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!

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

<sf> schrieb :
<snip>
> Prepare your fondue on the stove in a heavy pot and transfer it to
> your cheese fondue pot.

Err, what ?
Why transfer anything ?
A cheese fondue pot _is_ a heavy pot.
_Never_ transfer your cheese fondue.
If the pot can't stand the stove, you've bought worthless junk.
If the pot can't stand the rechaud, you've bought worthless junk.

Gruezi,

Michael Kuettner

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<sf> schrieb :
<snip>
> Prepare your fondue on the stove in a heavy pot and transfer it to
> your cheese fondue pot.

Err, what ?
Why transfer anything ?
A cheese fondue pot _is_ a heavy pot.
_Never_ transfer your cheese fondue.
If the pot can't stand the stove, you've bought worthless junk.
If the pot can't stand the rechaud, you've bought worthless junk.

Gruezi,

Michael Kuettner

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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!

I use a West Bend electric pot. Even heating and it regulates itself.

http://www.westbend.com/fondue-pots.htm

kili

kilikini wrote on Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:19:25 -0400:

> 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!

> I use a West Bend electric pot. Even heating and it regulates
> itself.

> http://www.westbend.com/fondue-pots.htm

We used the same stainless steel pot for all sorts of fondues. The oil
or the cheese was heated to boiling on the stove and then kept hot with
Sterno. If the cheese formed a brown crust on the bottom of the pot,
soking overnight with dishwasher soap did the trick.
--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

James Silverton wrote:
> kilikini wrote on Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:19:25 -0400:
>
>> 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!
>
>> I use a West Bend electric pot. Even heating and it regulates
>> itself.
>
>> http://www.westbend.com/fondue-pots.htm
>
> We used the same stainless steel pot for all sorts of fondues. The oil
> or the cheese was heated to boiling on the stove and then kept hot
> with Sterno. If the cheese formed a brown crust on the bottom of the
> pot, soking overnight with dishwasher soap did the trick.

Mine's actually a teflon electric pot. No stickage. :~)

kili

> 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!
>
> I use a West Bend electric pot. Even heating and it regulates itself.
>
> http://www.westbend.com/fondue-pots.htm
>
> kili
>

I have one also and love it. Mine is an older one and it's a very bright
orange.

> use a one quart Le Creuset for the job now.
>
We have a Le Crueset as well. Works great for cheese fondue. Fondue
meals are great fun!

--
Queenie

*** Be the change you wish to see in the world ***

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:11:53 +0200, "Michael Kuettner"
> wrote:

>
><sf> schrieb :
><snip>
>> Prepare your fondue on the stove in a heavy pot and transfer it to
>> your cheese fondue pot.
>
>Err, what ?
>Why transfer anything ?
>A cheese fondue pot _is_ a heavy pot.
>_Never_ transfer your cheese fondue.
>If the pot can't stand the stove, you've bought worthless junk.
>If the pot can't stand the rechaud, you've bought worthless junk.
>
The crap that they used to call a fondue pot here was something I used
on the stove with extreme care (and it cracked/crazed anyway). What I
use now is almost indestructible.... well a bomb may dent it, but I
don't worry about fissures.


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

Mae West

On Jul 9, 8:48*pm, MayQueen > wrote:
> > use a one quart Le Creuset for the job now.
>
> We have a Le Crueset as well. *Works great for cheese fondue. *Fondue
> meals are great fun!
>
> --
> Queenie
>
> *** Be the change you wish to see in the world ***

My '60s era fondue pot (not the one for oil) is made like Crueset, and
works great (enamel over metal) for cheese and chocolate.

Look on Ebay for a vintage one - probably won't cost too much and it
will be just right....or at a Goodwill or thrift shop.

N.

On Thu 10 Jul 2008 09:08:29a, Nancy2 told us...

> On Jul 9, 8:48*pm, MayQueen > wrote:
>> > use a one quart Le Creuset for the job now.
>>
>> We have a Le Crueset as well. *Works great for cheese fondue. *Fondue
>> meals are great fun!
>>
>> --
>> Queenie
>>
>> *** Be the change you wish to see in the world ***
>
> My '60s era fondue pot (not the one for oil) is made like Crueset, and
> works great (enamel over metal) for cheese and chocolate.
>
> Look on Ebay for a vintage one - probably won't cost too much and it
> will be just right....or at a Goodwill or thrift shop.
>
> N.
>

Both my fondue pots are from the '60s. The one for using oil or broth to
cook meat or seafood is a George Jensen SS set, really nice. The one for
cheese is made of glazed pottery about the size of a chafing dish.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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