TEARS OF JOY
Vidalia, Ga., grows the most amazingly sweet onions we've ever shed tears for. And the El Kalah Shrine Temple has ordered a bunch of these Southern beauties for y'all.
You can place an order with any Shriner or an official onion salesman by calling El Kalah's onion hotline at 363-7818. A 10-pound bag of authentic Vidalia Onions sells for $10 - the shipment arrives in Salt Lake around May 1.
HERE'S THE BEEF!
Here's one of the biggies in cooking contests - the National Beef Cook-Off to be held in Tampa, Fla., Sept. 18-20, 1997. Wouldn't you like to be there - cooking up a family favorite made with beef?
The grand prize "Best of Beef" winner will take home $25,000 and a complete suite of matching Frigidaire Gallery Professional Series appliances, including a commercial-style refrigerator, range and dishwasher.
Although the competion won't be held until 1997, the deadline for entries is June 1. To qualify, entrants must be nonprofessional cooks who are at least 18 years old.
Winning recipes in the past have been easy-to-prepare, flavorful main dishes that show off the versatility of beef and meet the following criteria:
- Preparation and cooking time of 60 minutes of less (including marinating time).
- Use of at least one pound and not more than two pounds of beef.
- Use of no more than eight ingredients, excluding salt, ground black pepper and water.
- An original, unpublished recipe.
Sound like something that moooooves you? For the complete contest rules, call 1-800-848-9088 or contact the Utah Beef Council at (801) 355-0063.
PASTYS ARE TASTY
With all the hoopla over the Brits visiting Salt Lake City, here's a timely food product originating in Cornwall, England . . . the pasty.
Pronounced "pass-tee," this turnover-like bundle of meat and vegetables or veggies only is to England what the hamburger is to America.
Judy Jensen of Draper is president of Authentic Cornish Pasty Co. and has recently introduced the Cornwall pasty in area supermarket chains, including Dan's. Local franchises for the pasty shops will follow.
A noteable quote from Jensen: "Prince Charles eats the Cornwall pasty; it evidently has no merit in improving one's marital status - and Americans couldn't care less what Prince Charles eats."
But she notes that the pasty is a superior product worth a royal American introduction.
All together now . . . one, two, three, PASS-TEE!