Three novices went to the fair

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Two recurring events caused us to make a major decision. First, there is Barb, and her wonderous
annual feats at the Minnysota Fair. And then there are our annual visits to the Evergreen State
Fair in Washington.

In the case of the latter we kept looking at the breads and wondered if we could do as well. So,
after going to last year's fair, the SBF told me that I should enter the bread baking contest. I
said, yeah right. Well, came the early part of August, I said OK. The SBF said she would try it,
too. Then her mother, arriving for her semi-annual visit from Helsinki, said she would try it too.
A case of the blind leading the blind.

The SBF entered her Finnish Granny's "pancake". It is actually a quick cake, prepared in a cast
iron skillet in the oven. HEY, she won a blue ribbon!!!! Way to go!!!

The MIL, who flew over on the SAS broom, entered her pulla bread and fruit bread. AND she won
three blue ribbons and a rosette for merit!!! Way to go MIL!!!

And I sweated and kept turning out flops. My first pain poilane that I was to make for the contest
turned out to be a deep dish pizza. The second one, when inverted from the brotform, spread out
and off the pizza peel!!! Third time was the charm. A great 4 1/2 pounder with the Z on top.

My other bread was the Ruislimppu (Finnish sour rye bread). It also took three tries before I was
satisfied with the results.

Well, you could of floored me. Three blue ribbons(two for the breads and one best of class) and a
rosette for most creative entry in the baking division!!!

Lest it go to my head, I noticed that the winner of Best of Show had 24 entries!!!!

It was a wonderful experience. It's one thing to know you can make a good bread, that tastes good,
and others actually agree with you. A great feeling. Will we do it again next year? You betcha!!!
Thanks for the inspiration Barb.

Those poor judges didn't know what hit them. Four Finnish and one French recipe. White bread? Not
in this house!!!

Wooo hooo! You did well in the judging. Recipes? Not that I can bake anyway. I did make one killer
jalapeno corn bread once. Didn't use a recipe, just winged it from advice I'd gotten in here. I've
got a basket of home grown tomatoes I picked at Eckert's orchard before work on Monday. I'm going to
can 'em. I'm shooting for a jar of tomato juice and some pickled tomatoes.

Next, I'm graduating to home made kraut.

Michael

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Quoted message said:

Two recurring events caused us to make a major decision. First, there is Barb, and her wonderous
annual feats at the Minnysota Fair. And then there are our annual visits to the Evergreen State
Fair in Washington.

In the case of the latter we kept looking at the breads and wondered if we could do as well. So,
after going to last year's fair, the SBF told me that I should enter the bread baking contest. I
said, yeah right. Well, came the early part of August, I said OK. The SBF said she would try it,
too. Then her mother, arriving for her semi-annual visit from Helsinki, said she would try it too.
A case of the blind leading the

blind. <big snip>

My Gosh! Alan, what news! The SBF, the SBF-MOM and you! Congratulations to all of you. I
applaud your energy and skills! You in particular will probably be unbearable now of course.
This is too cool!

Charliam

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<[email hidden]>, alzelt

Quoted message said:

Two recurring events caused us to make a major decision. First, there is Barb, and her wonderous
annual feats at the Minnysota Fair. And then there are our annual visits to the Evergreen State
Fair in Washington.

In the case of the latter we kept looking at the breads and wondered if we could do as well. So,
after going to last year's fair, the SBF told me that I should enter the bread baking contest. I
said, yeah right. Well, came the early part of August, I said OK. The SBF said she would try it,
too. Then her mother, arriving for her semi-annual visit from Helsinki, said she would try it too.
A case of the blind leading the blind.

No residency requirements, eh? Not so here.

Quoted message said:

The SBF entered her Finnish Granny's "pancake". It is actually a quick cake, prepared in a cast
iron skillet in the oven. HEY, she won a blue ribbon!!!! Way to go!!!

The MIL, who flew over on the SAS broom, entered her pulla bread and fruit bread. AND she won
three blue ribbons and a rosette for merit!!! Way to go MIL!!!

And I sweated and kept turning out flops. My first pain poilane that I was to make for the contest
turned out to be a deep dish pizza. The second one, when inverted from the brotform, spread out
and off the pizza peel!!! Third time was the charm. A great 4 1/2 pounder with the Z on top.

My other bread was the Ruislimppu (Finnish sour rye bread). It also took three tries before I was
satisfied with the results.

See, this is where we we differ. I do it once and pick the prettiest one. (I'm thinking of my breads
that produce two or 3 loaves at a time.)

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Well, you could of floored me. Three blue ribbons(two for the breads and one best of class) and a
rosette for most creative entry in the baking division!!!

This is where we differ. You work on it and win, I take my chances with what I've done and sometimes
I get lucky. :-)

LOL!! Go, Alan!! Congratulations, m'friend. And to Kaari and the MIL, as well. Good on y'all!

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Lest it go to my head, I noticed that the winner of Best of Show had 24 entries!!!!

It was a wonderful experience. It's one thing to know you can make a good bread, that tastes good,
and others actually agree with you. A great feeling. Will we do it again next year? You betcha!!!
Thanks for the inspiration Barb.

Ah, another one bitten by the Fair bug. Trust me, Hon, you'll be poring over the entry book for next
year's event the moment you receive it. If you're not already scoping out this year's booklet for
inspiration. It's fun, huh?
--
-Barb, rec.food.cooking's Preserved Fruit Administrator (I've got the button to prove it!)
<www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 8-21-03 with Fair pictures. Fairs Fare tab. "If you're ever in a
jam, here I am."

alzelt said:

Two recurring events caused us to make a major decision. First, there is Barb, and her wonderous
annual feats at the Minnysota Fair. And then there are our annual visits to the Evergreen State
Fair in Washington.

In the case of the latter we kept looking at the breads and wondered if we could do as well. So,
after going to last year's fair, the SBF told me that I should enter the bread baking contest. I
said, yeah right. Well, came the early part of August, I said OK. The SBF said she would try it,
too. Then her mother, arriving for her semi-annual visit from Helsinki, said she would try it too.
A case of the blind leading the blind.

The SBF entered her Finnish Granny's "pancake". It is actually a quick cake, prepared in a cast
iron skillet in the oven. HEY, she won a blue ribbon!!!! Way to go!!!

The MIL, who flew over on the SAS broom, entered her pulla bread and fruit bread. AND she won three
blue ribbons and a rosette for merit!!! Way to go MIL!!!

And I sweated and kept turning out flops. My first pain poilane that I was to make for the contest
turned out to be a deep dish pizza. The second one, when inverted from the brotform, spread out and
off the pizza peel!!! Third time was the charm. A great 4 1/2 pounder with the Z on top.

My other bread was the Ruislimppu (Finnish sour rye bread). It also took three tries before I was
satisfied with the results.

Well, you could of floored me. Three blue ribbons(two for the breads and one best of class) and a
rosette for most creative entry in the baking division!!!

Lest it go to my head, I noticed that the winner of Best of Show had 24 entries!!!!

It was a wonderful experience. It's one thing to know you can make a good bread, that tastes good,
and others actually agree with you. A great feeling. Will we do it again next year? You betcha!!!
Thanks for the inspiration Barb.

Congratulations, Alan and ladies! Does this mean you will now try you emulate Wonder Bread next? ;0)

Harry [this is one of my very rare cross posts].

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Quoted message said:

Two recurring events caused us to make a major decision. First, there is Barb, and her wonderous
annual feats at the Minnysota Fair. And then there are our annual visits to the Evergreen State
Fair in Washington.

In the case of the latter we kept looking at the breads and wondered if we could do as well. So,
after going to last year's fair, the SBF told me that I should enter the bread baking contest. I
said, yeah right. Well, came the early part of August, I said OK. The SBF said she would try it,
too. Then her mother, arriving for her semi-annual visit from Helsinki, said she would try it too.
A case of the blind leading the

blind.

Quoted message said:

The SBF entered her Finnish Granny's "pancake". It is actually a quick cake, prepared in a cast
iron skillet in the oven. HEY, she won a blue ribbon!!!! Way to go!!!

The MIL, who flew over on the SAS broom, entered her pulla bread and fruit bread. AND she won
three blue ribbons and a rosette for merit!!! Way to go MIL!!!

And I sweated and kept turning out flops. My first pain poilane that I was to make for the contest
turned out to be a deep dish pizza. The second one, when inverted from the brotform, spread out
and off the pizza peel!!! Third time was the charm. A great 4 1/2 pounder with the Z on top.

My other bread was the Ruislimppu (Finnish sour rye bread). It also took three tries before I was
satisfied with the results.

Well, you could of floored me. Three blue ribbons(two for the breads and one best of class) and a
rosette for most creative entry in the baking division!!!

Lest it go to my head, I noticed that the winner of Best of Show had 24 entries!!!!

It was a wonderful experience. It's one thing to know you can make a good bread, that tastes good,
and others actually agree with you. A great feeling. Will we do it again next year? You betcha!!!
Thanks for the inspiration Barb.

Those poor judges didn't know what hit them. Four Finnish and one French recipe. White bread? Not
in this house!!!
--
Alan

"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might
better stay home."
-- James Michener

Way to Go Alan and Kaari (and Kaari's Mom)........Barb started something and now it is contagious.
Gotta finish my kiwi jam tonight and bake my bread tomorrow for Monday........Let's hope it places
in the the Allentown Fair. Light a candle and say a novena to St. Pectina for me.

-Ginny

alzelt said:

The SBF entered her Finnish Granny's "pancake". It is actually a quick cake, prepared in a cast
iron skillet in the oven. HEY, she won a blue ribbon!!!! Way to go!!!

The MIL, who flew over on the SAS broom, entered her pulla bread and fruit bread. AND she won
three blue ribbons and a rosette for merit!!! Way to go MIL!!!

Well, you could of floored me. Three blue ribbons(two for the breads and one best of class) and a
rosette for most creative entry in the baking division!!!

The three of you are beating poor beetless Barb into the ground! Shame on you!

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White bread? Not in this house!!!

No baguettes?! Shame on you again!

Victor