I have so missed communicating with you over the last week, but have been running my butt off arranging our monthly Soirée Culinaire and everything else for that matter.
Our second Soirée was extremely successful. We did a culinary/musical tour to France, Italy and Austria. Guess what? The next one is being organized for the end of this month at Le Canard Restaurant, and this time we are off to Moscow, imagine oysters, caviar and vodka; then onto Spain where we will have gazpacho; then Paris and what else but "Le Canard"?; and finally Italy for their wonderful ice creams. Come join us at Le Canard on October 26 for this great culinary/musical event.
I tried relaxing in the evening by watching "Come Dine with Me SA" on DSTV. I found myself swallowing hypertension tablets as though they were "smarties"! I can't understand how the BBC and sponsors of the calibre of Pick & Pay, and now Ariel (made by Proctor & Gamble), as well as Nestle Products, can allow themselves to be associated with a program selecting the calibre of contestant we have seen participating. Surely "Come Dine with Me" means just that? Not "come be rude, criticize, invade your hosts bedrooms, don their clothers," and know little about producing a decent meal.
Why not educate our public? It should be so easy to cast 4 South Africans of different sexes and backgrounds, who could produce food representative of the best taste their cultural backgrounds may afford. Surely the director/advisor of the program could assist in the pre-preparation of some of the food on the menus to be served, that is a cold starter and/or a cold desert.
Why not include an element of hosting into the programme? You cannot leave your guests to entertain themselves whilst you start cooking the meal. Leaving your guests alone for lengthy periods between courses is extremely rude. Also, why not allow for an unmarried person, a mother of 3-4 children, the business executive, etc., to participate in the program? Furthermore, why not set an expense limit? Surely that would level the playing field?
Sorry, but I can only think of a large "Bouquet of Thorns" to award "Come Dine with Me SA"!
Freda
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