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Re: 70's Fondue Party
By: DaDancingPsych Date: September 17, 2018, 9:21 am
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Under drink, I only see alcoholic beverages. I would be sure to
offer at least one that contains no alcohol. Water is fine,
although pop/soda and/or juice are a nice touch. You want your
designated drivers and non-drinkers to be comfortable at your
party, so something to sip on is necessary in my opinion.
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Re: 70's Fondue Party
By: STiG Date: September 17, 2018, 9:23 am
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When I do fondue, I like to do three: a hot oil or broth one, a
cheese one and a chocolate one. I've done a pizza fondue one
but I only had my broth pot at the time and it was too hot; it
burned on the bottom. I think a cheese fondue pot would work
better; not as hot.
I'll have marinated meat cubes (means you can use a cheaper cut)
for the oil or broth. If I'm doing an oil one, only, I'll pick
up some breaded things, like mini spring and egg rolls. Then
I'll have some various dipping sauces, like plum sauce or BBQ
sauce.
For the cheese, I'll have bread cubes and vegetables. It helps
to cook the vegetables a bit in the oil or broth before dipping
in the cheese.
Then the dessert things: Strawberries, pineapple chunks, banana
chunks, lady fingers, mandarin orange slices, apples and/or
pears, treated with lemon juice to prevent browning. I've never
done half walnuts or pecans but those sound like great ideas!
And I agree with DDP - something non-alcoholic to drink.
Wish you lived near me - I've somehow managed to pick up
duplicate copies of 'Company's Coming - Fondue'. :)
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Re: 70's Fondue Party
By: Wanaca Date: September 17, 2018, 10:48 am
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Just an idea....I remember soda in glass bottles in the 70's and
I think they still used sugar in them. It would be so cool to
serve the old fashioned looking bottles. I'll admit to still
liking the sugar versions in glass much more so I'm biased. It
isn't an inexpensive idea but it'd be kinda cool.
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Re: 70's Fondue Party
By: QueenFaninCA Date: September 17, 2018, 1:19 pm
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I think with both the Pizza and the Cheese Fondue, red wine
would be a better beverage than beer.
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Re: 70's Fondue Party
By: highpriestess Date: September 17, 2018, 3:59 pm
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I will have non alcoholic drinks (although no non drinkers will
be there). I just didn't list them. The real sugar bottles is a
good idea. My ex (who is coming) loves them and they are sold at
Costco.
Beer will def be there since it's very popular in the PNW but I
will add red and white wine too. Never mind having that in the
house.
I'm sort of afraid to do the oil based fondues. They seem harder
than straight cheese/chocolate but it would be a good add.
So far only roughly 11 people have RSVP'd (my group isn't good
at RSVPing) so I'm probably over thinking all of this anyway.
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Re: 70's Fondue Party
By: gramma dishes Date: September 17, 2018, 4:22 pm
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I know fondue is so out of style today. But we have a plethora
of various kinds of fondue pots and we still have hot oil type
fondue fairly frequently just the two of us or with one or two
other adult couples where everyone is seated.
The one thing about the oil fondue is that that oil does get
really, REALLY hot and I would respectfully suggest it may be
wiser to skip that kind of fondue with a big group that will be
moving around and also will be consuming alcoholic beverages.
It could become a safety nightmare.
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Re: 70's Fondue Party
By: QueenFaninCA Date: September 17, 2018, 6:10 pm
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[quote author=highpriestess link=topic=684.msg13976#msg13976
date=1537217981]
I'm sort of afraid to do the oil based fondues. They seem harder
than straight cheese/chocolate but it would be a good add.
[/quote]
I find they are easier. The temperature range that's ok is much
larger. But if you are really worried, do a broth-based one
(pro-tip: Throw a bunch of veggies, a dried chilli and a slice
of beef bone in there. Will make a yummy soup to eat at the end
of the night or freeze for future enjoyment).
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Re: 70's Fondue Party
By: STiG Date: September 17, 2018, 7:13 pm
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With that many people, you'll need a lot of pots! More than one
of each type, unless this isn't intended as a meal. When I do
fondue for a meal, I find any more than 4 people and it gets to
hectic in the pots. If you do decide to go ahead with a broth
or oil pot(s), keep a slotted spoon handy for fishing out the
dropsies. :)
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Re: 70's Fondue Party
By: Aleko Date: September 18, 2018, 1:39 am
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I'm not suggesting this for your party, but I would like to put
out there that, if you have a fondue pot, a fish-and-seafood
fondue is lovely for 5 or 6 people (provided they all like
fish-and-seafood, of course). The only inconvenience is that
instead of fondue forks everyone will need a little
basket-on-a-handle to cook their fish; you can get these in
Chinese stores.
You need:
- a fish/seafood stock. You can buy this of course, but I make
my own: every time I serve lovely fresh crustaceans - shrimps,
prawns, crab, lobster - I gather up the shells and boil them
down into stock. Even if there's only a little stock, into my
freezer it goes till I have a serious amount of it, in which
case I toss up whether to make an epic fish soup or have a
fondue.
- cubes of several kinds of raw fish (solid kinds, that won't
flake and fall apart in the broth); some raw prawns or other
crustaceans; some raw mussels and/or whatever other seafood is
good where you live.
- plenty of steamed rice.
- relishes such as lemony mayo, Thai-style dip,
tomato-and-capers: basically whatever you like to team with
fish.
You get down and dirty with this just as you would with a
meat-and-broth fondue, taking some rice to eat with it. Of
course, as you cook all the fish and seafood in it, the stock is
getting richer and richer. When there's no fish left, you can
pour the stock over the rest of the rice and finish it up. (And
if everyone is already too full up to do that, you have a
marvellous fish soup to enjoy the next day.)
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Re: 70's Fondue Party
By: Rose Red Date: September 18, 2018, 9:06 am
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Sounds like soup hot pots. In addition to meat and seafood, I
like to toss in eggs to make hard broiled eggs.
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