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What's Cooking in 4-H?

The Wyoming County 4-H Produced in NY State Food Contest was held on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Education Center in Warsaw.

Congratulations to Wyoming County 4-H Produced in NY State Food Contest winners Leah Parker of Perry with her Crunchy Vegetable Cheese Ball recipe and Preston Skillman of Wyoming on his winning Corn Chowder, and senior division winner, Heather Yuhnke of Wyoming with her Corn-Stuffed Butterfly Chops.

In an effort to learn about nutrition and practice food presentation skills, 4-H members presented silent food demonstrations, promoting items from the Empire State. The major ingredient of the recipe featured a product grown or produced in New York State - such as fruits, vegetables, dairy, maple or meat. With agriculture being up-most important to the economy of not only Wyoming County, but New York State, the food contest allows an opportunity to promote the use and consumption of agriculture products either grown or produced in New York State! Participants were also encouraged to consider the U.S. Dietary Guidelines when selecting their recipes.

During the silent demonstrations, in which contestants were allowed 50 minutes, 4-H'ers were judged on organization, neatness, proper use of equipment and manner of preparing the food. The finished product was also judged on nutritional value, appearance, and taste!

Ten junior members (8-12 years) and two senior members (13-19 years) participated in this year's contest. Junior members included: Briana Broadwell of Castile; Sarah Wilkie of Silver Springs; Taylor Wilkie of Silver Springs; Grace Kunze of Wyoming; Abigail Parker of Perry; Leah Parker of Perry; Allysa Pascoe of Perry; Chelsea Pascoe of Perry; Preston Skillman of Wyoming, and Abby Skillman of Wyoming.

Senior members included: Eliza Cox of Perry and Heather Yuhnke of Wyoming.

Congratulations to junior winners (8 & 9 year old category), Leah Parker with her Crunchy Vegetable Cheese Ball recipe and Preston Skillman (10, 11 & 12 year old category) on his winning Corn Chowder. For the senior division (13 years old and up), this year's first place winner was Heather Yuhnke with her Corn-Stuffed Butterfly Chops.

This year's participants will be invited to prepare their recipes at the Produced in New York State Foods Presentation at the 2010 New York State Fair in Syracuse!

Judges for the contest were Sarah Youngers, Arcade; and Penny Smith, Arcade; who judged the demonstration portion; and Amy Berry, Darien Center; and Aimee Berkemeier, Wyoming, who were the tasting judges.

Click here to view the recipe booklet, containing the recipes from all Food Contest participants!

We hope you enjoy the participants recipes contained in this booklet!