Fondue Party for the (No Longer so Very) New Millennium

[arysteia]

In honour of Day 12 of 14valentines. Today's subject is economics and work. There's an essay on the subject hereWhen I was eight (maybe ten, either way it was the middle of the eighties) I precociously told my mother that the clothes she wore when she was young (ie the seventies) were the most hideous ever devised. Nothing fazed, Mum replied that one day my

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[nerowill]

Huh, the electric wok idea sounds like it might be a real mess-saver... Especially since ours is non-stick and the actual fondue pot (gotten at wedding and used exactly once)is super-stick-and-burn.

I had a crimper too. Damn tool of the devil I say... How in god's name did I EVER think that was a good look?

[arysteia]

Snap, snap, and snap. Wiping out the wok with a soapy sponge afterwards was a positive joy compared to past experiences with my also super-stick-and-burn fondue pot. Did everyone get one as a wedding present? I actually have two, from both my mother's and aunt's weddings.

Oh, and the crimping... *sigh* I plead youth and mass hysteria.

[shihadchick]

Ooh, using the electric wok instead sounds like pretty much a stroke of genius. And the fondue sounds fabulous and darnit, now I'm HUNGRY, despite eating really quite a lot of dinner. Thank you once again for sharing, yo.

(Also, I feel this is probably a good time to mention it since I don't think I ever did - I so haven't sufficiently fangirled your cooking in the past, and I STILL remember how excellent that tomato soup you made us at the first get/together I was at was.)

[arysteia]

It is indeed, I assure you.

Awww... Thank you. The lack of catering last year made me sadder than the lack of space. Canned soup! *cries*

I'm already thinking evilly machinatingabout this year