘just-made’
epicurian delights discussing how
they were going to rush home and
try the same dishes.
So he gathered ‘everybody’
together the newspapers were
there, the television stations were
there, photographers, public
relations officials and all sorts of -
VIPs were there and he put
them in one of Harrisburg’s busiest
lunchtime spots Strawberry
Square and held a cooking
contest.
And when the excitement was
over, the press were happy
because they got their story, the
VIPs were satisfied because they
got to taste the dishes, the swarm
of consumers were buzzing
because they got all the recipes,
and most of all Deborah Yandric
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was happy because she won the ISO
first prize.
And what about Bill Piper? Well
be was happy too because the
event was dubbed successful and
will, justifiably, become an annual
event.
This year’s mushroom contest
winner, a part-time musician, lives
with her husband Dan in Mid
dletown. She is the mother of two
children a 20-year-old son in
Millerville State College, and a 17-
year-old daughter who is a senior
in high school.
Deborah’s winning recipe,
“Elegant Mushroom Quiche,’’
emerged to the top above 39 other
entries and 10 finalists.
According to Deb, this recipe
was her own creation, and evolved
only after much experimentation.
“I have been experimenting with
different quiches for a long time. I
just love to cook, and only regret
that I don’t have more time to do
so,” she spurts.
But this isn’t the first time a
quiche dish brought this cook good
luck. She won a microwave oven in
the national Nestle Souptime Soup
Mix Contest last year.
She also has been in the state
beef cook-off several times, but
has never captured a winning role.
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“I’d love 'to join again next
year,” she continues. “I really
enjoy cooking contests.”
Deborah’s winning recipe and
the second and third place winning
recipes follow:
ELEGANT MUSHROOM QUICHE
1 can refrigerated crescent dinner
rolls
8 strips of bacon, cooked and
crumbled
3/4 c. shredded Cheddar cheese
3/4 c. shredded Swiss cheese
12 oz. fresh mushrooms, washed,
sliced
3 T. butter
1 c. boiling water
1 envelope cream of mushroom
soup mix
f envelope cream of chicken soup
mix
3 eggs, beaten
1/41. pepper
2t. flour
1/4 c. dairy sour cream
1/21. chopped chives
1/41. paprika
Separate crescent dough into 8
triangles. Place triangles in an
ungreased 10-inch pie pan or quiche
dish. Press over bottom and up
sides to form a crust.
Mix cheeses and bacon together.
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Reserve 1/4 c. of this mixture for in the boiling water, stirring till
later use. Arrange remainder smooth. On medium speed of
evenly over bottom of prepared electric mixer, or with rotary
crust. Saute mushrooms gently in beater, mix in the eggs. Beat in the
large skillet, in the 3 T. butter, milk, pepper, flour, and sour
Remove from skillet with slotted cream till thoroughly blended,
spoon. Set aside. With a spoon, stir in the
In large mixing bowl, empty mushrooms. Pour into crust,
both envelopes of soup mix. Pour in a preheated 350 degree oven,
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