Musings of a Homeschool Mom
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Sep. 16, 2006
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Community Fair and cotton candy
| Popcorn, cotton candy,snow cones and other free food was the highlight of many at the community fair at church today. There were many areas for me to volunteer,but I chose greeting for half the day. I"m not very good at the job,but I wanted to step out of my comfort zone. I was at first told to mingle with others,but I"m not good at going up to someone I dont' know starting conversation. So I traded with another person and sat at the registration desk and that came much easier for me,because to me I had more to talk about in that situation. After lunch I was sent to the Cotton Candy maker with my daughter. I learned that it isn't easy to construct a nicely shaped cotton candy. The center cup needs to have the mix. One must twirl the stick in a counterclockwise way as the stick is moved around the the perimeter of the bowl. All the while the cotton candy is being spewed out of the center and collecting on the sides. The next time I'm at the State Fair or County Fair or any festival for that matter I"m going to watch the professional cotton candy makers do their stuff. Towards the end we ran out of sticks and resorted to using plastic spoons. The kids just looked at us like we were crazy,but those spoons did the job. After awhile it didn't matter that we were using an alternate type of stick. The fun part came after it was all over trying to clean the machine. The cover and bowl itself wasn't too bad,but the machine part wasn't as easy. There was gooey sticky cotton candy all over and it wasn't coming off. I"ve been reading about cotton candy on the Internet and it has been very interesting.I've learned there is a real art to making a perfect cotton candy on a stick. My friend and I were covered in Cotton candy by the end of the day to prove it!
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