On Sun, 5 Jul 2009 10:30:19 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski" >
wrote:

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>"James Silverton" > wrote in message
>> has dissolved.. To tell the truth, I've never seen a fondue pot with a
>> temperature regulator! Another traditional thing missing is that the pot
>> should be well rubbed with garlic before adding anything else.
>
>Some decades ago we were either gifted one or bought one. Oster, electric
>base, Teflon coated pot.

I have what is probably the same item. Actually I've got several.
You see them at garage sales and resale stores all the time. We're
resale store hounds and have about a dozen fondue pots. The 2 piece
Oster sets are by far the best and most versatile or all of them. The
Oster has a variable temp control but I've also got a regal that has a
temperature scale. It's one piece and not as easy to clean but it
gets hot enough to deep fry smaller things. I like that one too but
not as much as the Osters. The flame pots are ok for cheese but
useless for oil at parties. They just can't keep the heat up. For a
gathering of 2 couples I'll use 3 pots. We went to a party sometime
back and there were at least 8 pots going. The oil pots were all
electric.

As a side-note, fondue pots are a very common item at resale stores.
We've gone to fondue parties and been asked to bring a pot or two to
help out. We've just left the pot(s) with the hosts when we leave.
Nobody has ever insisted we take them home. Leaving a few bucks
behind is much better than going to a gambling boat (IMO)

Lou