- Author: Adeline Vertucci
The 2019 Ventura County 4-H Food Faire was held on Saturday, February 2nd at Will Rogers Elementary School in Ventura. Nineteen members participated from three clubs: Conejo-Simi, Loma Vista, and Somis.
There were three food categories to enter: main dish, appetizer, and dessert. Members also entered decorated cakes and cupcakes. There was also a table setting category. There were 11 food items, 4 decorated items, and 1 table setting entered. Two Oxnard College Culinary Academy teachers were judges.
There were lots of things for members to do during the judging. Adler Striegel of Loma Vista prepared a vegetable judging station with veggies donated from Underwood Family Farms.
Livia Vertucci of Loma Vista 4-H prepared a spice guessing station. Adeline Vertucci from Loma Vista 4-H club created two tasting station: apples and store-bought salsa.
Reyna Lane made a healthy living station where members had to match the amount of sugar contained in different foods and drinks. It was amazing to see how much sugar there is in foods that are considered healthy, like granola and orange juice.
Reyna's mom brought chocolate fondue, a treat popular in the 1970s, for members to dip marshmallows, pretzels, and graham crackers.
The community service activity was to donate money and make thank you cards for José Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen, the group that came to feed firefighters and others during the Thomas Fire and during other disasters around the world. We collected $40 to donate to World Central Kitchen along with our cards.
The most exciting part of the day was the ‘Iron Chef' competition where 16 attendees were placed into groups to take random ingredients, such as Spam, sponge cake, and kalamata olives, to create one appetizer and one dessert in 45 minutes. The appetizers and desserts that were made were interesting and creative.
Thanks to Rachel McClanahan (Livia and Adeline's mom) and Julie Salomonson (Adler's mom) for organizing this event. We can't wait until next year!
- Author: Samuel Belik
I went to the 4-H Rock Paper Scissors Event at Hansen Agricultural Center. More than twenty
kids attended the event! There were a lot of arts and crafts tables. We made the crafts to give as
gifts to our family and friends.
I made a necklace, bean soup in a jar, lavender bath salts in a bottle, molded soap, and a candle. I painted a snow chicken on a wine bottle that had lights in it. I am going to give the bottle to my dad. It will make a great decoration on dad's desk. At the potpourri table you could put miniature pumpkins that smelled good in your jar. My favorite table was making lavender bath salts in a bottle. It was my favorite because I liked mixing and shaking the ingredients. I think my family will appreciate the handmade gifts I made for them.
Arts and crafts people everywhere, I recommend that you go to the 4-H Rock Paper Scissors Holiday
arts and crafts event!