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We’re doing a slight variation of the traditional fondue our family always does (I guess you “do” a fondue) on Christmas eve. Not being big meat eaters –a cheese fondue followed by a chocolate fondue seems more fitting. People are always a bit confused (a little grossed out) when I mention the meat fondue – so I’ll explain it – there’s a pot of hot oil in the middle of the table surrounded by little plates of uncooked meat (usually steak, chicken and meatballs), you put a piece of meat on your fondue fork and cook it in the hot oil, once it’s cooked you then dip it in one of the many sauces in little bowls also on the table – my favorite was always the curry and béarnaise. We usually accompany this with a salad, bread and starting with French onion soup.

Tonight however we’ll be doing a emmental/gruyere/dry white wine mix with crusty bread, pears, grapes, roasted potatoes, par boiled broccoli and roasted mushrooms to dip. Then the chocolate – dark (of course)/heavy cream with pears, bananas, little cubes of sponge cake and kiwis.

On a different topic – Christmas always makes me want to be a little more naughty than nice. Maybe it’s a reaction to the expectation of family cheer and the commercialized peace/love ect – or maybe its that all these kitschy holidays go so well with a little pervey behavior. I guess it’s also a bit of a break from the ordinary – there’s time – and what better way to make use of that time!

I’m having a great day so far – some alone time reading, writing and drinking tea, a walk and now on my way to hang with the Roy – It’ll be nice to have this Christmas Eve just the two of us – it’ll be nice to carry on the family fondue tradition with our own twist, it also works well for the naughty bits.