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National Chicken Cooking Winners
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boneless breast halves.
Third place and $3,000 went to
Pricilla Yee of Concord, Califomi
a, for “Chicken with Pineapple
Salsa.
Christine Tomasiewicz of Oma
ha, Nebraska, won $2,000 for the
fourth place winner titled “Heart
Smart Baked Chicken.’’
Fifth place was won by Janice
Elder of Charlotte, North Carolina,
for “Chicken with Carrot
Chutney.”
The cook-off finals included
state cooking champions from all
30 states plus the District of Col
umbia. Six out of the 51 contes
tants were male. All SI contestants
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prepared their recipes for judging
by IS food writers representing
major newspaper and consumer
magazines.
The first prize winner is an artist
specializing in sculputred clay
puppets. She lives on an BS-acre
farm near Morrice, Michigan with
her husband, Michael, and their
two children aged three and two.
Her husband is an owner, trainer
and rider of harness race horses.
Both first and second place win
ners developed their interest in
cooking from favorite aunts.
Mathie’s 71-year-old aunt has an
extensive collection of cookbooks
which the champion uses for
inspiration.
Holley, a pharmacist, was
taught to cook by an aunt who was
a professional cook and baker.
In creating their contest entries,
this year’s finalists used 30 diffe
rent vegetables, 15 fruits, and 40
spices. To add more flavor and
appeal, the recipes included 11 dif
ferent cheeses and five kinds of
nuts. A number of recipes were
inspired by ethnic backgrounds
and regional influences, adding
twists of uniqueness. A wide varie
ty of herbs and spices were used to
accent the flavor of each dish.
Garlic was he favorite—used in 19
recipes—followed closely by oils
and vinegars.
Unusual combinations paired
chicken with red beets, grapefruits,
raisins, oranges and bananas, cof
fee, pinto beans and watercress.
The Chicken Cookbook con
tains all of the 51 recipes prepared
by finalists from each state and the
District of Columbia at the Nation
al Cook-Off, including the
$lO,OOO chicken recipe. Also
included are winning recipes from
previous contests and some favo
rites from the host state.
In addition to recipes, the
127-page cookbook contains nutri
tional charts and a step-by-step
diagram for carving a roast chick
en. There is also information on
how to enter the 391 h Cook-Off, to
be held in May 1991 in Little
Rock, Arkansas. A prize of
$25,000 will be awarded to the
winning recipe in that contest
The cookbook may be ordered
at the special price of $1.75
(including postage) by sending a
check or money order (no cash) to:
Chicken Cookbook, Department
NBC, Box 307, Coventry, CT.
06238.
In speaking with contestants
from the states that Lancaster
Farming covered, Marlene
McCall, Pennsylvania’s finalist
remarked that she likes to travel
and what better way than to win a
contest and have “them” pay her
way across the country.
She said, “I’m a chemist so I
naturally like to throw things
together and see what happens.”
From Mars, near Pittsburgh,
McCall said it took her one and a
half years to perfect her recipe
“Stuffed Yogurt-Lime Chicken.”
While she prepared her entry,
editors and newscasters bom
barded her with questions. Her
hands never paused as she shot
back answers. “I don’t have trou
ble concentrating because I teach
and I’m used to noise,” she said.
For Genevieve Lehman of
Rockville, Maryland, the contest
was the first time she entered com
petition. Her entry was birthed one
night when she needed to make
dinner within one hour. She said,
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