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Watercress Festival
Icy North Started conversation Oct 24, 2016
Not only does Alresford have a watercress festival, but it's a terminus on a preserved steam railway, known as The Watercress Line. Bluebottle has written about it for the guide here:
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Taking the steam railway to Alresford then enjoying the festival is a really nice day out.
The festival itself takes over the whole town, with live music, cookery demonstrations (guess the key ingredient), and of course the World Watercress Eating Championship. Anyone can volunteer to eat two bags of watercress in the quickest time - the record is a couple of minutes. When I went, a guy sitting next to me volunteered, walked up to the stage and a few minutes later was pronounced a world champion. A trickier task would be to then persuade the wife and kids of the fact when you got home.
Watercress Festival
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Oct 24, 2016
Sounds wonderful. But a watercress eating contest would never catch on here - that is far too healthy.
Watercress Festival
Bluebottle Posted Oct 24, 2016
I just had a ham and watercress sandwich for nammet, I did.
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Watercress Festival
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Oct 24, 2016
I like watercress, but you never find it here. My Vietnamese students used to plant it in their backyards.
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