Fondue...

On Feb 5th 2010 I was invited to a Fondue dinner by the leader of our research group along with research colleagues who were visiting from an Italian University. This was my first experience of Fondue and saying I loved it would be an under-statement. I loved it a lot :-) . For those who don't know, Fondue is a Swiss communal dish where you dip pieces of bread in a pot of melting cheese and eat it (wiki link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fondue ). Its a great dish and since its a communal dish in the sense you eat from the same pot it gets the conversations going and social interactions are even more fun!


After the fab Fondue dinner I even tried Fondue at my home here and trust me it wasn't that tough. Recipe for fondue is really simple, and the taste is far out-weighs the little effort you need to put :-)

However one word of caution (though on the lighter side :P), if while having Fondue you drop your bread piece in the pot you are supposed to get a punishment. Since Switzerland is a highly democratic country, the punishment is decided democratically by the members present on the table. In our case the punishment was to choose between singing a song or having a shot of Kirsch. I went for the latter option :-)

So those of you, who have not tasted Fondue before, try it out its uber fun. Below is the link describing the recipe :

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Cheese-Fondue-105489

Happy Feasting!
 
-Uttam