So... Whats for lunch?

purelife · Nov 20 06 03:04

There ya go...a gift that you could get for her. You could dip strawberries and bananas in the chocolate. But really, it's not about the dipping, you know.

I'm sure you two will enjoy these little fondue sets.

Sportsdude · Nov 20 06 03:04

cool pl, thanks I'll try it sometime. Tonight its frozen hungarian food flown in from grandma's via southwest airlines.

Russ · Nov 20 06 03:08

True enough about dipping purelife, lol. Tis not a bad idea.

What type of Hungarian food SD? You are very lucky, my grandmother isnt the best with her eyes anymore so we dont give her any hints we like her food. I miss grandma's food, it was done the old real way. Wah!

purelife · Nov 20 06 03:11

awww..... that's sad to hear Russ. Did she pass along her cooking secrets to her kids? I don't have a grandma where I can learn her cooking but am hoping to learn how from my b/f's grandma. She makes awesome German food and rhubarb pie and pies in general.

Sportsdude · Nov 20 06 03:14

chicken, pork, beef.
cooked with lots of paprika turns the meat red. Meat turns very soft.
Don't think she made meatballs.
She doesn't cook as much as she used to either. Once she hit 80 she didn't see the point in cooking all day for dinner. She gets tired out easily. We can't all go down to Florida to visit her anymore she gets overwehlmed. Can't breathe right either, has black lung disease from either the forced labour camps in europe she was in for a couple years or always working with bleaches and other chemicals.

Russ · Nov 20 06 03:20

Im sorry to hear that SD.

Kindve not really purelife, we all used to go over and make sourkraut with her when we were younger, but she has lots and lots of written down recipe's in german which we cannot read. She's german background and my granddad was Lithuanian. Mmmm, rhubarb pie.. I remember that!

Sportsdude · Nov 20 06 03:25

type them out on a translator site and translate them it won't be completely correct but it will be close enough or find someone who knows german.
All I know is the common table prayer. lol

Russ · Nov 20 06 03:27

I cant read her handwriting. Neither can my dad (her son)

purelife · Nov 20 06 03:37

awww...oh well...I'm sure that new and better recipes will come along the way.

Russ · Nov 20 06 03:46

Did you just edit your post purelife? I swear it was different and you mentioned sauerkraut. Maybe Im going crazy.

Is there any way to tell if a post has been edited? Most of the other sites Im on will say at the bottom of the message if it was edited, I tend to write EDIT: then the change as some others do.

purelife · Nov 20 06 04:04

hee hee...yeah, I did edit my post. You're quick! We used to have that underneath our post (the edit feature and the time) but I think it disappeared. Not sure....

Lise · Nov 20 06 04:26

Did someone say fondue? Hm. I'm not a big fan of fondue... made that for a party and nobody wanted to eat chocolate. Isn't that weird? I guess they're not into dipping and sharing. Heh.

Maybe it's because I used Toberone as my chocolate base. It came out looking kinda weird.

Anyone tried cheese fondue?

P.C. · Nov 20 06 05:35

We have done the cheese fondue and one with meats and seafood. Last New Years Day, we had 4 fondue pots going. One with oil for prawns, scallops, chicken, pork and beef cubes. One with broth for broccoli bites and veggies. (There was a tempura batter for the meats and veggies if you wanted.) One with cheese for chunks of foccasia and sour dough. And one for the dessert. Chocolate and orange brandy for strawberries, mandarin orange segments and some other stuff. We put out a line of 20 different dipping sauces for the different meats.

It was really an awesome way to eat......lots of conversation. You tend to eat slower and enjoy more.

That was the first time we had ever done fondue and we are going to do it again this New Years Day.

kitten · Nov 20 06 06:01

That sounds so delicious, P.C. I can't see buying one for myself though. Just too much trouble for one. I think I would enjoy the meats more than the sweets.

Lise · Nov 20 06 06:23

Dang, PC! That sounds hevenly!! When can we all come over to your place for fondue?

Fondue is definitely not to be tried alone though I have ended up eating most of it on my own. I've never touch it since that party night. Ah well.

PC..... .what type of cheese do you use? [/DIV]