RE: My dictionary defines fondue as a dish of melted cheese, from French, related to fuse=melt with intense heat. So why are Chinese (or Mongolian) fondue (mushroom bouillon to cook wafer thin slices of meat) and Fondue Bourgignon (boiling oil for meat cubes) also known as fondue? Because the (cheese) fondue pot or heating mechanism got reused or what?
Really? i have seen/been at parties that use fondue pots for melting chocolate for dipping (and it doesn't work well, the heat is usually to hot for the chocolate) but a Mongolian hot pot is not a fondue.. and i have never seen fondue pots used for that. i would be afraid to use my fondue pot yes, i still have one from years past for heating oil. the stand is ok, but not for heating oil... it just not sturdy/stable enough. and by the time your are drunk enought to think a fondue is a good idea, you are way to drunk to be messing about with boiling oil!
