Originally Posted by
KalamaQuilts
any cakes and cookies entered by people I know start with lots of sample making and recipe tweaking from those.
Poor families. Oh well, someone has to eat all those goodies
My son in law makes a great lemon pie and had never even heard of a country fair when they were here a few summers ago. He got hold of the fair booklet and prize list, saw the category for Lemon Pie. Had to register his entry a week before the fair and it cost $10 to enter. He spent the week testing and tweaking his recipe - we had a LOT of Lemon Pie. There was a second category for "Fair Flop". He entered ONE slice of a pie that did not hold together and present well in that one. He won both categories and won back his entry fee. He was SO proud.