DD brought home her chocolate fountain. It was a huge hit! The unit
was easy to assemble. We set it in the middle of the table with dipping
goodies in fancy dishes surrounding it. Just about everything brought
out was used up. The left over chocolate was refrigerated for later use
but there was much. We didn't have the *finger dipped* in problem
either even though I expected we would. Our dining room table is on
carpeting so I checked well afterward. There were no spills and
surprisingly the chocolate does not splatter when the goodies are
dipped. The unit comes apart for cleaning with everything but the base
being dishwasher safe. Even though there are just the two of us, I
would consider buying the chocolate fountain for the entertainment
value. We do a fair amount of entertaining so it would be worth it to
us. This is one kitchen gadget that is rather cool

"~patches~" > wrote in message
...
> DD brought home her chocolate fountain. It was a huge hit! The unit was easy
> to assemble. We set it in the middle of the table with dipping goodies in
> fancy dishes surrounding it. Just about everything brought out was used up.
> The left over chocolate was refrigerated for later use but there was much. We
> didn't have the *finger dipped* in problem either even though I expected we
> would. Our dining room table is on carpeting so I checked well afterward.
> There were no spills and surprisingly the chocolate does not splatter when the
> goodies are dipped. The unit comes apart for cleaning with everything but the
> base being dishwasher safe. Even though there are just the two of us, I would
> consider buying the chocolate fountain for the entertainment value. We do a
> fair amount of entertaining so it would be worth it to us. This is one
> kitchen gadget that is rather cool

Soooo What did you end up serving?

Dimitri

Dimitri wrote:

> "~patches~" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>DD brought home her chocolate fountain. It was a huge hit! The unit was easy
>>to assemble. We set it in the middle of the table with dipping goodies in
>>fancy dishes surrounding it. Just about everything brought out was used up.
>>The left over chocolate was refrigerated for later use but there was much. We
>>didn't have the *finger dipped* in problem either even though I expected we
>>would. Our dining room table is on carpeting so I checked well afterward.
>>There were no spills and surprisingly the chocolate does not splatter when the
>>goodies are dipped. The unit comes apart for cleaning with everything but the
>>base being dishwasher safe. Even though there are just the two of us, I would
>>consider buying the chocolate fountain for the entertainment value. We do a
>>fair amount of entertaining so it would be worth it to us. This is one
>>kitchen gadget that is rather cool
>
>
> Soooo What did you end up serving?
>
> Dimitri
>
>
My choices - bananas, apples, tangerines, shortbread cookies, peanut
butter cookies. I wanted strawberries but couldn't find any in town.

Kids added - piroulines, marshmallows, and even veggies from the veggie
tray. Apparently chocolate covered raw broccoli went over well One
DS was going to try a dipped dill pickle on a dare but I convinced him
that after drinking a beer or two that might not be a real good idea.
The little kids had candies one of their grandparents gave them so they
thought those were fair game.

It was a heck of a lot of fun though and something I would definitely
include in holiday entertaining again.

One time on Usenet, ~patches~ > said:

> DD brought home her chocolate fountain. It was a huge hit! The unit
> was easy to assemble. We set it in the middle of the table with dipping
> goodies in fancy dishes surrounding it. Just about everything brought
> out was used up. The left over chocolate was refrigerated for later use
> but there was much. We didn't have the *finger dipped* in problem
> either even though I expected we would. Our dining room table is on
> carpeting so I checked well afterward. There were no spills and
> surprisingly the chocolate does not splatter when the goodies are
> dipped. The unit comes apart for cleaning with everything but the base
> being dishwasher safe. Even though there are just the two of us, I
> would consider buying the chocolate fountain for the entertainment
> value. We do a fair amount of entertaining so it would be worth it to
> us. This is one kitchen gadget that is rather cool

Sounds like you had a lot of fun with it, thanks for the review...


--
Jani in WA (S'mee)
~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~

On Tue 27 Dec 2005 01:13:20p, ~patches~ wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> DD brought home her chocolate fountain. It was a huge hit! The unit
> was easy to assemble. We set it in the middle of the table with dipping
> goodies in fancy dishes surrounding it. Just about everything brought
> out was used up. The left over chocolate was refrigerated for later use
> but there was much. We didn't have the *finger dipped* in problem
> either even though I expected we would. Our dining room table is on
> carpeting so I checked well afterward. There were no spills and
> surprisingly the chocolate does not splatter when the goodies are
> dipped. The unit comes apart for cleaning with everything but the base
> being dishwasher safe. Even though there are just the two of us, I
> would consider buying the chocolate fountain for the entertainment
> value. We do a fair amount of entertaining so it would be worth it to
> us. This is one kitchen gadget that is rather cool

Sounds like the chocolate fountain was a ripping success, and a good time
was had by all!

Thanks for all the details, Patches.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

We broke our fountain out Christmas Eve (along with a huge pot of
garlic cheese fondue -- great recipe, I'll post it if anyone wants it),
and despite my initial reservations, it was a huge hit!

In fact, I just finished the last of the angel food cake I used (I have
been eating the leftover chocolate for a couple of days now)... not
only was the fountain a huge hit -- and, according to my husband, easy
to clean -- but I now know that adding canola oil to Guittard milk
chocolate chips elevates them to something ambrosial, like melted
truffles. Yum. I've always noticed that vegetable oil is the second
ingredient in many truffles. Now I understand why. Oh -- we used
angel food cake, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, marshmallows,
and yes, someone dipped broccoli -- and a carrot. Ugh.

Note -- the model I had has a magnetic electric plug -- if someone
yanks it, it just comes unplugged rather than tipping over and dumping
chocolate everywhere. Only problem we ran into overall was that we had
to add more oil to get the chocolate to 'sheet' properly...

Hope everyone's holidays have been delicious...

Karen MacInerney
Kitchen experimenter, family chauffeur, and culinary mystery author
www.karenmacinerney.com

On 27 Dec 2005 15:12:33 -0800, Karen MacInerney wrote:

> garlic cheese fondue -- great recipe, I'll post it if anyone wants it),

Oh, yes! Please post in a new thread.

TIA
--

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.