On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:24:58 -0700 (PDT), Al >
wrote:

>So last weekend I followed this eHow recipe for making cheese fondue"
>
>http://www.ehow.com/how_12755_make-cheese-fondue.html
>
>I love the idea of doing a romantic dinner with dips and little
>morsels. The recipe tasted great, but I think my fondue pot wasn't
>very good. The middle seemed burned and the outside wasn't melting at
>all. My fondue pot uses those little fuel cans. Can anyone recommend a
>good type of fondue pot that heats evenly? Thanks!

Metal pots are better for oil, not cheese. They used to sell pottery
cheese fondue pots that looked similar to this
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA280_.jpg I
use a one quart Le Creuset for the job now.

Prepare your fondue on the stove in a heavy pot and transfer it to
your cheese fondue pot. Sterno runs hot so you'll have a scorched
part in the middle no matter how heavy the pot is. I wonder if one of
those heat diffusers people use on gas stoves would work?

Don't forget that your job as a dipper is to stir the pot every time
you dip! Swoosh, swirl, lift, twirl... and eat.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West