Did you ever own a fondue pot? Going through Mom's old things.....?

What do I do with it?

Any suggestions??Did you ever own a fondue pot? Going through Mom's old things.....?
"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." -- Anthelme Brillat-Savarin



That gentleman actually wrote an excellent book on cooking which had the most unusual fondue recipe, as it included eggs in the cheese...



We have one and have brought it out every Christmas since the nativity, but I think it may be a Nowegian/French cultural hangover thing. I like lutefisk and lefse too. Lutefisk, lest you don't know is fish soaked in lye and lefse is a potato pancake.



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Just keep it for at least one Christmas and try it out. Nothing brings people together like dipping your bread in a communal cheesepot. Just buy a dollar loaf of french bread, cut it in chunks and buy a commercial fondue. Plus you get to light a candle under it. Starting fires is always fun and people enjoy weilding the little spears...
I have one. I still use it for various things.Did you ever own a fondue pot? Going through Mom's old things.....?
yes I do, but Ive never used it LOL If anyone wants the thing, its a cuisinart still in plastic,and in the box. Its an electric one, let me know. I'll send it to you
Have a fondue party. I know it sounds corny, but it can be a lot of fun!!
yes still do ..is great with friends ... give it a shot lots of recipes on the net here a sample

http://www.canadianliving.com/food/enter鈥?/a>
you can melt chocolate and pour it in the fundue pot. Then you can cut up fruits (like apples. strawberries, bananas etc). Then you dip the fruits in the hot/warm helted chocoalte, eat and enjoy. you can also do this with cheese instead of chocolate,, but i prefer the chocolate. Its MUCH better, in my opinion
Yes, they were very popular years ago at parties. We even had fondue parties. After you melt cheese or chocolate in the pot, you dip all types of food items into the pot using a skewer per person. Toasted bread, apples, mushrooms, etc. were often used.
LOL .. when fondu was big ... my wife thought we had to have one, since I was a chef.



I made a lovely flower pot.
Yes I did. I remember it was great on winter evenings all sitting around dipping the bread in the pot. I nolonger have one and have no idea where it has gone. I should get another one!
In 1966 I used to invite friends and we each did our own meat on a fondue fork in hot oil.as the recipe describes.



Beef Fondue

Each person will need a fondue fork for cooking the meat, and then a dinner fork for eating it. It is not a good idea to pop the hot fondue fork into your mouth!



about 1/2 pound lean sirloin or other tender beef per person

peanut oil or other salad oil for fondue pot



chutney

horseradish or horseradish sauce

hot and mild mustard's

pickled onions and mushrooms

olives

mayonnaise

other great dipping sauces, as desired



Cut the meat into 3/4 inch cubes and place some on each persons side plate. Arrange bowls of your selected sauces in center of table. Let people choose their sauces to place on their individual fondue plate. Heat the oil in a deep heavy fondue pot (not the shallow ceramic ones used for cheese fondue) on the kitchen burner. Use enough oil to fill the fondue pot half full. When it is very hot carefully place it on the fondue stand which is already placed in the middle of the table. Light the fondue fuel and keep it regulated so that the meat will cook quickly and evenly but not so hot as to have it sizzle over the sides of the fondue pan. Each person spears a piece of meat and dips it into the nearly boiling oil and cooks the meat to their desired doneness. Then remove from the fondue fork and dip into desired sauce.

All was good fun and memories.
It was "the" wedding gift in the late 60's-early 70's...... Make chocolate fondue and dip fruit ...... My kids always like to have tempura veggies in oil in it too......
Yes, it's awesome. Have a fondue party! Make toasted bread in one inch squares. Use the garlic frozen bread, anything like french bread, baggetttes, hawaiian bread, etc.

You can make some fondue with fruit, nuts, marshmellows, meat (marinade shrimp,steak,chichen, vegetables and you put oil in the fondue pot to 375 and fry it), cheese, etc.



Here are a few recipes:

(white cheese fondue)

INGREDIENTS

1 cup dry white wine

1/2 pound shredded Swiss cheese

1/2 pound shredded Gruyere cheese

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg



DIRECTIONS

Simmer wine in fondue pot. Add Swiss cheese, Gruyere cheese, 1/4 pound at a time. Stir after each addition of cheese until melted. Stir in flour. When all the cheese has melted, stir in salt and nutmeg.





CHOCOLATE FONDUE:

Ingredients

10 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped into small pieces

1/2-3/4 cup milk or half-and-half or heavy cream (or 1/2 to 3/4 cup milk plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter)

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract



Directions

To make the sauce, in a small bowl, combine the chocolate and 1/2 cup milk or cream and melt gently in a barely simmering water bath or microwave on Medium (50 percent) power for about 2 minutes.

Stir until melted. Add more half and half as needed. Add vanilla.
I remember Mom having one when I was a small child. It stood on legs with a little flame under it and a bunch of long handled forks. She used it when friends came over to play cards. But I haven't seen it in years. Maybe you could use it a a center piece on your dinning table. Put a flower arrangement in it. or float a candle in it.
Use it for a planter?
Yes so very 70s - cheese fondues and beef in oil and fruit in chocolate - the person who drops their food in it has to kiss everyone....old tradition! lol
OH my!! I remember those. The good ole' days! make a cheese fondue and have a party.
This was before microwaves. I think you can just make the various fondues except for the oil for meat, in your microwave.

You can use the fondue pot with the candle or liquid heating gel or the electric kind to keep the stuff warm. Microwave and pour into pot at the table. ( For cheese or chocolate.) There was a fondue restaurant in So. Carolina that took everyone's discarded pots and served you a tray with cut up meat, bread and later fruit and marshmallows. There wasn't enough food for everybody. I wanted to go out for a burger, after. Didn't and was hungry all night.That was about 10 years ago. Pretty easy that chef had it. He didn't have to do anything, but cut stuff up.

Nice recipes from everyone.

( I used to mix the cheese in a bowl to get it coated with the flour.)

C. :)
I got one for a wedding present in 1971. It was a "lovely" olive green. I suggest Good Will, that's probably where 90% of them ended up. I never used mine.