On Saturday, July 31, Forest City will once again be hosting its annual Pierogi Eating Contest as part of the town’s Old Home Week festivities. The contest, which began in 2007, has attracted appetites from New York to China.

The event will take place at 5:30 p.m. on the 500 block of Main Street, Forest City. Contestants will each have ten minutes to consume as many butter and onion drenched pierogies as their stomachs can handle. The entry fee is $15. Prizes will be awarded to the top three eaters and all competitors will receive a contest t-shirt.

To register for the contest, visit www.oldhomeweek.info. Applications are also available at Dave’s Smoke Shop at 509 Main Street, Forest City, Pa.

The original article is available on the Times-Tribune web site.

As has become an early August ritual in our town, the Pierogi Eating Contest will make its return to this year’s slate of Old Home Week activities. The event will take place at 3:00 p.m. on the afternoon of August 1 immediately following the parade.

For those unfamiliar with this spectacle, the rules of the game remain the same – participants will have ten minutes to eat as many butter and onion-drenched pierogi as possible. The top three eaters will get prizes, with the champion receiving a nominal cash purse. Entry into the contest is $15, with the number of entrants being capped at 25. All entrants will receive a fashionable 2009 Old Home Week Pierogi Eating Contest T-shirt. The shirts will also be for sale to the general public during OHW for $10.

Additionally, the contest will mark the return of Forest City’s favorite son: the Pierogi Man. Since ending his decades-long self-imposed exile at the 2008 OHW Pierogi Eating Contest, the Pierogi Man has embraced his role as a symbol for the proud folks of Forest City. Be sure to keep an eye out for him throughout the course of Old Home Week, as the News has been tipped by a reliable source that he may be making appearances at events throughout the week. Also be sure to check out the News in the weeks leading to the contest, as we’ll be running a multi-part exclusive interview with the Pierogi Man.

Pierogi Eating Contest entry forms are now available online at http://oldhomeweek.info. For more information about the contest, call the pierogi team at (570) 677-1248 or (570) 785-3326 or email them at pierogies@oldhomeweek.info.

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Forest City Pierogy Pocket capital finalist

STAFF REPORT
Published: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Updated: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 4:18 AM EDT

Forest City has been named one of five finalists in the competition for Capital of the Pierogy Pocket for 2009 sponsored by Mrs. T’s Pierogies.

The winner of the title and a $10,000 prize will be selected based on the materials submitted to demonstrate a town’s pierogie pride, as well as the number of online votes received at www.pierogypocket.com. Voting will be open through Oct. 24.

Forest City is up against Binghamton, N.Y.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Elmira Heights, N.Y.; and Whiting, Ind.

This year marks Mrs. T’s Pierogies third annual search for the Capital of the Pierogy Pocket. Last year’s winner was Binghamton.

Read the full article at the Scranton Times Web site.