{"id":15929,"date":"2010-07-24T23:45:32","date_gmt":"2010-07-25T06:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/?p=15929"},"modified":"2010-07-24T23:45:32","modified_gmt":"2010-07-25T06:45:32","slug":"the-art-of-the-tart-pie-competition-at-the-oc-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/the-art-of-the-tart-pie-competition-at-the-oc-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art Of The Tart &#038; Pie Competition At The OC Fair."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-014.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15932\" title=\"Arlene's Blueberry Pie and others in the competition.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-014-449x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-014-449x337.jpg 449w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-014-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not too late to sign-up for a few of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocfair.com\/2010\/\" target=\"_blank\">Orange County Fair<\/a> Culinary Arts Competitions &#8212; The specifics\u00a0and more Fair information can be found\u00a0<a title=\"Links to lots of information about the OC Fair.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-17290-Orange-County-Food-Examiner~y2010m7d20-The-Orange-County-Fair-is-going-on-right-now\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 Today the &#8216;<strong>Art of the Tart &amp; Pie Competition<\/strong>&#8216; went down with Pies galore, and tomorrow the &#8216;<strong>Chili, Wings &amp; Salsa Challenge<\/strong>&#8216; happens with an expected\u00a050 entries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-006.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15933\" title=\"OC Fair Pie Competition Entries\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-006-449x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-006-449x337.jpg 449w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-006-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These live judged culinary competitions\u00a0happen\u00a0each\u00a0weekend\u00a0during the\u00a0Fair and start at 1PM on the Promenade Stage &#8212; It&#8217;s fun to enter and watch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-015.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15934\" title=\"Pie's in Competition (2010)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-015-449x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-015-449x337.jpg 449w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-015-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s\u00a0tough to choose a winner, but the Judges take it seriously.\u00a0 Today there were winners in (4) categories, One-Crust, Two-Crust, Sugar-Free and Savory (or something like that).\u00a0 We captured one of the winners in the Sugar-Free category and luckily got to try her entry pictured below.\u00a0 She picked its juicy Blackberries by hand, what a treat for us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-025.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-15935\" title=\"Pie Judging\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-025-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-005.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-15936\" title=\"Vegan Blackberry Entry\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-005-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-042.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-15937\" title=\"One of the winners for baking the dessert to the left.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-042-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-037.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-15938\" title=\"Lots of Pies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Fair-Pie-Contest-2010-037-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note:\u00a0 We appreciate the improvements made to\u00a0the Culinary Arts\u00a0Program\u00a0this year.\u00a0 From the\u00a0displays,\u00a0to the stage and\u00a0general organization, all went up a notch, not that we had any complaints before &#8212; 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