Pillsbury Bake Off

[suzyQ3]

I thought that chicken recipe that won last year looked kind of gross but in all fairness I haven't tasted it. Makes you wonder what the other finalists were making.

I'm so glad that someone else voiced exactly what I was thinking when I saw the picture and read the ingredients. I will definitely skip watching the video.

Not to date myself, but I remember how good the winning recipes were before they started using all the processed products, when the only required ingredient was flour (circa late 1960s). In fact, an amazing and highly collectible cookbook is the 1959 collection of all the winning recipes from the inception of the contest ten years earlier. A copy in very good condition has gone for as high as $200 on eBay.

[jennlynnw]

Hi,

I entered the contest and am anxious for the end of the month - that is when the finalists are called. Did anyone else here enter? I entered in the appetizer category.

Jenn

[ChefJune]

I'm no longer eligible since I'm a culinary professional, but back in the day (and I DO mean waaaaay back -- 1st time I was TEN years old) I entered twice. Never got any official recognition either time, but both times I saw my recipe --word for word -- on the appropriate package label.

So be fairwarned that they mean it when they say "All recipes become the property of Pillsbury and may be used by them in any way they choose with no compensation to the creator." (or some words to that effect).