fondue
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Definition
Noun: 1. A hot dish of melted cheese or chocolate, kept liquid in a communal pot over a small burner, into which pieces of bread or fruit are dipped for eating. 2. A dish consisting of cubes of meat or seafood that are cooked in hot oil at the table and then dipped into various sauces.
Usage Examples
- We had a delicious cheese fondue for dinner last night.
- For dessert, they served a rich chocolate fondue with strawberries and bananas.
- The restaurant specializes in beef fondue, where you cook the meat yourself at the table.
Advanced Usage
- Fondue Bourguignonne: A specific type of meat fondue where beef cubes are cooked in hot oil, named after the Burgundy region of France.
- Fondue Chinoise: A variation where thin slices of meat or seafood are cooked in a pot of simmering broth instead of oil.
Variants and Related Words
- Fondue pot / Fondue set (noun phrase): The specialized cooking pot, often made of ceramic or metal, and the set of forks and burner used for preparing and serving fondue.
- To fondue (verb, rare/informal): The act of eating or preparing food as a fondue. (e.g., "We're fondueing tonight.")
Synonyms
- Dip (noun): A more general term for a thick sauce into which food is dipped. (Fondue is a specific type of hot, communal dip.)
- Hot pot: A similar communal dining experience where ingredients are cooked in a shared pot of broth, though the method and ingredients differ.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- "The fondue is on me": A playful, modern idiom meaning the speaker will pay for the meal, playing on the communal and social nature of fondue.
- "Lose your bread in the fondue": A humorous phrase referring to the common mishap of losing a piece of dipped food in the communal pot. It can be used metaphorically to mean losing your opportunity or advantage in a situation.
Noun
- hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped
- cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces