Saturday 13 April 2019

Fun And Food In Ferndown

It was all happening in Ferndown on Thursday! Bob dropped me off in the car on his way to the Church Office so I could collect a library book, post a card and sort out a prescription. But I was a little too early so I meandered round the one CS which opens at 9, then went into the Library at 9.30. They were having a Hobbies Day - "have a look and try something new" it said. Not all the stalls were set up, even by the time I left. But I had a pleasant conversation with the two sewing ladies, and the Library Assistant brought me a cup of tea.
The Airfix Model Makers were interesting chaps, I liked their little boat. It all felt a teensy bit 'girls upstairs, boys downstairs' - with sewing, knitting, colouring pictures and jigsaws  in the Library Meeting Room [where the kettle is, and lots of seats!] and model boats and jeeps and planes downstairs. If there were gents knitting, or women piloting radio controlled planes, I saw no sign of it. 
But the people were friendly and proud to display their activities. I couldn't see any opportunities for 'hands on, trying-out' though.
I collected my reserved book and strolled back through the precinct past the big display trailer. DorsetForYou [the Council] were putting on a Roadshow about waste - and handing out leaflets to encourage us to use the correct bins, as well as having a cookery display about making good meals from leftovers.
The chap was taking the innards from jacket potatoes, mashing them with cheese, and baking them in the oven - before pouring over a sauce made from a can of tomatoes and chopped spring onions, with a parsley garnish.
I don't think he specified what the leftovers were [and as I had seen him come out of Tesco earlier, and unload his purchases onto the worktop, I knew that strictly speaking, none of it was!]
To be honest I was a little disappointed - maybe the recipes got more interesting later. At least there were stools to sit on if you felt tired [I did] Not many people were stopping to watch him- I think it was too slow for families with children[watching a man stir sauce in a pan isn't particularly thrilling] and the older folk may have felt unable to clamber up onto the stools. We would have done with a bit more interaction,but he was very focussed on his food prep.
I walked home quite slowly. I suspect I'd done a little bit too much- and felt dizzy just after passing the M&S Foodhall. Very grateful that I could call in at a friend a few doors along, and sit down with a glas sof water in their kitchen [memo to self; take a bottle of water in the bag next time] I got home and had a rest before going to the Lunch Club and then the Dentist.
It was good to be outside in the sunshine though, and I really did enjoy looking at the quilts on display in the Library. 

3 comments:

  1. This type of thing sounds good. It's nice to know people are sharing their studies, particularly in a time where less people seem to have them. Pity about the food demo. I think people have become less willing to have a 'Make do' meal or lack the imagination to make them so it is good that people are trying to pass that skill/knowledge on.

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  2. It sounds like a lot were going on that day!

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  3. Sounds like there was a lot going on that day and you had a busy Thursday! Yes, I've learned to take a bottle of water with me, no matter where I go, these days, and I have a granola bar or something like that in my purse at all times. :)

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