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National Cornbread Cook-Off In Search Of Country's Best Main Dish Cornbread Recipes
SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn., (January 2005)-The National Cornbread Festival is encouraging folks across the county to fire up their ovens, pull out their most perfectly seasoned cast iron skillet and make some cornbread! It's time to enter the National Cornbread Cook-Off sponsored by Martha White® and Lodge Cast Iron®.
Ten lucky finalists will compete to win the first prize of $4,000 and a FiveStar® stainless steel gas range (a $2,500 value) by preparing their creations under the big Cook-Off tent on April 23, 2005, during the National Cornbread Festival in South Pittsburg, Tenn.
To enter, just submit an original Main Dish recipe -- prepared with at least one package of Martha White® Cornbread Mix, and cooked in Lodge Cast Iron® cookware. Complete contest rules are available online at either www.marthawhite.com or www.lodgemfg.com, or by mail to: Official Rules, National Cornbread Cook-Off 2005, 209 7th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37219.
To enter by e-mail, send your recipe to cornbread@dvl.com.
Send mail-in entries to:
National Cornbread Cook-Off 2005
209 7th Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 37219
All entries must include your complete name, mailing or street address, city, state and zip code, and daytime phone number. Mail-in entries must be postmarked by February 28, 2005 and received by March 7, 2005. E-mail entries must by received by midnight Central Standard Time on February 28, 2005. Ten finalists will be chosen from all entries and final judging will be on April 23 in South Pittsburg.
Recipes will be judged on the basis of taste, creativity, appetizing appearance, ease of preparation and appropriate use of the product.
Cash and Prizes
The Cook-Off grand champion will win a $4,000 prize and a 30-inch FiveStar® stainless steel gas range (a $2500 value) from the FiveStar Division of Brown Stove Works, Inc., of Cleveland, Tenn.
The second prize winner takes home $500 and the third receives $300. The remaining seven finalists each win $100. All finalists will receive a $500 travel allowance and special gifts from Martha White and Lodge Cast Iron. The ten finalists will be required to provide their own ingredients and cooking equipment for the competition.
Start Cooking
You have to enter to win, so get out your Lodge cast iron cookware and Martha White cornbread mix and stir up a winning recipe.
"Remember, your entry has to be an original main dish. Just think about what your family likes to eat with cornbread and combine it all together in a cast iron skillet," advises Linda Carman, the Martha White cornbread expert. "The best recipes usually use basic ingredients put together in a creative way."
Last year, Valerie Holt of Cartersville, Ga., won with the Crescent City Skillet - a combination of spicy sausage and shrimp in a rich creamy cheese sauce baked under a crispy topping of Martha White Cornbread Creations Mix.
For this and many other cornbread recipes along with complete contest rules, visit Martha White on-line at www.marthawhite.com or Lodge Cast Iron at www.lodgemfg.com.