Exhibit 10.9

                       FIRST AMENDMENT TO PLEDGE AGREEMENT

          THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO PLEDGE AGREEMENT ("First Amendment") dated as
of [September ___], 2002, by and among OVERHILL FARMS, INC., a Nevada
corporation ("Borrower"), OVERHILL L.C. VENTURES, INC., a California corporation
("Ventures"; Borrower and Ventures are collectively referred to as "Pledgors"
and each individually as a "Pledgor"), and UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., a
California banking corporation ("Bank").

                                    RECITALS

          A. Pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security
Agreement of even date herewith by and among Pledgors and Bank (including all
annexes, exhibits and schedules thereto, as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Loan Agreement"),
which amends and restates in its entirety the Original Loan Agreement (as
defined below), Bank has agreed to extend certain financial accommodations to or
for the direct or indirect benefit of Pledgors.

          B. Pursuant to that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated November
24, 1999, by and among Pledgors, Overhill Corporation (formerly known as
Polyphase Corporation and to be known from and after the effective date of the
Spin-Off as Treecon Resources, Inc.), a Nevada corporation ("Polyphase"), and
Bank, as amended by the First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as
of August 23, 2000, the Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as
of January 11, 2002, the Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as
of June 28, 2002, and the Fourth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated
as of September ___, 2002 (said Loan and Security Agreement, as amended, the
"Original Loan Agreement"), Pledgors and Polyphase executed and delivered to
Bank that certain Pledge Agreement dated as of November 24, 1999 (as the same
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
the "Pledge Agreement"). Pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, among other things,
each Pledgor pledged to Bank a first priority Lien on the Pledged Collateral to
secure its obligations to Bank under the Original Loan Agreement. All terms
capitalized but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth
in the Pledge Agreement.

          C. In order to induce Bank to enter into the Loan Agreement and the
other Loan Documents (as defined in the Loan Agreement) and to induce Bank to
extend the financial accommodations as provided for in the Loan Agreement,
Pledgors and Bank are entering into this First Amendment, and by doing so,
Pledgors will reaffirm and continue in effect the Liens granted by Pledgors
under the Pledge Agreement and, to the extent not granted in the Pledge
Agreement, will grant the Liens contemplated by this First Amendment.



          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and of the mutual
covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:

                                    AGREEMENT

          1.  Amendments to Pledge Agreement. Upon the effective date of this
First Amendment, the following amendments shall be made to the Pledge Agreement:

              (a) All references in the Pledge Agreement to all Pledgors shall
     be a reference to Borrower and Overhill Ventures, and all references in the
     Pledge Agreement to any Pledgeor shall be a reference to Borrower or
     Overhill Ventures.

              (b) Schedule I to the Pledge Agreement shall be deleted in its
     entirety and replaced with Schedule I attached hereto as Appendix A.

              (c) [Schedule III to the Pledge Agreement shall be supplemented
     by Supplement I to Schedule III attached hereto as Appendix B.]

          2.  Acknowledgment and Confirmation of Security Interest. Each of
Borrower and Ventures hereby confirms and ratifies its prior assignment and
grant, and assigns and grants to Bank a continuing, first priority security
interest in all of such Pledgor's right, title and interest in, to and under the
Pledged Collateral.

          3.  Conditions to Effectiveness. This First Amendment shall become
effective as of the date hereof when Bank has received executed counterparts of
this First Amendment.

          4.  Ratification. Except as specifically modified by this First
Amendment, the parties hereto acknowledge that the Pledge Agreement shall remain
binding upon each Pledgor and Bank, and all provisions of the Pledge Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect. Each Pledgor expressly ratifies and
affirms its obligations to Bank under the Pledge Agreement, the Loan Agreement
and the other Loan Documents.

          5.  Miscellaneous.

              (a) Complete Agreement. The Pledge Agreement, as modified and
     amended by this First Amendment, together with the Loan Agreement and the
     other Loan Documents, constitute the complete agreement among the parties
     hereto and thereto, and supersedes any prior written or oral agreements,
     writings, communications or understandings of the parties hereto and
     thereto, with respect to the subject matter hereof or thereof.

              (b) Recitals. The recitals to this First Amendment shall
     constitute a part of the agreement of the parties hereto.

              (c) Counterparts. This First Amendment may be executed in
     identical counterpart copies, each of which shall be an original, but all
     of which taken

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     together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an
     executed counterpart of a signature page to this First Amendment by
     facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually
     executed counterpart of this First Amendment.

               (d) Governing Law. THIS FIRST AMENDMENT AND ALL SUBSEQUENT
     AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED,
     CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
     CALIFORNIA.

               (e) No Novation. Except as specifically set forth in this First
     Amendment, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this First
     Amendment shall not (a) limit, impair, constitute a waiver by, or otherwise
     affect any right, power or remedy of, Bank under the Loan Agreement or any
     other Loan Document, (b) constitute a waiver of any provision in the Loan
     Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents, or (c) alter, modify,
     amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations,
     covenants or agreements contained in the Loan Agreement or in any of the
     other Loan Documents, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all
     respects and shall continue in full force and effect.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First
Amendment to Pledge Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date
first written above.

                                    "Pledgors"
                                    OVERHILL FARMS, INC., a Nevada
                                    corporation


                                    By: ___________________________
                                          James Rudis
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer


                                    OVERHILL L.C. VENTURES, INC., a
                                    California corporation


                                    By: ___________________________
                                          James Rudis
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer


                                    "Bank"
                                    UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.


                                    By: ____________________________
                                          Albert R. Joseph
                                          Vice President