Here are the rules for the 2009 Pudding Hollow Pudding Contest:
1. Contestants must be able to come to Charlemont, Massachusetts, on October 31 by 11 am. If you are unable to attend the actual contest, you may send your pudding with a representative. You will be eligible for some prizes but not for the first-place award. Contestants must bring enough pudding to serve at least eight people and must march in the PUDDING PARADE. (If finalists are coming from far away, they may arrange to reheat their puddings in local kitchens.)
2. All recipes must be from original sources. That is, the formula for your own squash pudding or your Aunt Myrtle’s rice pudding is eligible. A recipe from a book is not.
3. Ingredients must be listed in the order used in the recipe. All ingredients listed must be used in the recipe instructions.
4. No pudding that has reached the finals in a previous year may be reentered.
5. Recipes will not be returned. The Sons & Daughters of Hawley and the Merry Lion Press reserve the right to reprint all recipes. No pudding will be accepted in the contest without a recipe.
Hi Tinky,
It’s Paula de Fougerolles from Pudding Hollow Farm (but writing to you from Brookline). I wanted to let you know that both my husband, Tony, and I will be submitting puddings this year. My mom, Joyce, may too.
Tony’s aunt, Judy, has already submitted her recipe and fee, I believe, and will be joining us from Connecticut.
We just show up on the date with puddings in hand–is that correct?
Here’s hoping the title of Pudding Head may return to Pudding Hollow Farm!
All the best and looking forward to it,
Paula
Tinky ,
i’m so looking forward to this years contest seeing i missed out on last year’s. And i have a new recipe I believe you’ll enjoy seeing how it’s the theme. Do i understand all is done on that day–no testing dates or pre-payments registering? Barbara
Yes, please, just bring your pudding, entry fee, and recipe that day. It will be chaotic, but we’ll manage.
See you soon……….