aem wrote:
> Doug Freyburger wrote:
> > CheCooks wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone ever been to The Melting Pot restaurant? Went there
on
> my
> > > anniversary and it was fantastic!!!
> >
> > It's a chain. I've been to ones in Portland, OR
> > and Raleigh, NC. Good but very expensive. We
> > have since bought two fondue pots and now fondue
> > happens at home.
> >
> When this thread started I thought it was a joke. A restaurant
devoted
> to fondue? How droll! And now it turns out there's a chain, and
> specialty menus for holidays, and they're expensive. Live and learn.
> Folks who like this kind of thing should also check out restaurants
> that serve Mongolian Hot Pot and Japanese shabu-shabu.
>
> -aem

Some folks don't want to make fondue at home, so they pay for it.

I've been making fondue since the 70's. I fill one pot with beef stock
and the other with oil. The first pot makes a good base for an onion
soup later. I will have to try the broccoli.

I make a lot of sour cream-based sauces. We don't tend to like the
mayonnaise ones as much. Finely-chopped mushrooms with onion cooked in
butter with wine go over big. Also, you can add sour cream to that.
Always some garlic butter, as the meal is served with French bread.