LIHU‘E — The ladies were surrounded by a wide range of items ranging from a Radish Cake to Miki Mac honey during Saturday’s promotion for the Kaua‘i County Farm Bureau Fair. Members of the Kaua‘i Family and Community Education, led
LIHU‘E — The ladies were surrounded by a wide range of items ranging from a Radish Cake to Miki Mac honey during Saturday’s promotion for the Kaua‘i County Farm Bureau Fair.
Members of the Kaua‘i Family and Community Education, led by president Lenore Klass, handle the Home Economics Show phase of the farm fair which opens Thursday at 6 p.m.
“The radish is this year’s special vegetable and the Radish Cake is something I just put together,” said Klass, a finalist in this year’s Pillsbury Bake Off competition. “Primarily, it’s a variation of the carrot cake.”
Klass said the featured item for the special ingredient contest is citrus, including lemons, limes, oranges, grapefruit, kumquat, tangerines, and can include breads, muffins, cookies, cakes and confections.
Other featured areas include, for adults: quilts, hand sewn, machine sewn or quilted; needlework, crocheted or knitted; needlework and needlework lei; arts and crafts.
Youth and adult competition areas include Christmas Decor and Recycled Arts and Crafts.
A special Youth Only group includes the Lego competition.
This year, the groupings are broken down into age groups, age 7 and below, 8 to 12, and 13 to 17. Other youth competitions include quilted items and clothing accessories.
Lenore said a popular feature of the Home Economics Show is the special open judging, featuring a Tropical Fruit Pie which she and Kay Nakata plan on entering.
Melissa McFerrin, the event coordinator for the Kaua‘i County Farm Bureau, said a new aspect this year is cooperating with Zero Waste Kaua‘i for the greening of the fair.
Different people have been working with the food vendors on gathering compostables, and the food also will be collected for Mark Freeman of Heart and Soul Organics for composting.
The program is being supported by Capt. Andy’s, McFerrin said.
Another new introduction this year is the woodturners who have been invited for a demonstration day by the forestry industry.
As for entertainment, McFerrin said the carousel joins the ride offerings from E.K. Fernandez. And the new Quadrunners and the Maltese family will be doing a new act during their presentations.
In the food arena, the Times Big Save sampling proved popular last year.
“This year, Times Big Save is donating to benefit nonprofits with a different plate each night,” McFerrin said. “Some of the dishes will feature local, some will feature items from the store.”
Two new chefs in the Kaua‘i Grown Cookoff will be Jim Moffatt of Living Foods and Collin Darrell of Restaurant Take Over, which has proven popular on the island, McFerrin said.
Kaua‘i Coffee is also providing coffee which the chefs will use as a creative amendment.
Visit www.the gardenisland.com and click on the farm fair tab, or visit www.kauaifarmfair.org for complete fair schedules and more information on the various aspects of the family event which runs from Thursday through Sunday.
