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Henley Regatta Picnic
Henley Regatta Picnic
It didn't rain. People turned up. We ate and we drank. The Henley Regatta Food Bloggers Picnic; I had a marvellous time. A couple couldn't make it on the day but Christina (Thorngrove Table), Anne (Anne's Table) flew in from Sweden, Johanna (The Passionate Cook) and Jeanne (Cooksister) and numerous friends and family occupied a swathe of the river bank and put on a truly impressive picnic. I dished out various bellini cocktails made from Funkin Purees and Deakin Estate Brut NV, an Australian sparkling (Oddbins £7.49) before we moved onto copious amounts of Pimms.

I forget who exactly brought which dish - although Anne opened a tin of pickled herrings (I think they were herring) a dish always eaten on mid-summers day in Sweden apparently. They were sweet initially before ending in a really fishy burst of flavour. Interesting. There was a mackerel pate, pecorino and peppadew muffins, fig and pama ham muffuletta, bacon and asparagus quiche, salmon roly-polis and chocolate chilli cremes. Oh and Jaegerwecken - a delicious smoked ham, cheese, gherkin, cream cheese Austrian speciality. I brought some Seggiano Olivastra Olives.

The Elvis Boat - Henley Regatta July 2005
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We had plenty of envious looks from passersby. I think the others are posting details on their respective bloggs on the food. More photos available over on Flickr. A great day was had by all. I ate extremely well, enjoyed the rowing, laughed at the guys playing golf on a raft, got fascinated by a Mediaeval cook book brought down by Christina and got perplexed over a lost bread-knife (which, despite turning all my bags inside out, miraculously reappeared in one the next day). No one fell in the river but next year they want to hire a boat; sp maybe next time!

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Fig and Parma ham mufuletta?? Were we at the same picnic?? Easy on the Pimms tiger...! ;-)

I agree - it was a fab fab day - never have so many people stopped to gawk at a picnic before - our food just looked streets better than anything else! I had a total ball and can't wait for next year - although I think next time frocks, heels and loud rowing blazers with boaters will be compulsory :D

What no figs? Then where did this fig stone come from that I found in my jacket pocket?

It was lovely to meet you and everyone else! Thanks for the names of the purees, I'm definitely going to try them in some sauces.

Am very jealous - I'm keen to see if I can wrangle a flight over for number 3. When I was over in Brighton the weekend before I did my share of Pimms-drinking, however, and am determined to spend serious amounts of time sipping it in the sun for the rest of the summer.

Mouth watering...

ah, i think i can clarify: it was a pastrami & watercress muffuletta with a caper, gherkin & mustard mayo. A *variation* on a fig & parma ham muffuletta which features on my blog!
looking forward to the next event, must arrange something soon! Thanks for taking care of the drinks, must buy some of these fruit purees as well, i LOVED the white peach one... fantastic!