<p>I think people need to post their best fondue recipe - cheese, chocolate or otherwise! Sounds like a fun, wintertime novelty dinner! </p>
<p>I don’t have a pot, but I have a BedBethBeyond gift card burning a hole in my pocket so I’m thinking…electric fondue set!!!</p>
<p>If you go to BBB and get the Cuisinart one (probably other brands too) you won’t need anyone’s recipes because you will have a booklet all yoir own. This is really good weather for enjoying good food at home.</p>
<p>Have fun.</p>
<p>the Rival pots came highly rated in amazon.com reviews and were very reasonablly priced(less than 25$). Only drawback was the short cord, which is probably for safety reasons?.The temp control was a plus, as I set the pot on warm then poured in the mixture from the stove.turned it up a little and when it started bubbling turned it back down to warm.
By the way, the four twenty somethings(S and D and two cousins) I bought the pots and cookbooks for all loved the gift.</p>
<p>You really don’t even need the fondue set. We were in France and saw the best gruyere we’d ever seen and couldn’t resist buying it. We just used a heavy enamel pot (like a Le Creuset) on the stove and all stood around dipping!</p>
<p>With the electric pots, how do you use it at the table ?
Mine is a nice , but cumbersome unit…it has a lazy susan attached to a tray and spots for sauces. I probably would use it more. We like to cook meat and shrimp in it too</p>
<p>We use the electric one in our breakfast room; the table can seat four comfortably and five when necessary. There is an outlet right near the table so it’s easy to plus the pot into that outlet and center it on the table where everyone can reach it (despite the short cord).</p>
<p>I’m remembering when I had my first apartment, in the early '70s, and would make cheese fondue for guests. Don’t remember the recipe, but it must have had a gallon of wine it in, because I always got drunk from the fondue!! I know the alcohol is supposed to burn off, but I think I imbibed it all.</p>
<p>Sounds like an easy, casual dinner.</p>