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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-12-26, Page 31 Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, December 26, 1979—Page 3 Cooks surprised they won cookbook cvntest Gail Currie of Goderich is a busy mother with a family of four children, including one pre- schooler. She also works part-time as an RNA at Alexandra. Marine and General Hospital. A11 of this doesn't leave her much time for cooking and baking. However, she did manage to win $50. for her Women's Day Out group with her recipe contest entry for cheeseafers. "I'm not much!• of a sewer but I love baking," says Mrs. Currie. She admits that she was very surprised that her ,recipe won the contest. She almost didn't even - enter it. Barb Desjardins had men- tioned to the Women's Day Out group that she would collect recipe entries from all the women at a Wednesday meeting and take them to .the Signa.i-Star. Mrs. Currie forgot to take a recipe to that meeting so she quickly jotted ,,one down when she went home at noon and took it to Mrs. Desjardins. "I neverthought anymore about it," she says. She remembers when the recipe book came out, her husband was sur- prised to see her name in it. "I hadn't even bothered to mention that I had entered," she says. When she won, Mrs. Currie phoned her friend Carole Damen in Lucan because she had originally gotten. the cheese wafer recipe from her. "They are little biscuits. They're good to have with cheese instead of crackers. And you can make them ahead of time and freeze them," she explains... Mrs. Currie plans to go on what she . calls "a baking spree" this weekend to make goodies for her own family for Christmas. "I used to go on sprees at home when I was younger and do the baking for my mom," she says. ' She hasn't .had much time to bake for her own family because • she has been baking for bazaars and has been involved in two. "cookie exchanges", an eight dozen exchange with members of North Street U.C.W. and a six dozen exchange with members of Women's Day Out. As a working mother with. four children, Mrs. Currie has become a careful shopper. She makes out menus for the week and" then goes through the newspaper looking for bargains and making her grocery list, "I like grocery shop- ping except for the prices," she says. She uses her slow cooker a lot too and finds it a valuable aid when she is working. Since she does so much baking, Mrs. Currie says her children have come to expect dessert all' the time. Her daughter has also begun to enjoy baking. Mrs. Currie only en- tered one recipe in the Signal -Star .contest: If she had been thinking, she says she would have entered her raisin loaf in the individual category. A lot of people have complimented her" on it. "Maybe another time..." she says. For now., she is happy to have won money for Women's Day Out. She says the group has many good uses for it. Marjorie Duizer .of. Londesboro loves to. sew. She says she sews almost constantly. She did take .time out from her sewing, however, to submit several recipes in the individual categroy of the Signal -Star's recipe contest recently:: She was really sur- prised to hear that she would receive $50 for her grasshopper pie entry. "I've never won such a contest before," she says. In fact, she continues, she seldom ever wins anything. Although she never did muc oking and baking until a er she was married Mrs. Duizer finds that she enjoys it. Sometimes she's in the mood to make fancy desserts. But although grasshopper pie sounds fancy, it is really very simple to make, she says. Mrs. Duizer has three daughters and a son and says that her baking gets .eaten nearly as fast as she .does .it. Her 12 and 13 - year -old daughters enjoy baking desserts and Mrs. Duizer say they bake more than she ever did at their age. As a 4-H leader, Mrs. Duizer has taught baking and cooking; She says the 4-11 girls ,really seem to enjoy the cooking clubs.. Mrs. Duizer has done lots of baking for Women's Institute bake sales too. As for her prize money, she says she is going to pay . for her husband's Christmas gift with it. Sheila Corriveau, 11 - year -old daughter of Don of Goderich, says but- terscotch chow mein cookies are easy to make and really good. The judges in the Signal -Star's recipe contest must have agreed because Sheila's cookies won $50 for the Second Goderich Girl • Guide Company. Sheila entered her cookie recipe and several others on behalf of her guide company and was really surprised when her leader, Dorothy Crocker, told her they . had won. There are quite a few different ways in which' the prize money can be spent by the guides, says Sheila. Sheila's -mother taught her how to make the winning entry. She likesto bake on special occassions and says she recently made a cake for her mother's birthday. Signal -Star ` Publishing. Company Limited is. pleased to announce that the winners have been selected in the "What's. Cooking At Your Place" contest. Marjorie Duizer of Londesboro won $50 for. her "grasshopper pie" entry found oh page 27 of the November cook: book supplement to the. and.Rosemary Corriveau newspaper. Gail Currie of Goderich won $50 for her Women's Day Out group with her recipe for cheese wafers. It is found on page 43. The Trinity United Church Women, Unit 6, of the Trinity United Church in Listowel will receive. $50 for their baked chicken and rice recipe submission found on page 15. And Sheila Corriveau won $50 for the Second Goderich Girl Guide Company of which sheis a member. Sheila's winning recipe is but- terscotch chow ' mein cookies and can be found on page 47. ' Judges for the contest were Mrs. Rita Powell of Clinton, a champion baker at the Clinton Spring Fair; Mrs. Jan Bernard and Mrs. Bev Zoethout, home economics teachers •at G.D.C.I.; Jan Ainslie and Pat Senn,home econmics teachers at Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton; and Mrs. June Gilchrist, a • home economics teacher in Lucknow. 1 Thankyou to everyone who participated in the contest. The judges had a difficult task. There are obviously a lot. of' good cooksout there. Fairview Foods PIECES & STEMS 10 OZ. TIN LEAVER M USHROOMS GLAD PLASTIC 10'S PKG. GARBAGE. BAGS JUMBO 100' ROLL SARAN WRAP SANDWICH 100'S PKG. FOOD STORAGE 50'S PKG. GLAD BAGS STAYFREE MINI 10'S BOX FEMININE PADS SIFTO TABLE 1 KG. BOX SALT SLIMS SPAGHETTI PLAIN 28 'OZ4 JAR BRAVO SAUCE 694 $1.15 81.09 99° 79a 2/88' 97• SIFTO 10 ICG. BAG ICE SALT HIGH'. LINER FROZEN FISH &. • CHIPS BOSTON BLUE 16 OZ. PKG. MALT, REGULAR 500 G. PKGt QUAKER MUFFETS 9S INSTANT CHOCOLATE, CARAMEL, VANILLA, BUTTERSCOTCH, 'BANANA .A OZ. 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