I and RC had fondue last week in Geneva. Dining table mela addupai vaicchu paal kaichi/samaichhu sapdurra orru feeling errundadhu. Still we liked it.
Fondue History:
Fondue originated in Switzerland as a way of using up hardened cheese. Deriving from the French verb fondre, meaning "to melt," fondue was a classic peasant dish. Accounts vary on how fondue was originally created. Traditional fondue is made with a mixture of Emmenthaler and/or Gruyere cheese and wine, melted in a communal pot. Cherry brandy is added to the melted mixture, which becomes a dip for pieces of stale bread and crusts.
French gastronome Brillat-Savarin mentioned fondue in his 19th century writings, but fondue really hit its heyday in 1956, when chef Konrad Egli of New York's Chalet Swiss Restaurant introduced a fondue method of cooking meat cubes in hot oil. Chocolate fondue followed in 1964.
Monday, August 15, 2005
Fondue – the Swiss Specialty
Posted by Viji Sundararajan at 7:11 PM
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