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| View on the walk down to River Cottage |
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| Veg patch envy |
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| One of the many food stations |
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| Hugh formally opens the barn |
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| Plenty of food = happy faces (and tummies) |
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| Hubby, looking guilty, inside River Cottage |
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| Sunset over the valley |
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
An Evening at River Cottage HQ
After our day at Greenway, we jumped in the car and headed to River Cottage HQ. I'd been lucky enough to secure us a couple of tickets to the Barn Relaunch evening; the events barn at RCHQ burnt down last February and this was the chance for people to see the new barn plus extra teaching space in all its glory while noshing on fabulous RC food and wandering around the entire site.
I can't believe I didn't take any photos of the food we ate or the drink we drank, but I can tell you all about it: we started off with a freshly made mint mojito; then it was slow cooked lamb with beetroot relish on crisp toast; in the kitchen garden lamb shish kebabs in toasted pitta bread with dressings; a strawberry and soda bread salad; freshly cooked onion bhajis; over in the courtyard by the new barn it was woodfired-oven cooked pizzas; in the barn itself roast pork and crackling with gooseberry salad; up by the polytunnels raw veggies and dips; on the deck lemon tart with berry sorbet; and in the yurt it was tea/coffee and petit fours. Can you imagine how stuffed we were when we had to heave ourselves back up the hill to the car park?!
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That sounds brilliant! But after a Greenway lunch, what a lot of food!!
ReplyDeleteA great day.
We were SO stuffed! Bad timing really having two foodie outings in one day.
DeleteGreenway is a splendid looking house, shame you found the inside disappointing. Gorgeous greenhouses.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen River Cottage, but it sounds like a great evening.
I don't know what it was about the inside of the house that I didn't like, although I forgot to mention the piano in one of the rooms that a volunteer was playing - that was a really nice touch.
DeleteI got hungry just reading about the food. We love lamb and seldomly have it except at Christmas, nearly all our lamb is imported and quite expensive.
ReplyDeleteFunny, I've never really thought about that before, but now you mention it lamb doesn't tend to figure on many menus in the USA, does it?
DeleteOh that food (& drink!)sounds heavenly!
ReplyDeleteOh yes; and how we enjoyed it!
DeleteWhat an inspirational visit, even from your photos I feel I need to upgrade my veggie garden and cook some new dishes. But I expect you came away too full to think about things like that.
ReplyDeleteIt was lovely, really makes us feel that we need to 'up our game'
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