Come Dine With Me

If you haven’t watched TV’s Come Dine With Me then you really should, it rocks. It’s car crash TV at its finest and while I find myself cringing at the Average Joes serving dinner to random strangers, I just can’t tear myself away.

I won’t bore you with the ins and outs of CDWM, you can just look it up. Tonight CDWM comes to Milton Keynes but sadly there won’t be any cameras, a witty commentator or even score cards at the end of the night. And there certainly won’t be a tray laden with £1,000 in cash for the winner.

What there will be is three couples, a starter, a main course and a pudding and no doubt a fair bit of wine. Oh, and a dog too, his name is Archie. Maybe he’ll be serving the drinks? Stranger things have happened on Come Dine With Me!

That said, the host for this evening, who yesterday went home from work with suspected swine flu is sticking to a pork theme with her menu.. she’s just sent this through…

STARTER
Face licks from Archie Buchanan, dog servant extraordinaire

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MAIN COURSE
Pork and herb sausages with a red onion sauce & creamy chive mash

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DESSERT
Chocolate swirl cheesecake
Tart lemon cheesecake

The host may be serving dinner from her death bed but I actually think/know that her hubby will be in charge of the kitchen and she’s just looking for an excuse not to do the washing up. And there’ll be plenty of that after we’ve spilled red wine on the new sofa, trashed their food and forgotten to take our muddy shoes off before entering the property. Oh yeah, I’ve just remembered that we get to rifle through her house too, although I’m not sure I want to know what’s lurking in her drawers!

Anyway, I am well looking forward to this dinner party with a twist. I think a generic email inbox will be set up for voting purposes as “scoring a one in the back of a cab” just isn’t practical, and besides, we have no cameraman.

So, tonight is the first of three soirees and the benchmark to beat. Bring it on! I don’t want to get too boastful though because it’s always the ones who think they’re fine dining experts and show offs and boasters who end up getting trounced by the more down to earth diners.

Fingers crossed I don’t wake up with food poisoning tomorrow…