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[Carousel96]

I love you guys! I can ask the questions I'm too embarrassed to ask my neighbors face to face. Like this one...

Apparently we are the only family in MN that doesn't have fondue on Christmas Eve! (Not really but it sure seems that way). I've never had fondue in my life. So I bought a pot and cheated and got heat-and-eat fondue from Trader Joes.

What do you dip in your cheese fondue? I have crusty bread and some veggies (which I'll be the only one to eat). What else do people like dipped in their cheese? Somehow just bread and cheese sauce doesn't sound like the makings of a great supper.

[jimmymac]

No, personally I don't. I don't think it's meant to be the main course though

[simbarel]

We don't fondue nearly as much as we should, but I would go for apples, breaded appetizers, crackers, anything--you could do french fries or cubes of baked potatoes, anything that's good with cheese.

Now I want to get DH a fondue pot, but his birthday isn't until November---and I don't want to think how far away we are from Christmas.

[EeyoreNeedsLoveToo]

granny smith apples
blanched broccoli
bread

although I mostly eat the cheese -- we'll usually also have a pot of the "oil" fondue going to cook steak, chicken, and/or shrimp as well, and then have sauces to "dip" in (peanut sauce, garlic salad dressing, etc.)

[eff051102]

Little sausages, tator tots, bread sticks, veggies, etc. We've also done the chocolate fondue and that's SOOOOO Yummy. We do fruits, marshmellows, cookies, etc.

[graygables]

Growing up in Germany in the 70s, you bet, we fondue! We used to have 3 course fondue meals, start with cheese (bread, sausages, boiled cubed potatoes, apple slices, french bread, steamed carrots, broccoli, cauliflower) then on to meat fondue w/ hot oil (meatballs, cubes of steak, lots of dipping sauces) finished with a chocolate fondue (marshmallows, bananas, mandarin oranges, pound cake, strawberries). Wow, I miss those days of sitting on burnt orange floor pillows around the mosaic table...

I do make cheese fondue frequently, but mine is the American 70s version and involves Velveeta and Worcestershire sauce. I do add some swiss and wine to doctor it up more, but we can generally get a well balanced meal with it. We've also gotten "dumb" (to quote my mother) and rather than dip each item, we ladle the fondue over the food. Hubby has issues and dipping his food in after someone else is too disturbing to him, plus, what if it falls off the fork??? (In Germany, you have to kiss whomever fishes it out for you... )

[Carousel96]

Thanks! I hadn't thought of potatoes -- looks like I can get rid of the steak fries in my freezer
I like the idea of cooking meat in hot broth or oil, but since DD is 7, I think I'll wait a few years on that one. Cheese and chocolate seemed like safer starting points.

[lukeandbrookesmom]

I haven't in years. It was really popular in the 70's and our family did quite often then. Seems to be making a comeback.

[korki-rad]

We love fondue! But we don't do it at home much -- my favorite restaurant here does a great one, so we mostly just do it there, but there have been a few times that I've made fondue at home. DD, age 4, loves the idea of dipping...makes an average "meat and potatoes" meal just a little more fun because you are dipping. (Actually, just thinking that I wish I'd seen this post sooner -- sounds good for New Year's Eve!)

We dip anything and everything, I swear! Steak, chicken, shrimp, broccoli, sourdough bread -- those are our favorites. Kinda depends on the cheese you use, I suppose. I also have a chocolate fondue fountain that we pull out for special occasions -- for that, we dip marshmallows, cherries, strawberries, Oreos, graham crackers, bananas, etc.

Enjoy!

[Ceara's mawmaw]

There is a fondue restaurant in chicago that we go to when we visit my brother. It name is Geja's, it is soooo very good. You cook your own meat and veggies in hot oil with all kinds of dipping sauces. They also have the cheese fondue with bread, apples and the such for appetizer and the chocolate fondue for after with strawberries, apples, pound cake, etc......fondue is such a fun way to dine!

[Teresa]

We'll fondue at home on occassion, but I refuse to go to the fondue restaurant here -it's expensive, and I just don't feel like paying that much to cook my own food!!

I like to use a gruyere cheese and dip french bread cubes and tart apples.

[Colexis Mom]

No fonduing here

[greentie]

Nope - I've done it on holiday in Austria a couple of times but never at home.

[DyanKJ130]

Haven't had fondue since I was a kid

[Carousel96]

Thanks all!
For the record -- chicken nuggets were surprisingly good dipped in cheese. I purposely overcooked them, and the steak fries, a little for added crunch and contrast.