Kentucky State Fair: Only 100-percent homemade pies welcome
Kentucky State Fair: Last year, a blue ribbon was awarded for a buttermilk pie that wasn't 100 percent homemade. This year, officials are making sure that won't happen again.
Kentucky State Fair: Last year, a blue ribbon was awarded for a buttermilk pie that wasn't 100 percent homemade. This year, officials are making sure that won't happen again.
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, the Courier-Journal reports that the new sign at the Louisville fairgrounds reads:
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.聽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.聽
The Kentucky State Fair 聽is next week.