Their Highnesses of Cynagua, Eibhear and Catherine, invite the populace to the Investiture of Their Heirs, the Lord and Lady of the Swan!
A sumptuous feast will be cooked by Baronesses Haley and Olivia.
Feast Tickets: Feast will be $10 per person, this does not include your site fee.
Feast tickets will be sold in advance. Please contact Edmund of Surrey
Or find him at an event and pay in person. A limited number of seats are available – so reserve your seat soon. Please include a valid email address with your order, so that you can be sent an electronic receipt.
Summer Investiture Menu
A middle English feast with French musings
Hosted by Baroness Haley & Baroness Olivia
Apéritif
These will be available throughout the day
Fruit infused water
First course
- Cheese plates
- Baked brie en croûte: Local fruits served with baked cheese
- Seasonal berries and fruit manipulations
- Local honey with mustard
- Nuts and dried fruit
Main course
Pork loin three ways
- Porcs Braisés à la mode de Caen - Braised pork in a rosemary mustard sauce
- Porcs Rôti - Rolled and stuffed loin overflowing with garlic, bacon, thyme and oregano
- Porcs Cocotte - Pork coated in duxelles and wrapped in puff pastry (Duxelles is a minced mushroom, herb and butter mixture)
From the garden
- Mushrooms Sauce Blanc - Mushrooms sautéed in a white wine butter sauce with herbs
- Onion and Shallot Salad - Herbed vinaigrette, onions, shallot and fresh cheese
- Garlic Foules - Garlic, bacon and cheese layered together
Third course
- Roasted Chicken - Rubbed in cumin and spices in cream sauce
- Pickled Vegetables - Local vegetables brined with garlic, bay and dill. May include (but not limited to): Green beans, beets, onions, cucumber, carrot, and asparagus
Fourth course
- Poisson en Papillote - Baked fish with herbs and butter
- Lemonwhyt - Lemon rice with almonds
Dessert course
Each dessert will be served with a side of cream
- Almond tart - Baked golden brown topped with almonds
- Fruit tart - Local fruit to be determined baked in a golden crust
Autocrat: Viscount Sir Walerich von Bredereke
Site Information:
Stanislaus County Agricultural Center (3800 Cornucopia Way, Modesto CA 95358)
3800 Cornucopia Way
95358
Modesto
, CA
See map: Google Maps
US
Start Time:
Site opens at 9am and closes at 11pm.
Site Fee:
$10 adult members, $15 non-members, $5 minors 5-17; 5-under free. Family Cap of $40.
Feast Fee:
$10 per person
Directions:
From Bay Area/West: Take your best route to I-580 East towards Stockton/Livermore. Keep left onto I-205 E toward Tracy/Stockton. Take ramp onto I-5 N. Take exit #461/CA-120/Manteca/Sonora onto CA-120 E. Take the CA-99 S/Modesto/Fresno exit onto CA-99 S. Take the Crows Landing Road exit onto Crows Landing Rd. Turn left onto E Service Rd. Turn left onto Cornucopia Way.
From Sacramento/North: Take your best route to 99 South. Follow 99 South towards Fresno, take the Crows Landing Road exit onto Crows Landing Rd. Turn left onto E Service Rd. Turn left onto Cornucopia Way.
From Fresno/South: Take your best route to 99 North towards Sacramento. Take exit #220/Mitchell Rd onto Mitchell Rd. Turn left onto E Service Rd. Turn right onto Cornucopia Way.
From East: Take CA-140 West. Take ramp onto CA-140 W, CA-99 N toward Sacramento. Take exit #220/Mitchell Rd onto Mitchell Rd. Turn left onto E Service Rd. Turn right onto Cornucopia Way.
