On 3/17/2013 8:45 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 3/15/2013 7:47 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> You didn't have to tell your age. I was just trying to point out that it
>> was a food fad. Maybe it will come back some time, like fondue, except
>> that fondue can be good.
>
> I didn't like fondu back when my mom made it. I think because there were
> only two kinds, cheese or chocolate. The cheese fondu was just too
> rich, though the chocolate was good with pound cake or bananas. When I
> was asked to go to The Melting Pot I had my doubts but it was very good.
> I especially liked the dip for the meat. I don't know what it was but
> it resembled broth.

There was a Melting Pot restaurant in Germantown, TN. I didn't eat
there, just heard about it. It got so-so reviews but I moved before I
could try it.

Any recipe I've ever seen for meat fondue required fat for deep frying
in the fondue pot. Then it was served with "dipping sauces". I've
never used my fondue pot to deep fry meat but apparently I could.

I do like cheese fondue. Swiss cheese with a bit of white wine is nice
for dipping toasted cubes of crusty french bread. A beer-cheese fondue
with cheddar works great with sliced rounds of smoked sausage.

Jill