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National Cornbread Festival In Search of Nation's Best Cornbread Recipes
Martha White® Announces Call for Entries for 2007 Cornbread Cook-Off
SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn., (January 4, 2007) - Attention all home cooks, and cornbread connoisseurs, grab your aprons, cast iron skillets and get cooking for the 2007 National Cornbread Festival Cook-Off. The National Cornbread Festival is in search of the best main dish cornbread recipes to be entered into the National Cornbread Cook-Off sponsored by Martha White® and Lodge Cast Iron®.
Ten finalists will compete during the National Cornbread Festival and create their original cornbread specialties under the Big Cook-Off Tent on April 28 in South Pittsburg, Tenn. One lucky winner will be chosen as the reigning cornbread champion and receive $4,000 and a 30-inch stainless steel gas range (a $2,500 value) from Five Star® Professional Cooking Equipment, a division of Brown Stove Works, Inc.
"We always receive so many creative and unique cornbread recipes, everything from Soul Food Skillet Dinner to Pesto Cornbread with Chicken and Sun-Dried Tomato Streusel, said Linda Carman, Martha White baking expert. "We're eager to see what ingredients contestants will use in their main dish recipes this year."
Each entry should be an original Main Dish recipe and prepared with at least one cup of Martha White® Corn Meal or one package of Martha White® Cornbread Mix using Lodge Cast Iron® cookware. Entries must also include contestant's name, address, daytime phone number, and date of birth. To enter by e-mail, send your original recipe along with your complete contact information to cornbread@dvl.com by 11:59 p.m. CST on March 2, 2007.
Send mail-in entries on an 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper to:
National Cornbread Cook-Off 2007
209 7th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37219
Mail-in entries must be postmarked by March 2, 2007 and received by March 9, 2007. Ten finalists will be chosen from all entries.
Cash and Prizes
The Cook-Off grand champion will win a $4,000 cash prize and a 30-inch stainless steel gas range from Five Star® Professional Cooking Equipment, a division of Brown Stove Works, Inc. (a $2,500 value) and special gifts from Martha White and Lodge Cast Iron.
The second prize winner will walk away with $500, the third prize winner with $300. The remaining seven finalists will each be awarded $100. All finalists will receive $500 travel reimbursement and gifts courtesy of Martha White and Lodge Cast Iron.
Start Baking
Remember, entries must be an original main dish and prepared in Lodge Cast Iron® cookware.
"Each year, the recipes continue to get more and more creative," said Carman. "Look to your family and friends for advice. Think about hosting a sampling dinner serving one or two of your most promising recipes. Ask your guests to make suggestions for improving your dish."
For past winning recipes, other cornbread recipes and complete contest rules, visit www.marthawhite.com or www.lodgemfg.com. Sponsored by Martha White Foods, Inc., Lodge Manufacturing Company, and Brown Stove Works, Inc. Open to U.S. residents, 18 years or older, except food professionals, such as chefs, food writers, or food home economists who create recipes for pay. Void outside the 50 United States and D.C. and where prohibited.