Fondue is still relevant!

[PrincessTeacake]

Myself and my Bf are having a discussion, I want to serve fondue at the next house party. Bf thinks fondue is not trendy antmore, is food for stoners and provides no sustenance. My argument is cheese and bread is perfect comfort food.

Who's being unreasonable?

Relevant! . Unless it's a Seventies retro party, no...

BF is being unreasonable.
It doesn't matter whether it's trendy or not. It's food, not clothes. It's perfect January food, it will bring back happy memories of the 1970s and be fun and sociable.

Cheese is always relevant.

Fondue is lovely, every Christmas Eve we have a family 'alpine' supper with fondue, raclette and pierrade, but DH often makes it just for him and me. Serve up salad, baby gherkins and onions to accompany. We are currently on a ski holiday in France and had it last night, delicious!

What a twat! Serve what you like to eat. Do vol u vents as picky bits, prawn cocktail to start and profritaroles or black forest gateaux to finish with. Don't forget to buy in martini, blue nun and taboo for drinks.. And tizer and um bungo for the drivers

You have small cubes of steak in a fondue so I don't see a problem

Ivy, you don't have any sort of meat in a cheese fondue, and as the OP refers to cheese and bread, I guess that is the type she is considering.

I frigging love fondue, and I'd be very happy to be invited to a dinner party where one is being served.

It's food, not fashion!

we serve fondue and raclette at our parties - but I am married to a Frenchman so maybe it is more acceptable for us??

My DH have started a Boxing Day evening tradition for Fondue. We do more than bread though- loads of veg (blanched broccoli, carrots) cornichons, sliced mushrooms and parma ham- delicious!

I love fondue, I'll come. Raclette on the other hand is all empty promises.

We have fondue with friends a lot. It is always relevant.

Thanks everyone. Bf is still insisting she's right and that most of you are actually being sarcastic and the 70s alpine references are jokes at my expense. I don't really get sarcasm so if anyone is being sarcastic, I'm sorry but it's going right over my head.

I love fondue. Go for it.

I love the idea if fondue on Christmas Eve or Boxing Day. A new tradition chez Finola may need to be launched!

bikerun clearly you are not attending the right raclette parties!!

We do raclette every Christmas eve, the kids love it!

Fondue is usually DH's birthday dinner of choice.

make sure you get proper fondue cheese OP (harder to get if you're not in London!) otherwise it doesn't work as well, and also don't scrimp on the wine in it either!!

Ooh, I need fondue!

Fondue is a wonderful thing. Let me know if you ever need a hand to eat one.

Err it's still relevant here for a few million people. (the national dish of Switzerland)

Before all you French folks run off thinking it was your big idea.

You don't have to just serve bread - use baby Raclette potatoes boiled in their skin and kept warm at the table, and it should be accompanied with cornichons, silver skin sized pickled onions, baby corn etc.

Or you could make Fondue Chinoise, which is the most popular dish on Christmas day here. (Not in Wally towers, where the turkey remains supreme).

Oh I haven't had a fondue in ages - lovely idea.

Does anyone else break an egg in it when it is nearly done? We came across this in a restaurant in Gavarnie in the Pyrenees. When the waitress offered to break the egg in we thought it sounded weird at first but said OK. Actually it was lovely as then the last bits were all cheesey AND eggy.

Arf @ Bikerunski and raclette being full of empty promises.

I've never had fondue maybe I should sell this sad face story to 'take a break'

Ascoyne your life is but an empty husk.....

Bf has snapped at me to drop the subject because she's lost and never takes it well when she loses

I've never had a fondue and I'm not entirely sure what is involved . I feel I'm missing out.

Had fondue on Wednesday night. It was fab.