End of the school year food fest.

In past years, Summerland Primary School has held a Gala toward the end of the school year as a fund-raiser. This year, it was changed to a food fest. I think it was successful. The crowds were just as good and I think the school raised the money they were hoping to, without quite so much work. 

Allie and the boys spent a couple of hours there, but Jeanne's knee was bad at the time, so I walked over, considered the many options available, and brought some dinner home for the two of us. 

I should have composed these pictures better I think, instead of just walking and clicking away at anything and everything. I guess I was in a hurry to deliver dinner to my lady. The other problem with my photos is that you can't smell what I was smelling as I took them. There was the smell of meat frying and warm bread, cotton-candy, deep-fryers making chips, and so much more. Think of a state or county fair and you'll have the idea.  I didn't count the booths selling food, but there were substantially more, maybe double as many places as there were at past Galas. 

So, take a look. You won't be drooling over the shots like you might have if I have paid more attention to my photography, but you'll get the idea of what it was like to wander through our food fest. 

 In the school parking lot, heading for 'the court,' where the food fest was held.

They did have a couple of rides and fun booths again I see.  

 Some of you may remember that Hangi refers to the style of cooking an assortment of meats, potatoes, kumera and other vegetables. Traditionally done in a pit in the ground lined with hot rocks and covered with leaves. 

This was one of the places where the smell of warm bread turned heads.  

Steak to the left of me, sausages to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle again.  

The baked goodies were inside the Hall. 

Another shot of the cake tables.

The guy in the blaze orange is Ramesh Chandra. For 11 1/2 years, he volunteered at Sumerland Primary in the parking lot, directing traffic and pedestrians and insuring that the two did not mix. The term used here is 'lollipop man.' He has now moved to one of Auckland's southern suburbs where he lives with his family. On his last day 'on the job' he did indeed hand out lollipops to anyone who wanted one. 

lollipop man

noun

BRITISHinformal

1. a man who is employed to help children cross the road safely near a school by holding up a circular sign on a pole to stop the traffic.

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It's called Jelly here, not Jello

Take a pineapple and cut it in half, top and bottom, scoop out the fruit and chop it up. 

Return some of the fruit to a scooped out half and pile vanilla ice cream on top of it.

Add whipped cream, syrups and sprinkles of various kinds. 

There you have it, pineapple ice cream. 

Gift baskets being sold

A sweet, vanilla smell....

Another possibility; curry, rice and naan. 

The 'A' refers to the inspected health rating of excellent.  -djf