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Boron Elgar
 
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Default Cheese fondue - replacement for gruyere

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:51:15 +0100, "Pandora" >
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>> On 14 Nov 2005 12:18:14 -0800, "SAT" >
>> wrote:
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>>>I'm making a cheese fondue as an appetizer for Thanksgiving dinner. I'm
>>>working within a budget this year, unfortunately.
>>>
>>>I got 18 oz. of swiss cheese on sale at the grocery store for $3, but
>>>the gruyere is $8/8 oz.! My recipe (link below) only calls for 1/2 lb.
>>>of gruyere, so I'm hoping there is a viable substitute for it. Anyone
>>>have suggestions?

>
>You don't need gruyere. Fondue is made with fontina, here.
>You can find fontina at low prize!
>Cheers
>Pandora
>

Fontina is good, and so is Emmenthaler, but since she already had the
Swiss, what the heck...it works, too.

Boron