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2022 Cotton Cookery Rules

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The Evangeline Parish 4-H Fall Cookery Contest will be held for all 4-H Members on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at the Ville Platte Civic Center. Dishes will be accepted 3:00 to 3:50 P.M. However, due to a reduction on office staff in order to make this possible you will now have to pre-register for this event. Below is a QR code to scan to register your dish. If you are using a computer to register, the link is included for each division as well. DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2022. *Failure to follow rules will result in disqualification.*

General Rules: Dish must be exhibited cold to the touch. Bring only half of the dish. The dish must be exhibited in a throw away container. You will be asked to remove items not directly related to the dish, such as placemats, flower arrangements, figurines, trays, footed chafing dishes, soup tureens, etc. Non-edible items are not to be used as garnish. No serving utensils will be allowed.

You must bring a copy of your recipe with you the day of the contest. Dish will not be accepted without recipe. A number will be assigned to each dish when it is entered, so please do not write your name on your recipe or dish. Be sure that your recipe is written correctly. Recipe should have 4 main parts: Name of recipe; list of ingredients used; directions for preparing; number of servings in the dish. All dishes must be prepared at home and brought ready for the judges to taste. No cooking will be done at the parish contest.

In this article:
Beef Division
Rice Division
Seafood Division
Sugar Division

Beef Division

The contest is divided into 2 categories:

Each dish must use a minimum of one pound of GROUND BEEF.

One Dish Meal—a dish that provides food from at least 3 of the food groups from “My Plate.”

Quick & Easy Main Dish—a dish that is ready to serve in less than one hour. The time for each step and cooking or baking must be stated on the recipe.

ALL GROUND BEEF SHOULD BE COOKED UNTIL GRAY IN COLOR, NOT PINK, AND JUICES RUN CLEAR.

Beef Dish Registration

Rice Division

The contest is divided into 2 categories:

Rice Main Dish Rice Side Dish

Dish must contain at least one (1) cup of cooked rice. Wild rice is not cultivated rice in Louisiana and does not meet the requirement of 1 cup of rice. Dishes containing rice products such as rice cereal, rice flour, etc. must also contain cooked rice. Example: Traditional rice krispie treats do not meet the contest requirements.

Rice Dish Registration

Seafood Division

The contest will have 1 (one) category

Your dis must contain a minimum of one cup of the following seafood:

Oyster Crab Shrimp Crawfish Fish or Other Seafood

Each dish must use a minimum of one cup of seafood. The seafood must be fresh, frozen, pasteurized, or dried. Canned seafood will not be accepted. There can be no raw seafood in the final dish. Surimi, an artificial crab meat from fish, CAN NOT be used. A second seafood may be used in a dish, but it cannot be more than one-half cup.

If participating in “Fish or Other Seafood” Category, please click List of Acceptable Seafoodpdf .

Seafood Dish Registration

Sugar Division

The contest is divided into 2 categories:

Baked - Breads, cakes, pies, cookies, etc.

Non-Baked - candy, ice cream, etc.

Recipe must contain at least one cup of white granulated sugar. No raw eggs in the final product. No part of the dessert in the non-baked category can be baked. Your recipe may include brown sugar or powdered sugar but this will not count as your sugar content.

Sugar Dish Registration

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