The apple tent

This year we attended the Common Grounds Fair put on by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. In the kid's area there was an apple tent with all kinds of fun things to do. They had taste tests (Lauren's favorite), science experiments, and old-fashioned food-making demonstrations. Lauren ate and ran around; her two favorite things to do. Max played with the balance-beam scales that were laid out to weigh the kid's favorite apples in terms of fava beans. (His apple weighed the same as 37 fava beans, and its circumference was about 11 fava in length.) (OK, I did the science, Max just played with the scale.) They also had fun with the apple press making apple cider, though it looks like Mom did most of the work.