Don`t Cry: South Georgia`s 37th Annual Vidalia Onion Festival

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Don’t Cry: South Georgia’s 37th Annual Vidalia Onion
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within driving distance of Vidalia, Georgia, located three hours southeast of Atlanta off I-16
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and midway between Macon and Savannah, it’s a highly-anticipated, gotta-get-there, can’t-
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miss-it celebration complete with concerts, rides, aviation activities, a professional cooking
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competition and more. So, April 24-27, pack up any notions this event is corny (because
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that’s a different festival altogether!) and check out why Georgia’s Official State Vegetable,
the internationally known Vidalia Sweet Onion, is deserving of its place on the pedestal.
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Ode to Georgia’s Official State Vegetable
the sirens 5 times tonight, that hardly
Watch as bands battle it out in a competition to be the best and listen to Tales from the
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Altamaha, a folk-life play taking the stage for the 10th year. See who is crowned the next
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Miss Vidalia Onion, then hit the carnival for a festival like none other, complete with state
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fair amusement rides and attractions. Join the family-friendly Street Dance downtown at 7
extremely dangerous tornadoes on the
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p.m., April 25, before lacing up your tennis shoes for the 37th annual Vidalia Onion Run
ground in Jefferson County. Seek shelter.
Saturday morning – an honorable way to make room for fried fair foods. Also on Saturday,
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simulators, kiddie rides, novelty and food vendors will be on-hand at the Vidalia Regional
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Airport. Shop the area’s arts and crafts fair and antique fair before testing your taste buds,
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or simply crying as a spectator, at the World Famous Onion Eating Contest. New for 2014:
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Find out who has was it takes with Sunday’s 3rd Annual Golden Onion Cooking Competition,
an annual state-wide professional cooking competition, the only event that puts Georgia’s
official vegetable in the hands of 12 of the state’s most talented chefs.
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period of one year. The First Place Champion will also receive a commemorative plaque to
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retain indefinitely and a cash prize of $500. Second Place and Third Place winners will also
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receive commemorative plaques plus $250 and $100, respectively.
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The Vidalia Onion Festival has been featured on
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Past winners include Chef Hilary White, owner and executive chef of The Hil: A Restaurant at
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Serenbe in Chattahoochee Hills, Ga., for her recipe “Caramelized Vidalia® Onion Fritter,
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Serenbe Farm Vegetable Slaw and Mustard Vinaigrette” and Chef Daniel Chance, executive
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chef of Campagnolo in Atlanta, Ga., for his recipe “Scallop Stuffed Vidalia with Onion Purée.”
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For more details, including a complete outline of each day’s festivities, visit.
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http://www.VidaliaOnionFestival.com.
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Recipes
Sweeten your cooking skills with these winning recipes showcasing Georgia’s official
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Caramelized Vidalia Onion Fritter
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Serenbe Farm Vegetable Slaw & Mustard Vinaigrette
By Chef Hilary White
Caramelized Vidalia onions
3 cups diced Vidalia onions
2 Tablespoons canola oil
1/4 cup water
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Heat sauté pan. Add oil. Add onions and caramelize. Add butter. Add water as needed to
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deglaze pan. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside. Yields 1 cup caramelized Vidalia®
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1 cup caramelized Vidalia onions
2 Tablespoons apple wood smoked ham, diced
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1/4 cup Gouda cheese, grated
2 Tablespoons mayonnaise
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 cup flour
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 cup plain bread crumbs
1/2 cup Panko bread crumbs
4 cups canola oil
In a mixing bowl, combine caramelized Vidalia onion, ham, cheese, mayonnaise and Dijon
mustard. Salt and pepper to taste. Set aside to chill. Form fritter using a small cookie dough
scoop. Yields approximately 12.
To bread the fritters: Place flour in a bowl. Mix egg and milk in additional bowl. Mix bread
crumbs and Panko crumbs in third bowl.
Place the fritter in the flour, coat and shake off excess flour. Place in egg and milk mixture
and coat well. Place fritter in bread crumbs and coat evenly.
To fry the fritters: Heat canola oil to 350 degrees. Cook fritters in hot oil until golden brown.
Mustard vinaigrette
1 teaspoon chopped garlic
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
½ cup white balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon salt and pepper
2 Tablespoons grainy mustard
1 cup blended olive oil (canola and olive oil)
Mix all ingredients, except olive oil, in a mixing bowl. Whisk in olive oil.
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¼ Vidalia onion
2 small peeled carrots
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2 small peeled carrots
2 Hakurei turnips
4 small radishes
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12 celery leaves
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2 Tablespoons minced chives
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Slice onion, carrot, turnips, radish and celery on a mandolin slicer. Toss with celery leaves,
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peas and mustard vinaigrette.
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Assembly
Dress salad and place at the base of a serving dish.
Place crispy fritter on top of salad.
Garnish with chives.
Serves 6
Chef Daniel Chance won the Golden Onion in 2013, with the following recipe.
Scallop Stuffed Vidalia with Onion Purée
Serves 1-2 as an appetizer
1 Vidalia onion
1 U-10 scallop
2 anchovy filets
2 cloves garlic
½ cup red wine vinegar
½ cup water
¼ cup sugar
1 Tablespoon pickling spice
½ stick butter (cold)
3 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Cut top and bottom off onion and peel. Strip layer by layer until interior is the same size as
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the scallop. Carefully cut out the core of the onion leaving a two-layer onion ring. Season the
scallop with salt and pepper and insert scallop in the onion ring.
Separate onion trimmings and place ¾ of them into a saucepot with the anchovy and clove
of garlic. Sauté with butter.
Take remaining onion and place in non-reactive bowl.
Heat vinegar, sugar, water and pickling spice in second saucepot. Bring to a boil then pour
over chopped onion in bowl.
Heat frying pan and sear scallop in-onion with olive oil creating a hard sear on both sides
and set aside.
Place sautéed onion, anchovy and garlic in blender and purée (add cold butter).
Plate onion purée. Place seared scallop in the center and pickled onion on top. Use green
onion tops (if available) for garnish!
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About Vidalia│ Three hours southeast of Atlanta off I-16, 90 minutes from Macon and 90
minutes northwest of Savannah, Vidalia, known as the “Sweet Onion City,” celebrates the
arrival of sweet onions each spring with the Vidalia Onion Festival. While in town for the
Festival, shop historic downtown and visit area attractions, including the Ladson
Genealogical Library, a treasure contains more than 30,000 books, pamphlets, manuscripts,
periodicals, and microfilm. Pick out a souvenir perfect for travels at the Tumi Factory Store.
Step back in time at the Altamaha Museum of Art and History, a 1911 neoclassic-style Brazell
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House, home to a more than 260-piece Libby Collection of Staffordshire porcelain. Tour the
Paul Anderson Youth Home and see Paul Anderson “The World’s Strongest Man”
memorabilia. Meet behind the PAYH colonial house. Build memories with a wagon ride
through Buckhorn Creek Ranch – home to a herd of domestic and exotic animals such as
bison, camel, red deer, and many more. Learn more about the star of the Festival by taking a
seasonal tour of Stanley Farms and Vidalia Valley to get a closer look into the production,
packing, and processing of the famous onion. If you’re brave enough sample Vidalia onion
yogurt at the Vidalia Onion Factory. Churn butter, beat biscuits, make cornhusk dolls, enjoy
toe-tapping old-time music, and say “how-do” to friendly goats and mules at the
Montgomery County Historic Village. For festival information go to
http://www.vidaliaonionfestival.com.
Test your taste buds with Saturday’s World
Famous Onion Eating Contest. Credit: Vidalia Area
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