Your Blueberry Best: Blueberry Cooking Contest

June 16, 2013

Do you have a blueberry recipe that makes people drool? Are your blueberry muffins or pie the best in town? If you’re a talented chef or just have a favorite blueberry recipe, head for the kitchen and create a dish for the Blueberry Cooking Contest, sponsored by the ARC Santa Rosa and UF/IFAS Santa Rosa County Extension.

Just bring your dish, recipe, registration form, and entry fee to the Extension Office at 6263 Dogwood Drive between noon and 5:30 p.m. on Friday, June 21. Registration is only $3 and forms can be obtained by calling (850) 623-3868 or emailing ginnyh@santarosa.fl.gov. Entries will be judged on appearance, complete recipe, taste and nutritional content. Winners will be announced at the ARC Santa Rosa Blueberry Festival on Saturday, June 22. Both youth and adult winners will receive cash prizes and Simply Florida cookbooks.

High in fiber and vitamin C, blueberries make a tasty low-calorie addition to many recipes. They add color and great taste to salads, pancakes, cakes and muffins. Blueberries have grown wild in North America for thousands of years. They were a staple food for Native Americans, who dried and smoked the berries, pounding them into venison to flavor the meat. Fresh berries can be refrigerated for up to 10 days or frozen for later use. Thawed blueberries should be kept refrigerated and used within three days.

For more information about blueberries or the cooking contest, call the UF/IFAS Santa Rosa County Extension Service at (850) 623-3868. For information about the Blueberry Festival or the blueberry recipe cookbook, call the ARC Santa Rosa at (850) 623-9320.

Comments

5 Responses to “Your Blueberry Best: Blueberry Cooking Contest”

  1. sue on June 17th, 2013 7:51 pm

    Huckleberry Hill Farms has a limited supply of blueberries. I will have blackberries in the next couple weeks…you may call me at 850-380-6545 for information. The berries are sold off the farm, no pick and pay.
    Thanks!

  2. Richard Abraham on June 17th, 2013 3:02 pm

    Ice Cream or Cheese Cake in the photo? Looks fantastic!

  3. david lamb on June 17th, 2013 11:30 am

    Try my sister, @ Huckleberry Farms. She has blueberries and blackberries. She is in Cottage Hill. Sue Brown.

  4. Cindy on June 17th, 2013 6:38 am

    Arc Santa Rosa will open the blueberry fields June 22

  5. bewildered on June 16th, 2013 8:11 am

    Does anyone know who has blueberries this year? I went to Touch-a Blue for years and they are not open for picking this year.

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