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Here’s a delicious recipe for clam and cheese fondue to go with a fondue set.Ingredients:

8 oz. processed cubed cheese
4 oz. cubed swiss cheese
1 can minced clams
3 tablespoons of chopped green pepper
2 tablespoons of chopped pimento
3 dashes of Tabasco sauce
½ teaspoon of lemon juice
½ teaspoon of onion salt
Salt and Garlic powder as necessary. 

Directions:

Place the cheese cubes in a glass serving dish, then drain the clams leaving about ¼ a cup of liquid.  Add the liquid to the cheese cubes, do not add the clams yet.  Melt the cheese cubes in the fondue pot, stirring often.  Once the cheese is melted, stir in the clams and the rest of the ingredients, then let sit for a few minutes.  Best served with hunks of French bread or Triscuits.

A fondue set says fun to me.  It reminds me of high school French class and trying to learn all the culinary words in that language, and of parties since then, where my friends and I sipped and dipped, made a huge mess, and enjoyed delicious food.

Fondue actually originated in Switzerland, but the word root is from the French “fondre”, which means “to melt”—a communal dish shared at a dining table, simmering in a pot on a portable burner.  Most of the time, fondue consists of bits of bread dipped in melted cheese, but other foods are also used in fondue, including chocolate sauces where fruit or pastry is dipped.  Yum!