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---Forwarded Message--- >Contact: William W. Jenney > Regional Historic Site Administrator >September 2, 2005 > 802-672-3773; [log in to unmask] ><mailto:[log in to unmask]> > >Cheese Recipe Contest at Coolidge Historic Site > >PLYMOUTH NOTCH, Vt. - The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation is >seeking entries for the cheese recipe contest that will be held at the >President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site on Saturday, September 10. >The contest is part of the Plymouth Cheese & Harvest Festival - an annual >event that celebrates the bounty of the harvest season with special emphasis >on the award-winning world of Vermont made cheese. > > Plymouth's unique granular curd cheese is made exclusively at the >Plymouth Cheese Factory and has been a popular ingredient in local family >recipes since the factory opened in 1890. John Coolidge, son of the >President, sold the factory to the State of Vermont in 1998; the factory now >operates under the management of "Frog City Cheese." > > Contestants are asked to bring their entry to the cheese factory on >September 10 between 10:00 and 11:30 a.m. A hand-printed or typed copy of >the recipe should accompany the actual culinary creation. Please attach >your name, address, and telephone number on separate sheet of paper. All >recipes must use PLYMOUTH CHEESE. Contestants may submit two different >recipes for consideration. Only original (or old family) recipes will be >eligible. Recipes will be judged on originality, presentation, and taste! > > > A panel of three distinguished judges will announce the winners at 1:00 >p.m. as part of the festival celebration. Prizes are provided courtesy of >Frog City Cheese and the President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site: >First Place: Wheel of Plymouth Cheese, Second Place: Frog City Cheese coffee >mug, Third Place: Plymouth tee-shirt. > > The Plymouth Cheese Recipe Contest is co-sponsored by Frog City Cheese >& the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. Other activities during >the Plymouth Cheese & Harvest Festival, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., include >fiddler Adam Boyce's "Sprightly Steps" presentation at 11:00 (sponsored by >the Vermont Humanities Council), cheese sampling by members of the Vermont >Cheese Council, historic farm and craft demonstrations, wagon rides, and >more. > > For further information about the recipe contest and the Plymouth >Cheese & Harvest Festival, contact the President Calvin Coolidge State >Historic Site, 802-672-3773. For information about the Vermont state-owned >historic sites, visit the sites online at www.HistoricVermont.org ><http://www.HistoricVermont.org> >THE VERMONT STATE HISTORIC SITES >History Where It Happened >-30- > >John P. Dumville >Historic Sites Operations Chief >Vermont Division for Historic Preservation >National Life Building, Drawer 20 >Montpelier, Vermont 05620-0501 > >E-Mail: [log in to unmask] >Telephone: (802) 828-3051 > >Visit our Web Site to learn more about the State-Owned Historic Sites: >www.HistoricVermont.org <www.HistoricVermont.org> > >The State-Owned Historic Sites are where history happened. ---End of Forwarded Message---