WTF w/ppl am I the one wrong?

[LA Guy]

Originally Posted by gdl203

Raclette and fondue are actually very different cheese dishes, made with different cheeses too.

Raclette is made with "raclette" cheese (easy) and the cheese is melted through direct heat on top of the cheese wedge, then it is scraped ("racler" = to scrape) onto the plate. It is served with cured meats, boiled potatoes and onions/pickles.

Fondue uses cheeses from Savoy (usually a mix of 4 or 5 cheeses, including gruyere, emmental, comte... lots of people have different views on the right cheese mix but raclette cheese is not one of them) plus some white wine (some people add milk). Cheese is melted in a pot so is not "grilled" by direct heat like raclette. It's eaten by dipping bread in it.

I personally much prefer raclette (or tartiflette) to cheese fondue

Hope you enjoyed the explanations and are now as hungry as I am

The Swiss mountain fondue I've had is simpler than the French version, and I prefer it. I was a little taken aback first time I had it too, but it is tasty. The French version I find (generally) too rich. The Swiss version can be eaten all night. It also seems to have proportionally much more white wine in it than the French version.

And I haven't had a good proper raclette in a long time. I had it at first at a little spot that specialized in food from the Normande. Man, those country French sure know how to eat.

Okay, now I'm hungry.

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by LA Guy

very good for fondue as well. You don't approve?
Who am I to approve or disapprove? If you like it, go for it! I've never heard of raclette cheese in a fondue mix but I'm not a cheese purist

 

[globetrotter]

I've had raclette in places that serve nothing but raclette, and in fondue places (on the french side of the swiss french border). I've never seen it actually put in a fondue pot, but I wouldn't object to raclette being called a type of fondue - I mean, it is a melted cheese that you dip into.

anyway, now I am pissed - I don't know when I will have a chance to have some fondue in the next 5 or 6 months.

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by globetrotter

I've had raclette in places that serve nothing but raclette, and in fondue places (on the french side of the swiss french border). I've never seen it actually put in a fondue pot, but I wouldn't object to raclette being called a type of fondue - I mean, it is a melted cheese that you dip into.

Blasphemy!! You don't "dip into" raclette. You smother a piece of potato or meat (or bread) with the scraped melted cheese and savour it. Very different (like hummus and tahini)

 

[globetrotter]

Originally Posted by gdl203

Blasphemy!! You don't "dip into" raclette. You smother a piece of potato or meat (or bread) with the scraped melted cheese and savour it. Very different (like hummus and tahini)

in hebrew, you say "wipe" - unless I have been doing it wrong? you basically take apiece of potato and wipe up the melted cheese from the plate, no?

 

[Tokyo Slim]

I've never eaten fondue, it always seemed kind of cheesy.

 

[LA Guy]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

I've never eaten fondue, it always seemed kind of cheesy.

Dear Tokyo,

You need to stop. Please get help.

Concerned,

Fok.

 

[LabelKing]

Very '70s.

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

Very '70s.

Does that mean Tom Ford will coming out with a new "Sex Fondue" line of clothing?

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by RJman

"Sex Fondue"
That's just wrong man. eeeww

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by gdl203

That's just wrong man. eeeww

Do you prefer his "Sex Raclette"? That's even kinkier...

 

[marc237]

Notwithstanding my view that children ought not be allowed into restaurants that do not come equipped with play areas until they are old enough to vote, drink, or rent a car (whichever is later), I fully support the mother's right to breast feed, irrespective of whether the breast in question was saggy or veiny. Moreover, presumably it shut the kid up, which is a bonus right there.

However, I feel truly sorry for the OP's SO. If he is so upset by a distant breast feeding that it overcame his evening with his honey and ruined the night irredeemably, then she is in serious trouble.

 

[Edward Appleby]

Originally Posted by RJman

Does that mean Tom Ford will coming out with a new "Sex Fondue" line of clothing?

That sounds like a Borat malapropism.

 

[globetrotter]

Originally Posted by marc237

However, I feel truly sorry for the OP's SO. If he is so upset by a distant breast feeding that it overcame his evening with his honey and ruined the night irredeemably, then she is in serious trouble.


+1

 

[acidboy]

Originally Posted by marc237

Notwithstanding my view that children ought not be allowed into restaurants that do not come equipped with play areas until they are old enough to vote, drink, or rent a car (whichever is later), I fully support the mother's right to breast feed, irrespective of whether the breast in question was saggy or veiny. Moreover, presumably it shut the kid up, which is a bonus right there.

However, I feel truly sorry for the OP's SO. If he is so upset by a distant breast feeding that it overcame his evening with his honey and ruined the night irredeemably, then she is in serious trouble.

.... in the not so distant future....

"If you let that brat suck on your nipples one more time, I'm REALLY going down to the zoo and bring home some elephant crap!"