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right thats it blondie another place for dinner please!!! ME!!!!

Look it's come up twice, told yo I love it.haha.

Martino, I'm with you their, not keen on pasta or pizza. Trudi roasties wouldn't really go very well with this dish because everything else is cold apart from the lamb. I like my roasties with veg and gravy. Making me hungary now. yum! This is the very quick recipe I use ( I have many ) for my potatoe salad and I could just eat a bowlful by itself. Put a few tablespoons of Mayo' in a bowl add 2 tablesp' of salad cream, 1 finely chopped onion, A little chopped chives and a little chopped mint. Mix altogether and your freshly cooked warm pot's coating evenly with mayo mixture. Allow to cool and absorb all the flavours. Try it Trudie. Serve it with any cold salad.

and plenty of water not from the tap

I agree, go british! How about a rich Steak and ale pie? I'm with yukata on the sticky toffee pud, Nigella Lawson does a really simple one that is out of this world!

When my Italian friends used to visit me when I lived in the UK, they always asked for a roast beef or lamb, as generally the British meat is better than Italian meat. Make sure you don't over cook the meat as they like it 'with blood' and supply plenty of bread! Don't give them anything Italian, in my experience it won't be appreciated very much! English cakes seem to go down very well, as the cakes in Italy are less elaborate (my friends were totally taken in by simple things like Lemon Meringue & Choccy fudge cake ) The most important thing is keep it simple & don't mix too many flavours. Also a little tip is to keep some tooth picks on the table & napkins if you don't use them, as these are standard items to an Italian. When I go back to the UK from Italy, pasta /pizza etc is also the last thing I want, I head for the nearest carvery or curry house!

yep!

Im coming round for dinner blondie sounds so good but please no pizza or pasta thanks.

BTW when I said hot I mean as in spice heat not

For starters I would do either your fav' soup or a small seafood platter. This can be prepared in advance. You then have time to talk to your guests. Main dish I would choose a hugh bowl of mixed salad with dressing, a potatoe salad again done in advance, you still have time to spend with your guests and in the oven I would have a large leg of lamb cooked with slivers of garlic and rosemary easy the lamb cooks itself youstill have time for your guests. Ialways serve the lamb hot. Following that 3rd course again very english Brambly apple pie (hot) with a choose of custard or cream or a cold dessert. ie: choc' torte or a fresh fruit salad with a difference. Cut a melon in half, scoope out melon with melon baller. Now fill the half melon with a mixed fresh fruit salad decorated with mint leaves. Don't forget to add a little caster sugar to the fruit about half an hour before you it. The whole meal is quick ,easy, very tasty, filling and you still have loads of time to be with your guests.

martino, bangers and mash, and u a red blooded italian!!! lol

Yukata you are so right. When I go out of Italy I want other foods.

Dont make it hot.

Keep it simple

Do local food

Bangers and mash

etc

Surely if you have Italian friends coming for a meal the last thing you serve them is Italian food.They must have that all the time at home.

Give them some good British food and let them see what we can do.

Sticky toffee pudding is a great dessert.