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2009  NATIONAL CORNBREAD COOK-OFF

The 13th Annual National Cornbread Cook-Off took place on April 25, 2009 in South Pittsburg, Tennessee.  Each year the festival celebrates Martha WhiteŽ Cornbread and Lodge Manufacturing Company cast iron, where amateur cooks from across the country to compete with their favorite main dish cornbread recipes.

National Cornbread Finalists
 

Pictures courtesy of Pat Harmon, Catherine Wilkinson & Mary Beth Harris-Murphree
 
Pat with her dish,
Santa Fe Corn Cobb Salad		 Pat, Erin,
Catherine and Rebecca
   
Catherine Mary Beth being interviewed
   
Catherine, Erin, and Mary Beth Erin and Catherine trying their luck
with a chicken wishbone
 - didn't work!!!!!
   
Erin cooking at her station Kurt, (Catherine's husband) and Paul,
 (Pat's husband) wondering how they
got involved with cornbread!
   
Mary Beth at her stove
(making her roux!)		 Pat setting up her station
   
Rebecca getting ready to
set up her station		 Close-Up of Pat's
Santa Fe Corn Cobb Salad
   
Mary Beth's name display Mary Beth hamming for the camera
   
Finalists at awards ceremony Jamie Martin, 3rd place winner
   
Mary Beth being interviewed on stage The winner being announced
   
Mary Beth at awards ceremony Mary Beth's presentation