REC Another Chocolate Fondue

"Damsel in dis Dress" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I've had this one. A bunch of us got together and had a fondue
sleepover.

Oh, gosh, Carol, I've got to tell my mom about this. I sent her a fondue
pot and a fondue book for Christmas (her request). She would probably love
this idea! She's 75, but a few years ago, she and her friends had a
makeover pajama party....they made each other up, did hairdos, nails, etc.
and then all slept over and had breakfast the next day. They might have a
great time with this.

Thx for all the recipes and the idea!
Chris

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:19:58 GMT, "Chris" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

"Damsel in dis Dress" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I've had this one. A bunch of us got together and had a fondue
sleepover.

Oh, gosh, Carol, I've got to tell my mom about this. I sent her a fondue
pot and a fondue book for Christmas (her request). She would probably love
this idea! She's 75, but a few years ago, she and her friends had a
makeover pajama party....they made each other up, did hairdos, nails, etc.
and then all slept over and had breakfast the next day. They might have a
great time with this.

Thx for all the recipes and the idea!

You're very welcome. This sleepover also involved vegetable oil that
wasn't in fondue pots. <EG>

Hope your mom has a great time!

Carol

"Damsel in dis Dress" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:19:58 GMT, "Chris" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

"Damsel in dis Dress" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I've had this one. A bunch of us got together and had a fondue
sleepover.

Oh, gosh, Carol, I've got to tell my mom about this. I sent her a fondue
pot and a fondue book for Christmas (her request). She would probably
love
this idea! She's 75, but a few years ago, she and her friends had a
makeover pajama party....they made each other up, did hairdos, nails,
etc.
and then all slept over and had breakfast the next day. They might have
a
great time with this.

Thx for all the recipes and the idea!

You're very welcome. This sleepover also involved vegetable oil that
wasn't in fondue pots. <EG>

Hmm, apparently I'm a bit naive, because I'm not sure what *that* was about,
but I won't ask. :-) I'm sure it was fun though.

Hey Carol, I made a small test batch of those butterfinger thingies with the
Wheat Thins. They were really good. My 8-year-old scarffed them up like
there's no tomorrow (I had a few myself, ahem). I'm not sure I did it
exactly right, but after making several that looked kind of goofy, they
started looking really nice.

I think we'll make more this Friday when the kids are off of school --
they'll have fun helping with that job! We'll also make some rugelach, and
maybe some more of those cranberry orange shortbread cookies. And everybody
complains when there are no plain old chocolate chip cookies, so we'll have
to make those, too.

Chris

Ah... Mensa Chocolate Fondue. I *knew* chocolate was making me
smarter!

I have a not-yet-used chocolate fountain (birthday gift) I've been
meaning to pull out, and this may be just the recipe for it. Of course
I might have to double it -- wouldn't that be a shame! 😉

Thanks for sharing, dear Damsel... although with a recipe like that,
I'm guessing you're not in too much distress...

Karen MacInerney
Kitchen experimenter, family chauffeur, and culinary mystery author
www.karenmacinerney.com

Karen MacInerney said:

Ah... Mensa Chocolate Fondue. I *knew* chocolate was making me
smarter!

Yup, works every time!

Quoted message said:

I have a not-yet-used chocolate fountain (birthday gift) I've been
meaning to pull out, and this may be just the recipe for it. Of course
I might have to double it -- wouldn't that be a shame! 😉

I'm not familiar with chocolate fountains. They've been mentioned
several times lately. Can you shed a little light?

Quoted message said:

Thanks for sharing, dear Damsel... although with a recipe like that,
I'm guessing you're not in too much distress...

I did have some chocolate today. I made some of Barb Schaller's
toffee. Extremely easy and very good, to boot! Another batch is
waiting to be born tomorrow.

I know you from a few years ago in RFC, don't I?

Carol

Damsel in dis Dress said:

Quoted message said:

I have a not-yet-used chocolate fountain (birthday gift) I've been
meaning to pull out, and this may be just the recipe for it. Of course
I might have to double it -- wouldn't that be a shame! 😉

COuld someone please explain to me the attraction to these? I adore
chocolate, but a stupid looking "Ronco style" chocolate fountain just
doesn't seem very appetizing? A nice fondu pot works well for me.
Is this the Salad Shooter gift for 2005?

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 22:58:19 -0500, Goomba38 <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

COuld someone please explain to me the attraction to these? I adore
chocolate, but a stupid looking "Ronco style" chocolate fountain just
doesn't seem very appetizing? A nice fondu pot works well for me.
Is this the Salad Shooter gift for 2005?

What makes them stupid looking? I've never seen one.

Carol

Yes, Carol, I remember you. 🙂. I was Karen Swartz back then, before
marriage and kids kind of put the kibosh on my virtual life (not to
mention my real life), and my cooking devolved into plain
non-touching-foods territory. *Sigh*. Now they're in school, though,
and I'm back in the saddle.... <grin>

The chocolate fountain in question, by the way, is just that -- it's a
fountain into which you're supposed to put melted chocolate -- then as
the melted stuff cascades down, you can dip angel food cake,
strawberries, marshmallows, whatever in it. I'll get hubby to take it
down and check the volume. My kids are dying to use it, but I'm a
little frightened about the clean-up.

And I LOVE toffee... I need to check the archives and get that recipe.
Made some disappointing peppermint bark the other day (wrong kind of
chips -- next time will use real chopped white chocolate).

Cheers, and thanks for remembering me! 🙂)

Karen MacInerney
Kitchen experimenter, family chauffeur, and culinary mystery author
www.karenmacinerney.com

Karen MacInerney said:

Yes, Carol, I remember you. 🙂. I was Karen Swartz back then, before
marriage and kids kind of put the kibosh on my virtual life (not to
mention my real life), and my cooking devolved into plain
non-touching-foods territory. *Sigh*. Now they're in school, though,
and I'm back in the saddle.... <grin>

I'm glad your life has become so full. I'm also very glad to have you
back here with us!

Quoted message said:

The chocolate fountain in question, by the way, is just that -- it's a
fountain into which you're supposed to put melted chocolate -- then as
the melted stuff cascades down, you can dip angel food cake,
strawberries, marshmallows, whatever in it. I'll get hubby to take it
down and check the volume. My kids are dying to use it, but I'm a
little frightened about the clean-up.

Clean-up. That's the [censored] about cooking toys. 🙁

Quoted message said:

And I LOVE toffee... I need to check the archives and get that recipe.
Made some disappointing peppermint bark the other day (wrong kind of
chips -- next time will use real chopped white chocolate).

Cheers, and thanks for remembering me! 🙂)

You betcha! And here's the recipe in question. Boil the toffee low.
I did mine a little to hot and got a deeper flavor and color than I
should have. Tomorrow, I'll be more cautious about the amount of heat
I apply to the stuff. Still tasted wonderful!

* Exported from MasterCook *

Barb Schaller's Chocolate Nut Toffee

Recipe By :Barb Schaller
Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : candies

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
1/2 cup butter -- salted
3/4 cup light brown sugar
1 cup walnuts
1/2 cup milk chocolate chips

Combine the butter and brown sugar and boil for 7 minutes, stirring
constantly, While boiling, spread the nuts in an 8" square pan. When
ready, pour toffee over nuts, spreading if necessary. Sprinkle
chocolate chips on top and cover with a breadboard for a couple
minutes to melt the chips. Spread chocolate over toffee, cool, and
break into pieces.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

NOTES :
Damsel's notes: I used semi-sweet chocolate chips because that's what
we had. I used chopped almonds, and put them only on top of the
chocolate. Barb gave me her blessings on that decision.

On Tue 20 Dec 2005 09:00:48p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Damsel in
dis Dress?

Quoted message said:

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 22:58:19 -0500, Goomba38 <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

COuld someone please explain to me the attraction to these? I adore
chocolate, but a stupid looking "Ronco style" chocolate fountain just
doesn't seem very appetizing? A nice fondu pot works well for me.
Is this the Salad Shooter gift for 2005?

What makes them stupid looking? I've never seen one.

Carol

Take a look.

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=13611645

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

Wayne Boatwright said:

On Tue 20 Dec 2005 09:00:48p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Damsel in
dis Dress?

Quoted message said:

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 22:58:19 -0500, Goomba38 <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

COuld someone please explain to me the attraction to these? I adore
chocolate, but a stupid looking "Ronco style" chocolate fountain just
doesn't seem very appetizing? A nice fondu pot works well for me.
Is this the Salad Shooter gift for 2005?

What makes them stupid looking? I've never seen one.

Take a look.

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=13611645

Oh my! Karen, if your kids are jazzed about using the fountain, tell
them ahead of time that it will be they who will clean it between
uses. They look like fun, but I'd shoot Crash right between the eyes
if he brought one home. LOL!

Carol

On Tue 20 Dec 2005 09:27:17p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Damsel in
dis Dress?

Quoted message said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

On Tue 20 Dec 2005 09:00:48p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Damsel
in dis Dress?

Quoted message said:

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 22:58:19 -0500, Goomba38 <[email hidden]>
wrote:

> COuld someone please explain to me the attraction to these? I adore
> chocolate, but a stupid looking "Ronco style" chocolate fountain
> just doesn't seem very appetizing? A nice fondu pot works well for
> me. Is this the Salad Shooter gift for 2005?

What makes them stupid looking? I've never seen one.

Take a look.

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=13611645

Oh my! Karen, if your kids are jazzed about using the fountain, tell
them ahead of time that it will be they who will clean it between
uses. They look like fun, but I'd shoot Crash right between the eyes
if he brought one home. LOL!

Carol

Now picture someone bumping the table it's sitting on and sending it
hurling toward the floor. Not a pretty picture! <g>

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

Damsel in dis Dress said:

Oh my! Karen, if your kids are jazzed about using the fountain, tell
them ahead of time that it will be they who will clean it between
uses. They look like fun, but I'd shoot Crash right between the eyes
if he brought one home. LOL!

Carol

Yup.. it's the "Salad Spinner" gift of 2005, I can tell!
It really is cheesy looking. I bet it gets "re-gifted" a lot.

"Wayne Boatwright" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

On Tue 20 Dec 2005 09:27:17p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Damsel in
dis Dress?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Oh my! Karen, if your kids are jazzed about using the fountain, tell
them ahead of time that it will be they who will clean it between
uses. They look like fun, but I'd shoot Crash right between the eyes
if he brought one home. LOL!

Quoted message said:

Now picture someone bumping the table it's sitting on and sending it
hurling toward the floor. Not a pretty picture! <g>

Well ... if you already had the tarp down for the Crisco party, no
big deal. Just sayin.

nancy

Nancy Young said:

Wayne Boatwright" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

On Tue 20 Dec 2005 09:27:17p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Damsel in
dis Dress?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Oh my! Karen, if your kids are jazzed about using the fountain, tell
them ahead of time that it will be they who will clean it between
uses. They look like fun, but I'd shoot Crash right between the eyes
if he brought one home. LOL!

Quoted message said:

Now picture someone bumping the table it's sitting on and sending it
hurling toward the floor. Not a pretty picture! <g>

Well ... if you already had the tarp down for the Crisco party, no
big deal. Just sayin.

You're so bad! LOL!

Carol

On Tue 20 Dec 2005 10:07:46p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Nancy
Young?

Quoted message said:

"Wayne Boatwright" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

On Tue 20 Dec 2005 09:27:17p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Damsel
in dis Dress?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Oh my! Karen, if your kids are jazzed about using the fountain, tell
them ahead of time that it will be they who will clean it between
uses. They look like fun, but I'd shoot Crash right between the eyes
if he brought one home. LOL!

Quoted message said:

Now picture someone bumping the table it's sitting on and sending it
hurling toward the floor. Not a pretty picture! <g>

Well ... if you already had the tarp down for the Crisco party, no
big deal. Just sayin.

LOL! You've got a point.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

Quoted message said:

They look like fun, but I'd shoot Crash right between the eyes
if he brought one home. LOL!

My mother-in-law gave it to me. 🙂

Karen MacInerney
Kitchen experimenter, family chauffeur, and culinary mystery author
www.karenmacinerney.com

Yum.... this is a DEFINITE holiday activity. With walnuts as an
option, even... (Wipes drool off keyboard again.)

Thanks again, Damsel, and it's good to be back. And thank goodness for
elastic waistbands.

Karen MacInerney
Kitchen experimenter, family chauffeur, and culinary mystery author
www.karenmacinerney.com

Karen MacInerney said:

Yum.... this is a DEFINITE holiday activity. With walnuts as an
option, even... (Wipes drool off keyboard again.)

Thanks again, Damsel, and it's good to be back. And thank goodness for
elastic waistbands.

Yes, ma'am! They sure are!

Carol