STUDENT MAKES SEMIFINALS IN STATE ICE CREAM CONTEST.Byline: Cynthia Teed Staff Writer First you take a big scoop of chocolate ice cream. You swirl in caramel, then sprinkle generously with chocolate-covered almonds. That's Tommy Horton's prize-winning recipe for Diggin' for Gold, that could win him a year's supply of Dreyer's ice cream. The 10-year-old's formula won a spot among the top 10 semifinalists in Dreyer's statewide search for the Flavor of California, a contest open to adults and children alike. More than 8,000 ice cream inventors entered the search for the new flavor to be selected as the official ice cream the company will market to help celebrate California's 150th birthday. Tommy, a fifth-grader at Sulphur Springs Sulphur Springs, city (1990 pop. 14,062), seat of Hopkins co., NE Tex., in a farm area; inc. 1859. Vegetables, wheat, rice, and corn are grown, and livestock and dairying are important. There is clay and timber in the area. School, and his family will participate today in an official taste-off at Dreyer's research and development facility in Union City, Calif., where two of 10 flavors submitted by the semifinalists will be selected for test-marketing this year, with the final winner announced in 2000. ``Yes, I really want to win,'' Tommy said. Dreyer's spokeswoman Jenifer Howard said Tommy's entry into the semifinals is remarkable because Diggin' for Gold was in competition against so many other entries, many submitted by adults. Tommy's a natural, though. He loves to create concoctions in the kitchen. The energetic youngster cooks with his mom (1) (Messaging-Oriented Middleware) See messaging middleware. (2) (Microsoft Operations Manager) Software that monitors and captures system and application events throughout the network. and grandmother on a steady basis and has pulled kitchen duty for more than two years. ``I like to cook with my mom and my grandma. They taught me how to cook and I learned on the TV, too,'' he said. The youngster can dice any vegetable his mother assigns Individuals to whom property is, will, or may be transferred by conveyance, will, Descent and Distribution, or statute; assignees. The term assigns is often found in deeds; for example, "heirs, administrators, and assigns to denote the assignable nature of , even preparing a full-course meal on demand. He prepares with ease complicated chicken and rice dishes Here is a list of rice dishes from all over the world, divided alphabetically. A
Tommy's mom, Lori Horton-Guarini relies on Tommy to help out when she is at work. ``I can call him on my cell phone on the way home from work and ask him to start dinner, and he will,'' she laughed. By the time the family of six sits down at the dinner table, a full course meal prepared by Tommy is ready to serve, she said. Even Tommy's teacher, Karen Gee, praises Tommy's culinary cu·li·nar·y adj. Of or relating to a kitchen or to cookery. [Latin cul  n expertise.
Last year, Tommy was one of the youngsters in Gee's class who truly enjoyed being creative, especially with food, and would volunteer for duty in the school cafeteria cafeteria: see restaurant. when the need arose. ``Tommy would always ask to help,'' she said. His interest was so strong in the culinary arts that he would watch the cooking channel on the television with his parents and then relate the different recipes to those at school who were interested. But don't get the idea that the time Tommy spent glued glue n. 1. a. A strong liquid adhesive obtained by boiling collagenous animal parts such as bones, hides, and hooves into hard gelatin and then adding water. b. to the tube hurt his studies because he was one of Gee's best students, she said. She remembers he mastered fractions and equivalencies in class last year, then applied it to a recipe for macaroni macaroni: see pasta. and cheese when he didn't have the correct size of measuring cups and spoons Spoons is a fast-paced card game of matching and bluffing played with an ordinary pack of playing cards and several ordinary kitchen spoons or various other objects. Spoons is played in multiple rounds and each player's objective is to be the first in the round to have four of a . ``He really deserves to win and I hope he does,'' Gee said. Gee encouraged Tommy to enter the contest along with his other classmates Classmates can refer to either:
As a teacher, Gee said she always tries to help kids find new experiences, but as a teacher, she can only do so much. ``I'm so glad he followed through and that his mom helped him get his entry in on time,'' she said. ``You just never know who the winner will be.'' But Horton-Guarini already considers Tommy a winner, if not the winner. ``He's more excited about the free ice cream than winning a contest,'' she said. ``And me, the minute I saw that his entry made the semifinals, I told him he should add that accomplishment to his resume when he applies to culinary school.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Tommy Horton Tommy Horton (born 16 June 1941) is an English professional golfer. Horton was born in Jersey. He played on the European Tour for many years with moderate success, winning four titles and finishing fifth on the Order of Merit in 1976 and tenth in both 1974 and 1978. will participate in an official Dreyer's ice cream taste-off today. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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