Fondue

[cjsmith]

So. If I did have a fondue party, and I'm not for a minute saying that I'd want to do such a decadent thing, but if I did, how big a place would I need?

Sort-of-survey:
Would you be likely to attend a fondue party at CJ's if you were free that day?
Do you know how to make cheese fondue?
If so, what's yours like?
Do you know how to make chocolate fondue?
If so, can you teach me? :-)
Is sticking meat in a pot of something hot also "fondue"?
Do you own a fondue pot?
If so, can you tell me where to get a good one?

It won't happen for a while at the very least. First I'd have to clean the house...

Comments

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Would you be likely to attend a fondue party at CJ's if you were free that day?
No, because CJ doesn't know me. And because the party is not likely to be in the greater Baltimore-Washington area. Alas.

Do you know how to make cheese fondue?
Yes.

If so, what's yours like?
Cheddar, a bit each of flour and dry mustard powder, and beer. I highly recommend it.

Do you know how to make chocolate fondue?
Yes.

If so, can you teach me? :-)
Piece of cake (you should excuse the expression). One bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips. One cup of heavy cream. 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla. You can also add a skosh of brandy, but I don't usually.

Is sticking meat in a pot of something hot also "fondue"?
Yes. My mother used to serve meat fondues back in the seventies and early eighties. She'd just heat up chicken broth in the fondue pot. We cooked meat on forks, and also just threw in whole handfuls of raw spinach, later fishing it out with our forks.

Do you own a fondue pot?
Yes, but it's the electric kind, and the temperature setting doesn't have enough of a wide range to suit me. It has several uselessly hot settings (like, 400 degrees), and doesn't go cool enough. I prefer the kind of pot that sits over sterno.