Kentucky State Fair: Only 100-percent homemade pies welcome
| Louisville, Ky.
A new sign in the culinary hall of the Kentucky State Fair warns people entering cakes, pies and other homemade goods that they must be just that 鈥� homemade.
Last year, a blue ribbon awarded for a buttermilk pie was stripped after fair officials learned the maker used a store-bought Pillsbury pie crust. The woman who made the pie said her own crust doesn't turn out right and she wasn't aware of the rule.
Now, reports that the new sign at the Louisville fairgrounds reads:
ATTENTION, By entering an item in the culinary department of the Kentucky State Fair, you are acknowledging and certifying that you have used no commercially produced products such as frozen pie shells, boxed cake mixes, canned frostings or any like products.鈥�
The Courier-Journal reports that among the 4,300 registered entries, 293 bakers will bring pies, 250 home cooks registered to enter a favorite pickle or relish and another 105 are competing for 鈥淔avorite Cookie,鈥� Culinary Superintendent Stephen Lee said.听For 鈥淔avorite Cake,鈥� the most popular contest resulting in a printed recipe in the Courier-Journal, 54 home cooks registered by the July 1 deadline, he added.
Those numbers will grow, Mr. Lee added, 鈥渂ecause many people bring two or three pies or items apiece.鈥�
Looking for the "perfect pie crust"? Check out this recipe.听
The Kentucky State Fair 聽is next week.
