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FAIRBANKS — Students in the UAF culinary arts department have been baking and frosting about 30 square feet of sheet cakes to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Tanana Valley State Fair today.
I dropped in on them Thursday afternoon at the UAF Community and Technical College kitchen in Hutchison High School. Instructor Luis Martinez figures the completed cake will contain about 50 pounds of flour and more than a smidgen of sugar in the rolled fondant icing. The kitchen brigade featured nearly a baker’s dozen of helpers this week.
The eight sheet cakes are on individual pieces of cardboard topped by gold foil for ease of slicing and dicing. That is important when you try to serve 1,000 to 1,200 small pieces in a short period of time.
In the center of the sheet cakes, there will be a carousel. The fair theme will be expanded to the sheet cakes with decorations representing fair staples such as fireworks and giant cabbages.
The Midnight Sun Chefs Association, a local chapter of the American Culinary Federation, and students from the culinary arts and hospitality program have been working on the cake all week.
It is to be served about 2 p.m. today after a ribbon cutting and dedication of the new Usibelli Stage.
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TIMELY ITEMS: The time capsule at the state fair, a hefty container provided by Hector’s Welding, will be buried about 2:30 p.m. today as part of the opening day festivities.
Twenty years from now, when the Tanana Valley State Fair turns 100, here is some of what should be inside when the time capsule is opened.
Expect lots of fair documents, including the land purchase agreement, a 2011 fair schedule and poster, a 50th anniversary cookbook, a photo of the fair board and staff and exhibit guides from years gone by.
There also will be fair T-shirts, a GVEA shirt, a North Pole shirt, a Donut Man shirt, a borough pin, a North Pole coin, a folder from the Breast Cancer Detection Center, a Usibelli Coal Mine paperweight, a folder from Joel’s Place and a Glee Notebook autographed by Lauren Potter, an actress on the show.
There are several letters to the future. The authors include Fair General Manager Randi Carnahan, Sen. Mark Begich and the three local mayors.
Jan Mitchell Weaver has included a detailed fair scrapbook that covers the years 1970-1988, along with a letter asking that these be given to her daughter.
Fair Operations Manager Annette Gerlitz has written a letter to her son, Elijah David Gerlitz, and Carnahan also has written a letter to her children.
There is a vendor apron from Aunt Linda’s Funnel Cakes and another from Denali Cream Puffs, along with a letter to the future. A third vendor apron represents the Patty Wagon. There are photos of owner Don Burt, who was preparing the wagon for its 41st year at the fair.
There is an autographed copy of Miles Martin’s book, “Going Wild,” a food inspection certificate for Machos Nachos and information on Tim Welby’s history with the fair. Vendors Jeff and Nancy Anderson provided a rubber pork chop on a stick, which is sure to confuse people in the future.
Someone 20 years from now may remember the daily printed form of a newspaper, as the July 31 edition of the Daily News-Miner is included in the package.
There are two CDs, one from KUAC-FM and one from the KIAK-FM morning crew of Pete, Kathryn and the Cruiser. Anyone want to take a guess if there will be CD players in 20 years?
I’m guessing that someone in 2031 will know enough about ancient technology to enjoy what Pete Van Nort, JB Carnahan (aka The Cruiser) and Kathryn Harris had to say way back in 2011.
I dropped in on them Thursday afternoon at the UAF Community and Technical College kitchen in Hutchison High School. Instructor Luis Martinez figures the completed cake will contain about 50 pounds of flour and more than a smidgen of sugar in the rolled fondant icing. The kitchen brigade featured nearly a baker’s dozen of helpers this week.
The eight sheet cakes are on individual pieces of cardboard topped by gold foil for ease of slicing and dicing. That is important when you try to serve 1,000 to 1,200 small pieces in a short period of time.
In the center of the sheet cakes, there will be a carousel. The fair theme will be expanded to the sheet cakes with decorations representing fair staples such as fireworks and giant cabbages.
The Midnight Sun Chefs Association, a local chapter of the American Culinary Federation, and students from the culinary arts and hospitality program have been working on the cake all week.
It is to be served about 2 p.m. today after a ribbon cutting and dedication of the new Usibelli Stage.
•••
TIMELY ITEMS: The time capsule at the state fair, a hefty container provided by Hector’s Welding, will be buried about 2:30 p.m. today as part of the opening day festivities.
Twenty years from now, when the Tanana Valley State Fair turns 100, here is some of what should be inside when the time capsule is opened.
Expect lots of fair documents, including the land purchase agreement, a 2011 fair schedule and poster, a 50th anniversary cookbook, a photo of the fair board and staff and exhibit guides from years gone by.
There also will be fair T-shirts, a GVEA shirt, a North Pole shirt, a Donut Man shirt, a borough pin, a North Pole coin, a folder from the Breast Cancer Detection Center, a Usibelli Coal Mine paperweight, a folder from Joel’s Place and a Glee Notebook autographed by Lauren Potter, an actress on the show.
There are several letters to the future. The authors include Fair General Manager Randi Carnahan, Sen. Mark Begich and the three local mayors.
Jan Mitchell Weaver has included a detailed fair scrapbook that covers the years 1970-1988, along with a letter asking that these be given to her daughter.
Fair Operations Manager Annette Gerlitz has written a letter to her son, Elijah David Gerlitz, and Carnahan also has written a letter to her children.
There is a vendor apron from Aunt Linda’s Funnel Cakes and another from Denali Cream Puffs, along with a letter to the future. A third vendor apron represents the Patty Wagon. There are photos of owner Don Burt, who was preparing the wagon for its 41st year at the fair.
There is an autographed copy of Miles Martin’s book, “Going Wild,” a food inspection certificate for Machos Nachos and information on Tim Welby’s history with the fair. Vendors Jeff and Nancy Anderson provided a rubber pork chop on a stick, which is sure to confuse people in the future.
Someone 20 years from now may remember the daily printed form of a newspaper, as the July 31 edition of the Daily News-Miner is included in the package.
There are two CDs, one from KUAC-FM and one from the KIAK-FM morning crew of Pete, Kathryn and the Cruiser. Anyone want to take a guess if there will be CD players in 20 years?
I’m guessing that someone in 2031 will know enough about ancient technology to enjoy what Pete Van Nort, JB Carnahan (aka The Cruiser) and Kathryn Harris had to say way back in 2011.
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