Moveable Feast
Several years have passed since I last attended a Moveable Feast so, paying my
£15, I was ready to wine and dine in some of the best residences in Swaffham
Prior. I can confirm that the quality of Swaffham Prior cooks is as good as
ever. For the first course at the Scovils, even the napkins had witty cartoons.
Main courses were next door with Judy Tozer, at Betty Prime's and at the
Everitts at the other end of the village - a long trek in "night out"
as opposed to "dog walking" shoes. However, it sharpened the
appetite. The dining room was as I remembered it with "bookroom red"
walls setting off the candlelight to perfection.
"Closing time" was enforced like drinking up time in a pub so that the hosts as well as guests could hot foot to the final venue, the Whiteleys. Katie was lagging behind (no running shoes tonight) but there were plenty of helpers to lay out the superb selection of don't-count-the-calories puddings. Second helpings all round in the resplendently refurbished kitchen/conservatory/dining room.
And the Company - amazing. In this village, I learnt that we have the Editor of a journal on sundials, that Swaffham Prior grows more beetroot than anywhere else in the Country and that you can get a bus direct from Swaffham Prior to Switzerland for a ski-ing holiday!
Thanks to the cooks and hosts, the feast (for 30) made a total of £375 for St Mary's. When is the next one, please?