Feijoabulous this Sunday. Photo / Bevan Conley
As feijoas fall in the Whanganui district, Sustainable Whanganui Trust gears up for a celebration.
Everyone who loves eating feijoas is welcome to attend on Sunday, April 11.
The event starts at 11am and will finish at about 2pm.
Feijoabulous (pronounced fee-joe-ab-you-luss) attendees will speak, sing, dance, eat and drink feijoa, bringing
food and drink made with feijoas, the recipe for the dish they bring, and surplus feijoas from their own trees.
Feijoabulous has been held five times, always in the Harakeke Room at the Whanganui Resource Recovery Centre. It is a popular event for families with children of all ages.
In the past, some guests have dressed up as feijoas. Last year there was no feijoa festival because of lockdown, so this year's event is a special one.
Kombucha made from feijoa skins is on offer.
The usual competitions for the largest, the smallest and the ugliest feijoa will be held and prizes will be given.
A feijoa quiz has prizes for the winning team.
Sustainable Whanganui's Feijoabulous recipe book will be on sale for $5.
A case study about feijoa production in one Taupo garden yard will be revealed.
"My brother Harry, who is a scientist, has recorded the entire crop weight of his two feijoa trees since they began producing," says MC Margi Keys who volunteers at Whanganui Environment Base.
"His spreadsheets and analysis will be on display at Feijoabulous. They make fascinating reading."
