Collingswood Farmers' Market Peach Pie Contest 2018
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4 Classic Just Peach Pies |
The rains couldn't stop our 16th Annual Peach Pie contest from being held on Saturday, August 4th. Bakers, spectators, and judges all braved the downpour, the thunder, the potential that the rain would make our plethora of peach pies soggy bottomed affairs. No, we braved the elements and took up our forks in pursuit of tasting the best peach pie of the 2018 season. And man, where there pies! 4 in the Classic Just Peach Pie category and a whooping 9 entries for Peaches Plus.
I took a bit of video to share so you could see just how much rain with which we had to contend. At one point before the start of the contest, we covered the pies on hand with tinfoil, pie pans, and our own umbrellas.
This year we had plenty of judges on hand who were willing to fill their bellies with all things peach-pie. As in previous years, we split up into two judging teams - some of us were tasters for the 4 Classic Peach entries, the rest of the judges were tasked with tasting the 9 Peaches Plus entries.

Third Place for both Presentation and Best Tasting Traditional Peach Pie went to Pie #10, baked by Sally A. Castellini, Vineland, NJ. Sally sent her elegant pie , the Summer Daze Peach Pie, to the Market contest via her friend, who's name I forgot to write down! I have her photo, so I'm sharing that here! Anyone who stuck around long enough to have their photo taken gets a spot on my post! I loved this pie, it's simple design and perfect bite. I wanted this pie to win big; it just needed to be warm for it to have been bliss!
Onto the Peach-Plus Winners. There were so many pies! Even though I was a judge for Traditional Peach Pies, I still had sample the pies in this category. I needed to know how they tasted and be ready for my full report!
Now, I'll share two of my favorites that were so fantastic I almost made a piglet of myself sampling forkfuls.
Pie # 4, baked by long-time pie baker and Farmers' Market Friend, Linda Sauerwine, of Collingwood, NJ. I'm crazy about this pie. If memory serves, Linda baked a similar pie last year that I called a Pie-Caken. This dreamy and creamy number, rightly called, the Peaches 'n Cream Pie, had a luscious cream and cinnamon topping. Under which there were layers of peaches and a tender, cake-like cobbler. This pie might not get a second look but it deserved more glances and a lot more tastings. Great job, Linda! What's your secret recipe? Care to Share?
Pie # 11 - another simple and homey pie in the Peaches Plus entries, was baked by Darlene Throckmorton, of Haddon Township, NJ. It too was a Peaches and Cream Pie. The generous cinnamon dusting covered cream and peaches that were layered in tender crust. I wish I had a piece of this right now, all this reviewing is making pie-hungry!
Congratulations to all of bakers - another fine year! We are so proud to have these other fine bakers enter the 16th Annual Peach Pie Contest: Erica Young, Collingswood - the Peachini; Anna Moss and Kit Mason, by way of Wolverhampton, UK and Wilmington, DE (but hoping to move to Collingswood!) - Peachy Keen Sweet Nectarine Pie; Aylsa L. Drennan, Blackwood, NJ - Everything Peachy; Emily Thompson, National Park, NJ.
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