
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 11, 1995                   TAG: 9501120018
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COOKING CONTESTS

Here are some upcoming cooking competitions. Don't forget to send a self-addressed, stamped envelope when requesting information and to strictly follow the contest sponsor's guidelines and rules. Good luck!

WORLD BEEF EXPO COOKOFF

Grand Prize: $2,000; other cash prizes for runners up.

Categories: Round; Chuck or Brisket; Sirloin or Tenderloin; Beef Soup or Beef Stew; Ground Beef

Deadline: Feb. 15

Entry/Info: World Beef Expo Cookoff Entry Information, c/o Shirley Raisbeck, 8053 Old Potosi Road, Lancaster, Wis. 53813

FAVORITE VEAL - FIRE UP THE GRILL RECIPE CONTEST

Grand Prize: $3,000; other cash prizes for runners up.

Categories: 1 to 3 pounds veal, cooked entirely by outdoor grilling

Deadline: March 1

Entry/Info: Favorite Veal Recipe Contest, P.O. Box 530, Barrington, Ill. 60011

FIBER: THE RECIPE FOR GOOD HEALTH CONTEST

Grand Prize: $1,500; other cash prizes for runners up.

Categories: 1 cup or more Fiber One cereal in main dish, breads or desserts

Deadline: May 22

Entry/Info: Call (800) 828-3292

LA CHOY PIG TALES STORY-WRITING CONTEST

Grand Prize: La Choy Piggy Bank with $500 saving bond; story book collection; La Choy product. Grand prize awarded for each grade level; other nonmonetary prizes for runners up.

categories: Mealtime-adventure stories of 250 words or less featuring Peek-ing the Pig and Chow-Chow the Dragon. Entrants limited to 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students.

Deadline: March 31

Entry/Info: LaChoy Pig Tales Rules, Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, 200 E. Randolph Drive, Suite 6300, Chicago, Ill. 60601

by CNB