We FonDO!

The other night Peter and I had made fondue. It was mighty tasty and thanks to the cousins Katherine and Matt that gave us the fondue set for a wedding gift. We don't get many opportunities to use it as the process takes quite a long time. That is unless you just want to eat one cheese course.  I did not know until recently that fondue is foreign. Evidently the Swiss Cheese Union (we need one of these America) declared fondue a national dish sometime in the 1930's. With the earliest recipe for fondue coming from Zurich in 1699, "Käss mit Wein zu kochen" roughly translated means to cook cheese with wine.

It was very delicious and next time you come visit perhaps we will make some for you.

A similar idea with a communal pot and dipping items in it to cook comes from Japan and it's called Shabu Shabu. We have partaken of this practice as well in China Town. I love dipping food as do most people I feel. Otherwise why would McDonald's chicken nuggets be so popular?