Come dine with me

Top menu harrigran looking forward to the invite to dinner I do enjoy CDWM sometimes as I am a definate foody person not that I do to much fancy stuff now for just the two of us as I don't have the big dining room we once had,I have however picked up some good menu's from the programme.

harrigran - what a fabulous menu!

Annobel S'pose so! But don't like fishing

janthea - you could always go out and catch it yourself, couldn't you?

Think I'm getting out of my depth here. - all your menus are much more sophisticated than mine.

It was the Quinnellse of Pike that did it for me - had to look it up on 't'internet' (as we say in Yorkshire).

I concede defeat and will stick to pie and chips!

gangy5 To be honest, it has been ages since I cooked pike. The last lot was from a kind fishing friend. However, I'm sure Harrods must stock it!!!

How about having a virtual cdwm?

Some lovely menus here i am defintely coming to dinner and harrigran your menu should win - we wuld love to see you on there. here is my menu

Prue Leiths Onion Tart

Delia's Chicken Basque

My own Rasberry Almond Tort

and the enterrtainment would be a string quartet.

Funny you should mention this susiecb I have just had a letter inviting me to host CDWM. Not a chance but here is my menu for a virtual meal.
Salad of Langoustine,champagne jelly and caviar mayonnaise

Medallions of venison, roasted vegetables, goat's cheese mash and cherries

Warm pecan pie with amaretto, mascarponi and maple syrup

aurelia those courgette flowers are making my mouth water!

Sounds like fun, so here is my menu:

Tempura of courgette flowers filled with smoked trout mousse

Rack of Welsh lamb with sauce mousseline
Formby asparagus, peas
Herbed potatoes Parmentier

Trio of chocolate
or
Honey and lavender granita with almond tuiles

Have made myself hungry now!!

Annobel Yum!

Risotto of wild mushrooms with rocket salad

Seared tuna steaks, crushed potatoes with black mustard seeds, braised fennel and roasted cherry tomatoes on vine

Home made mint ice cream with rich chocolate sauce.

janthea where does your pike come from?? I loved eating it in Prague when we visited. The menus above sound delicious.
I'm always amused by how poorly the CDWM participants can cook and wonder why they enter. Quite often they state that they've never cooked a certain dish before!!??
Still it makes things very amusing for us watchers!

Me too whenim64! Off to shop for supper soon..it is going to be difficult to decide what to get now!

I like watching Come Dine With Me, especially for the funny comments made by Dave Lamb.

I would serve:

Goats cheese and green pesto bruschetta
Duck breast with cherries in red wine sauce, with game chips and pak choi
Apple tarte tatin and home made vanilla ice cream

I would happily eat any of the previous meals - they sound delicious!

I used to enjoy it when it was first one, but it has become a programme of strange people and less about food.

I would serve

Quenelles of Pike in a shrimp sauce
Duck Breast with a Port and Cranberry Sauce, pomme Dauphanoise and creamed spinach
Zabaglione.

Darn it - now I'm hungry again

CDWM is indeed a nonsense show but I enjoy it too! I once realised I was watching a childhood friend on it which was weird!

I would serve you:

Roast Mediterranean Vegetable Salad

Sea bass with Fennel Sauce on wilted spinach with saute potatoes

Vanilla Pannacotta with almonds and a raspberry coulis

I just LOVE CDWM!! Yes, yes I know it's rubbish, but strangley adictive I think and sometimes it's all I can deal with (don't like serious stuff on TV - just want to be entertained). I usually watch pre-recorded back episodes when prancing around on my mini-trampoline doing my morning excercise regime.

Here's my menu:

Seared scallops with chorizo
Rack of lamb with dauphinoise potatoes and summer vegetables
Pear and Almond tart with fresh cream

Enjoy!

(and thanks for starting the thread - a really good idea I think!)