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| | Fondue chinoise and Fondue bouriginonne are served with different sauces or dips. The cheese-based variety uses a mixture of [[cheese]], [[white wine]], and [[starch]] to prepare the molten cheese. | | Fondue chinoise and Fondue bouriginonne are served with different sauces or dips. The cheese-based variety uses a mixture of [[cheese]], [[white wine]], and [[starch]] to prepare the molten cheese. |
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| | + | Originally, fondue was prepared in the Western Alps, and Jura mountains-It was made with cheese, and local cheeses were used. The term was later also used for dishes which used other hot liquids, such as oil, water, or wine. Pieces of meat, fish , bread or vegetables are then dipped into the hot liquid. |
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| | + | In the case of dishes made with meat, vegetables or fish, different dips are are used as well. The varieties with chees often used pickled vegetables, or thinly cut sausages or dry meat. |
| | == History == | | == History == |
| | A great number of people believe that fondue is a very old country way to make food of hard cheese and hard bread. Both Swiss and French people make fondue from the old time. It is most likely first made in the [[Jura mountains]]. | | A great number of people believe that fondue is a very old country way to make food of hard cheese and hard bread. Both Swiss and French people make fondue from the old time. It is most likely first made in the [[Jura mountains]]. |
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| | ''Chocolate Fondue'' was first made in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.meltwaterchocolatefondue.com/the-history-of-chocolate-fondue.html |title=The History of Chocolate Fondue |access-date=2010-12-08 |archive-date=2010-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614001841/http://www.meltwaterchocolatefondue.com/the-history-of-chocolate-fondue.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Slices of [[fruit]] or [[cake]] are put in a pot of warm, liquid [[chocolate]]. | | ''Chocolate Fondue'' was first made in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.meltwaterchocolatefondue.com/the-history-of-chocolate-fondue.html |title=The History of Chocolate Fondue |access-date=2010-12-08 |archive-date=2010-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614001841/http://www.meltwaterchocolatefondue.com/the-history-of-chocolate-fondue.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Slices of [[fruit]] or [[cake]] are put in a pot of warm, liquid [[chocolate]]. |
| | + | == Fondues with meat or fish == |
| | + | * [[Fondue bourguinonne|Fondue bourguignonne]] - pieces of meat are dippe into boiling oil |
| | + | * Fondue bressane - pieces of poulitry are dipped into boiling oil. |
| | + | * Fondue chinoise - slices of meat or vegetables are dipped into hot soup; also known as [[hot pot]]. |
| | + | * Fondue japonaise - pieces of bbeef are cooked with vegetables, commonly called [[Sukiyaki]] |
| | + | * Fondue mongole - slices of meat or fish in hot soup. |
| | + | * [[Fondue vigneronne]] -piees of meat or poultry, cooked in hot white wine |
| | + | * [[Fondue au vin rouge]] - pieces of meat cooked in hot red wine |
| | == Good behavior == | | == Good behavior == |
| | It would not be good to touch the fork with the tongue, because the fork will go back into the common pot. At a meat fondue, one uses a second fork to take meat off the fork that goes into the common pot. | | It would not be good to touch the fork with the tongue, because the fork will go back into the common pot. At a meat fondue, one uses a second fork to take meat off the fork that goes into the common pot. |
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| − | In Switzerland what has been done for a long time, is that if a bit of bread is lost in the cheese by a man, he gives money for a bottle of wine. If it is lost by a woman, she kisses the man at her left.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gofondue.com/fondue_101.htm |title=Fondue 101 Guide |access-date=2010-12-08 |archive-date=2010-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217211923/http://gofondue.com/fondue_101.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.digsmagazine.com/host/host_fondue4.htm DigsMagazine.com: "How to have a fondue party"]</ref> | + | In Switzerland what has been done for a long time, is that if a bit of bread is lost in the cheese by a man, he gives money for a bottle of wine. If it is lost by a woman, she kisses the man at her left.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gofondue.com/fondue_101.htm |title=Fondue 101 Guide |access-date=2010-12-08 |archive-date=2010-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217211923/http://gofondue.com/fondue_101.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.digsmagazine.com/host/host_fondue4.htm |title=DigsMagazine.com: "How to have a fondue party" |access-date=2010-12-08 |archive-date=2010-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614001949/http://www.digsmagazine.com/host/host_fondue4.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
| | == References and notes == | | == References and notes == |
| | {{reflist}} | | {{reflist}} |
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| | == Fondue Media == | | == Fondue Media == |
| | <gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''> | | <gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''> |
| | + | File:Fonduerezept 1699.png|Recipe „Käß mit wein zu kochen“ of the Koch-Buch by Anna Margaretha Gessner born Kitt from 1699 |
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| | File:Swiss Cheese.jpg|[[Vacherin Fribourgeois]] and [[Gruyère cheese|Gruyère]] are commonly used for fondue. | | File:Swiss Cheese.jpg|[[Vacherin Fribourgeois]] and [[Gruyère cheese|Gruyère]] are commonly used for fondue. |
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| − | File:Convenience fondue.jpg|Ready fondues sold in a Japanese supermarket. | + | File:Convenience fondue.jpg|Ready fondues sold in a Japanese supermarket |
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| | File:Vive la Fondue.jpg|Close-up view of bread being dipped in melted cheese | | File:Vive la Fondue.jpg|Close-up view of bread being dipped in melted cheese |
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| | [[Category:French food]] | | [[Category:French food]] |
| | [[Category:Swiss food]] | | [[Category:Swiss food]] |