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Re: Fondue
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2017, 02:17:38 PM »
I haven't had it in years. but Swiss cheese is a classic.  You shred the cheese and mix just a little bit of flour with the shreds.  IIRC, you wipe the inside of the fondue pop with a fresh-cut garlic clove, add the cheese and melt it, and thin with white wine and a little Kirsch.  I'm probably leaving something out.  And maybe the wine goes in first.
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Re: Fondue
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2017, 02:20:00 PM »
I haven't had it in years. but Swiss cheese is a classic.  You shred the cheese and mix just a little bit of flour with the shreds.  IIRC, you wipe the inside of the fondue pop with a fresh-cut garlic clove, add the cheese and melt it, and thin with white wine and a little Kirsch.  I'm probably leaving something out.  And maybe the wine goes in first.

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1/2 pound imported Swiss cheese, shredded

 
1/2 pound Gruyere cheese, shredded

 
2 tablespoons cornstarch

 
1 garlic clove, peeled

 
1 cup dry white wine

 
1 tablespoon lemon juice

 
1 tablespoon cherry brandy, such as kirsch

 
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard

 
Pinch nutmeg
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Re: Fondue
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2017, 02:21:33 PM »
Another one:  12 ounces of deluxe American cheese, and one can of Rotel extra hot tomatoes. 

You can also use a pound of Velveeta instead of the American cheese, but don't use Aldi's knockoff Velveeta because it's way too salty.
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Re: Fondue
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2017, 03:34:39 PM »
Another one:  12 ounces of deluxe American cheese, and one can of Rotel extra hot tomatoes. 

You can also use a pound of Velveeta instead of the American cheese, but don't use Aldi's knockoff Velveeta because it's way too salty.

I do that in a mini crock pot for chip dip, sometimes add ground meat and we call it diarrhea dip.
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Re: Fondue
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2017, 09:43:10 PM »
I think I'll just stick with my yearly trip to The Melting Pot, rather than try making it myself (and having to clean up after)

However, they do have a recipe book.
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Re: Fondue
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2017, 05:57:50 AM »
Rather than make it at home, we just go to The Melting Pot.  Expensive as hell, but it scratches that "once every couple years" desire for fondue.

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Re: Fondue
« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2017, 06:11:17 AM »
Is fondue becoming a "thing" again?  I thought it had died out in the early eighties.
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Re: Fondue
« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2017, 07:13:17 AM »
Is fondue becoming a "thing" again?  I thought it had died out in the early eighties.
There must be something to the old saying "What's old is new again."

I don't think so, just looks like fun. Why I bought the pot.
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Re: Fondue
« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2017, 07:35:29 AM »
Screw the Melting Pot.

I was very much underwhelmed with it when I went there some years ago. Vastly overrated and horribly overpriced.

Making fondue at home is inexpensive, easy, and quite tasty.

And you don't even need a fondue pot.
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Re: Re: Fondue
« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2017, 09:07:21 AM »
Screw the Melting Pot.

I was very much underwhelmed with it when I went there some years ago. Vastly overrated and horribly overpriced.

Making fondue at home is inexpensive, easy, and quite tasty.

And you don't even need a fondue pot.
I am pretty close friends with a family, the mother of which is Swiss. Born in America but spent most of her formative years split between Switzerland and France.

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Re: Fondue
« Reply #11 on: December 13, 2017, 10:08:33 AM »
You've not had fondue until you've had it in Switzerland, in the Alps, on the deck of a small lodge, overlooking an incredible alpine valley. I'll carry that memory with me until I die.
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Re: Fondue
« Reply #12 on: December 13, 2017, 11:01:06 AM »
You've not had fondue until you've had it in Switzerland, in the Alps, on the deck of a small lodge, overlooking an incredible alpine valley. I'll carry that memory with me until I die.

Which flavor of Velveeta do they use?
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Re: Fondue
« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2017, 11:35:29 AM »
Velveta has flavor?
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Re: Fondue
« Reply #14 on: December 13, 2017, 12:14:11 PM »
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Re: Fondue
« Reply #15 on: December 13, 2017, 12:44:18 PM »
All this Velveeta talk inspired me to get the half-block out of the freezer and grate it up to make my mom's pimento cheese recipe.  This is the only thing I use Velveeta for.
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Re: Re: Fondue
« Reply #16 on: December 13, 2017, 01:24:09 PM »
Velveta has flavor?
Sure.

Though I am not entirely sure it fall within the realm of cheese.

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Re: Re: Fondue
« Reply #17 on: December 15, 2017, 03:02:24 AM »
Sure.

Though I am not entirely sure it fall within the realm of cheese.

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Velveeta is at best a " cheese like substance "

Way back in the '70s mom had a couple of fondue pots and we'd have one with cheese and one with hot oil. Do meat in the oil and bread in the cheese.
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Re: Re: Fondue
« Reply #18 on: December 15, 2017, 07:32:42 AM »
Sure.

Though I am not entirely sure it fall within the realm of cheese.

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Re: Fondue
« Reply #19 on: December 16, 2017, 06:29:18 PM »
As a younger in 60's and 70's I got to have fondue quite a bit as my mom, her friends and a bunch of neighbors we're all into it and then one day the fad was over and I haven't had it since.
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Re: Fondue
« Reply #20 on: December 18, 2017, 11:31:30 AM »
It's been probably more than 20 years since Fondue passed my lips.  I don't miss it.  lol

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Re: Fondue
« Reply #21 on: December 19, 2017, 10:43:37 AM »
Pot has arrived. I'll do a trial run on the in-laws on Christmas before the gathering of friends gathering on NYE.
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Re: Fondue
« Reply #22 on: December 19, 2017, 11:56:40 AM »
Use good cheese and good wine.

It makes a difference.
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Re: Fondue
« Reply #23 on: December 19, 2017, 12:01:27 PM »
Use good cheese and good wine.

It makes a difference.

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Re: Fondue
« Reply #24 on: December 23, 2017, 03:34:14 AM »
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1/2 pound imported Swiss cheese, shredded

 
1/2 pound Gruyere cheese, shredded

 
2 tablespoons cornstarch

 
1 garlic clove, peeled

 
1 cup dry white wine

 
1 tablespoon lemon juice

 
1 tablespoon cherry brandy, such as kirsch

 
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard

 
Pinch nutmeg


That's almost identical to the recipe my family has used for probably 10 years or so, every Christmas eve.   Amazingly good
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