I can tell by looking at that picture that it is a premade pillsbury crust.
If a pie judge cannot tell the difference between a pillsbury crust and homemade then they have no business judging pies. Pillsbury crusts have a very distinct look and flavor, and nothing about the crusts mimics homemade.
I'm not trying to be snobby here, I use them on occasion when I need just a bottom crust, they are just easy. I really don't care for the flavor of them, and Rob can tell in an instant if it is homemade or not (he's a crust lover).
That's not a picture of the pie she made. If you click the little arrow, you get a bigger version of the pic and this note,
"This is the Courier-Journal rendition of the Blue Ribbon winner buttermilk pie at the Kentucky State Fair, using the recipe of winning baker Linda Horton. State Fair officials are investigating whether Horton used a store-bought crust in violation of competition rules that mandate a homemade crust. (Photo: Alton Strupp/The Courier-Journal )"
I thought, "I'm not a great pie-maker, but I make better looking crusts than that."
This is a cooking site. We try not to do politics here.Muslim terrorists may be attempting to sneak across the Mexican border into the United States, Syrian rebels are mass executing Syrian Army soldiers and Israeli Defense Forces are killing Palestinian women and children by the hundreds in Gaza. Meanwhile, the Kentucky State Fair officials are worried that a 67 year old woman used a Pillsbury pie crust instead of making it from scratch.
I am so glad to see we all have our priorities straight!
This is a cooking site. We try not to do politics here.
Should the fair officials have said, "It doesn't matter because the world is going to hell in a hand basket"?
This is one little thing they can do something about. It's pretty frustrating when there are so many important things about which one can do virtually nothing.
we need to invent a weapon that fires frozen pillsbury crusts at terrorists.
both problems solved.
done and done.