Thursday, May 29, 2014

6/14/2014 Cooking With Mint Contest

The Cooking With Mint Contest will be held during the Mint Festival on Saturday, June 14th in North Judson.  Any recipe using mint or mint flavoring in the preparation may be submitted for judging.

The contest is open to the public.  Prepared product and the recipe with the maker's name and address should be brought to 105 E Talmer Avenue (Girl Scout Cabin) located on Highway 10 at the junction of Highway 10 and 39 South for judging at 11 a.m. CST on Saturday.

The catagories are as follows:

  1. Desserts
  2. Main Dishes
  3. Appetizers/Side Dishes
  4. Youth - up to and including 12th grade
  5. Men Only

Cash prizes are awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in each category.  Don't forget to enter the contest or just come and see what happens and maybe buy a sample at the bake sale immediately following the judging.

Registration is from 9 - 10:45 a.m. CST and the judging is at 11 a.m. CST.

Winners will be announced immediately following the judging solely in the following categories to facilitate judging.

Items will be judges on over all appearance, texture, flavor, ingredients available, easily used in a meal and stability.  Frozen or refrigerated items will be judged together at a specific time.

All entry recipes will be retained by the Mint Festival Committee for the sole purpose of printing the recipe in the Cooking With Mint Cook Book.  If permission is given, items will be sold after the judging to help defray expenses.

For information pertaining to the Cooking With Mint applications, contact Carol Meister (Chairperson) at 574-896-3408.


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