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North Carolina Pickle Festival set for April 25–26 in downtown Mount Olive; recipe contest winner announced
Summary
Organizers outlined events, safety plans and vendor counts for the North Carolina Pickle Festival, scheduled for April 25–26 in downtown Mount Olive. A cooking-demo segment named Brenda Watts of Gaffney, S.C., as the recipe contest winner and showcased a winning “pickled pepper pork, potato and carrot cottage pie.”
The North Carolina Pickle Festival will run Friday, April 25, and Saturday, April 26, in downtown Mount Olive, organizers said during a virtual cooking demonstration that also announced the festival’s recipe-contest winner.
Julie Beck, cochair of the North Carolina Pickle Festival, said, “The North Carolina Pickle Festival kicks off on Friday, April 25.” The two-day event will include a pay-one-price carnival on Friday evening and an all-day program Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., organizers said.
The festival program will feature four stages of entertainment, free Mount Olive pickle samples, a beer, wine and distillery garden, and family activities including a children’s area with inflatables, a puppet show and a balloon artist. A signature “pickle train” ride will operate on the festival grounds for $5, and the popular pickle-eating contest is scheduled for noon on Saturday. Organizers said the eating contest…
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