2019 Logan County Fair

Page 222 2019 Logan County Fair LINCOLN DAILY NEWS July 28-August 4, 2019 The mice had been carefully constructed with a bark coated pretzel as the base. AMarciano Cherry complete with stem was the body of each mouse. The head was a candy kiss with pale pink candy pearls for eyes and sliced almonds for ears. McAllister said that many, many people would consider the treat to be cute, but for herself, she grew up in an old farmhouse, and mice were not cute. She did however examine and taste the candy. As she raised it to her mouth she commented, “This takes guts.” The winner in the pretzel treat category was Julie Cross. The Caramel Corn category had three entries with Darlene Crider being named the winner. Crider also won the Trail Mix category. The largest group of the day in the snack foods was that of the No Bake Cereal Treats. McAllister had a number of entries to examine and taste. She took her time and in the end chose the entry submitted by Gail O’Donohue. McAllister did note that on judging day, the judges will be looking at the finished product in front of them. She said that what is intended when creating the entry is not necessarily what comes out in the end. The judge doesn’t know if the product presented is what the contestant intended for it to look and taste like. The judge works in the here and now. That concluded the candies and snack food judging and McAllister then moved on to judging of the cakes. [Nila Smith]