This was the third event held in Okewaite. I was Lochac Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time, and we had no offers to run the kingdom investiture event, so I said we’d do it. Thanks goodness for friends.

Okewaite had purple-and-white colours, being surrounded by Rowany (green-and-white), Torlyon (blue-and-white) and Polit (red-and-white). So we went big with purple: all the food had something purple in it.

Our mascot was a camelopard, basically a white giraffe with round purple spots. We made a two-man camelopard costume for the occasion, and it ran through the event a few times, creating havoc. The rear portion carried a water pistol, so it could widdle on attendees. Alas the costume seems not to have made it back from the event.

ON THE TABLE

Paté – Alys’s chicken liver and verjuice special, superb
Loaves of bread – commercial
Honey butter – just honey mixed with butter
Cherries – local seasonal fruit

FIRST COURSE

Borscht – traditional cold purple soup made from beets
Roast pork with camelyne sauce
Vegetables in verjuice
Tarte de orangeado
Morree – almond and wine pudding to look like mulberries
Fish and berry pie
Salat
Chicken legs with plum sauce

SECOND COURSE

Quail stuffed with dates
Kidneys and bacon
Mushroom pasties
Spinach pastries
Acorns of marzipan
Berry foole
Shortbreads