Welcome to our series featuring Food Holidays: November 2022. Today is National Fondue Month and I have a Fondue pot in storage which we’ve never used. In fact Charlie and I haven’t ever had Fondue. Have you had Fondue and did you like it?
National Fun with Fondue Month
Fondue is one of the coziest, Social meals you can put together. It makes sense to celebrate Fondue in the month of November. If you can’t make it out to the famed restaurant La Buvette des Bains in Geneva to try the authentic version of Fondue? Don’t worry. With the right cooking equipment, Fondue is easy enough to make and share with our favorite people during National Fondue Lovers Month.
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL FUN WITH FONDUE MONTH
- Standard Fondue pots are made of ceramic and cast iron. A Fondue set will include forks and its own burner.
- t’s essential that you share the deliciousness with your friends. Ask family members to bring sides or drinks while you whip up different versions of Fondue.
- From brothy Fondue Chinoise to Oily Fondue Bourguignonne or Wine-flavored Fondue Vigneronne, it’s easy to break away from just having Cheese or Chocolate Fondue.
4 FASCINATING FONDUE FACTS
- As part of its promotion of Fondue, the Swiss Cheese Union invented the phrase “Fondue isch guet und git e gueti Luune”: translated to “Fondue is good and creates a good mood”, and abbreviated as “figugegl.”
- A tradition says that if a person loses their piece of Bread while dipping into the Fondue pot, he or she purchases drinks all around.
- Fondue etiquette requires no double-dipping and no eating directly from the dipping fork.
- Citizens of Geneva only drink Hot Tea or Cold White Wine with their Fondue, because drinking anything else will probably cause indigestion.
- Traditionally, Fondue in Switzerland is accompanied by a plate of Pickles, Pearl Onions, and dried Meats.
WHY NATIONAL FUN WITH FONDUE MONTH IS IMPORTANT
- Dipping Sauce kept warm throughout a blustery Fall or Winter evening is the definition of comfort.
- Imagine this: a delicious Sauce in a single pot, lots of morsels to dip, and many forks. Fondue is the perfect recipe for a get-together with a bunch of friends for great food and conversation.
- In one night, you can move from Beer and Cheese Fondue to a Thai Lemongrass Fondue. Then, transition to a roasted Garlic Broth Fondue with Chicken or Pork. Finish it off with a Chocolate, Caramel, Butterscotch, or S’mores Fondue.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
