Name: 8th Annual HMS Pickle Dinner
Start: 2025-11-08T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-08T22:30:00-05:00
Location: Port Credit Yacht Club (PCYC)

The gun room of HMS Psyche invite one and all to our commemorative dinner for the Battle of Trafalgar (October 21, 1805) and the immortal memory of Lord Nelson.
HMS Pickle was the first vessel to bring the official dispatches to England's Admiralty Board, of the great victory and the death of Nelson. HMS Pickle landed in Portsmouth with the news on November 4, 1805.
Our formal dinner consists of:
* 6:30 pm Cocktails of Crispy Pickles and bites as hors d'oeuvre
* 7:15 pm Dinner with toasts
* Butternut Squash Bisque
* Roast Cornish game hen, celeriac & Yukon gold potato
purée, roast broccolini, Bing cherry jus
or Berbere roasted cauliflower with a lentil chickpea and tomato
stew
* Spotted Dick, served family style with Crème Anglaise and fresh
berries
* Coffee & tea service
* Fresh ship's biscuits (no bargemen included) and no maggoty
butter
Dress code is current dress military uniform or regimental mess kit, re-enactment uniform with appropriate military decorations, Georgian civilian or modern civilian business attire.
Cost is $87 per person, including tax and tip. Payment is to be e-transferred to [email protected] by Thursday, October 30th. In a separate e-mail to me, do state your choice of main course and of any food allergies.
Cash bar, payable by credit or debit card.
A silent auction of naval and military items will occur again. Payable by e-transfer.
Ready! Aye! Ready!