The Utah State Fair opens Thursday, Sept. 8 - and this means that all you cooks out there can "rise to the occasion" and enter some of the cooking contests that will be going on. Lots of fun and prizes!
Choose one or all - get the kids involved!- NATIONAL "BEST SPAM RECIPE" COMPETITION - Friday, Sept. 9, 5 p.m.
Enter your best Spam recipe. Need we say more? First prize: $100 - Must be 18.
- SOFTASILK CHAMPIONSHIP CAKE AWARD - Friday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m.
Any type of cake using Softasilk Cake Flour can be entered. First prize: $100. All ages.
- GOLD'N PLUMP "GO FOR THE GOLD" CHICKEN RECIPE CONTEST - Saturday, Sept. 10, 1:30 p.m.
Create your best hot or cold chicken appetizer, salad, main dish or entree using any Gold 'N Plump Chicken Product. First prize: U.S gold coin worth $100. Must be 18.
- NESTLE' CHOCO BAKE CHAL-LENGE - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 6 p.m.
Make your favorite dessert using at least three packets of Choco Bake. First prize: $125. All ages.
- FLEISCHMANN'S YEAST DATE BREAD COMPETITION - Thursday, Sept. 15, 6:30 p.m.
Bake the "Best-Ever Date Bread" using Fleischmann's Yeast and Dromedary Dates. First prize: $100. Must be 18.
- LAND O LAKES LIGHT SOUR CREAM AND NO FAT SOUR CREAM QUICK BREAD CONTEST - Thursday, Sept. 15, 5:30 p.m.
Submit your favorite quick bread using the above-listed Land O Lakes products. First prize: $100. All ages.
- KREATIVE KOOKING WITH KEEBLER - Friday, Sept. 16, 6 p.m.
Bring in your best "Kreation" made with Keebler cookies, crackers or cones. Two categories: 18 and under, over 18.
First prize: Round-trip airfare for four from Morris Air to any West Coast destination.
- MRS. FIELDS "I LOVE CHOCOLATE" CONTEST - Saturday, Sept. 17, 9 a.m.
Contest open to any variety of dessert that contains chocolate in the following categories: Best Cookie, Best Brownie, Best Pie, Best Candy, Most Eye Catching, Best White Chocolate Entry, Best Dark Chocolate Entry, Best Milk Chocolate Entry, Best Entry Using all Three (White, Dark, Milk). First prize: $500; second prize: $250; third prize: $100. All ages.
Debbi Fields' new cookbook, "I Love Chocolate," will be on sale at the contest; and from noon to 1 p.m. she'll sign your book.
Pick up a complete set of rules at any Toys R Us store. For information, call 538-FAIR.
See you there!