4-H Fall Food Festival, Clover Bowl and essay contests to be held on Halloween

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October 24, 2009

By Greg Owen The McAlester News-Capital Sat Oct 24, 2009, 01:21 PM CDT

The 4-H Fall Food Festival is a contest held to prepare 4-H members in the Food Science Project area. This contest will be held Saturday, Oct. 31 with entries accepted between 1-1:30 p.m. at Krebs School in the cafeteria.

Divisions are: Cloverbud (5-8), Junior (9-13) and Senior (14 and older) as of Jan. 1, 2008. Rules are as follows: An entry form and complete recipe must accompany each exhibit. Entries must be prepared and baked by person entering item. Items are to be made from scratch —no mixes — and baked in conventional oven. Neither decorated cakes nor yeast breads are allowed. No canned or pre-mixed frostings will be allowed. Members can enter only one exhibit in each category. Where feasible, food should be entered on a disposable plate covered with see-thru wrap or placed in a zipper closure bag.

Categories include-Quick Breads-Loaf bread (1 loaf); Biscuits (6 biscuits); Cornbread (baked in 8-9” pan); Mufﬁns (6); Popovers (6); Shortbread; Sweetbread (pumpkin rolls, etc). Pies (with:) 1 baked pastry crust; 1 unbaked pastry crust; 2-pastry crust; Other crust. Cookies-drop cookies (6 cookies to be exhibited); bar cookies (6); rolled cookies (6). Candy (6 pieces)-Cooked (boiling, etc.), not cooked. Cakes-frosted; unfrosted.

The 4-H Clover Bowl is also set for Saturday, Oct. 31 at Krebs School at 2 p.m., or immediately after entries have been accepted for the Fall Food Festival, and is for ages 9-19 only: Junior (9-13) and Senior (14-19). This contest provides an opportunity for youth enrolled in 4-H to develop and demonstrate their knowledge of 4-H history in a competitive setting where attitudes of friendliness and fairness prevail. For complete rules, please contact club leaders or the OSU Extension Center. Essay Contest entries must be submitted to the OSU Extension Center before 5 p.m. on Oct. 30, or turned in at the Fall Food Festival on Saturday, Oct. 31 at Krebs School at 1 p.m. This contest is open to ages 5-19: Cloverbud (5-8), Junior (9-13) and Senior (14-19). This year, participants may choose from two themes: “Who is your 4-H role model?” or “What would you like 4-H to be like in 100 years?” Rules for the contest: Maximum of one page typed or hand-written. If typed, please double space, use a 12 point font and only use “Times New Roman.” Awards: Grand Champion will be selected for Junior, Senior and Cloverbud divisions. Savings bonds will be presented to Grand Champion entries and were generously donated by BancFirst. The winning essays will be published in the McAlester News Capital.

4-H is offered to all eligible youth regardless of race, religion, sex or disability.

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