Hot Crab and Shrimp Dip or Fondue

I'm not a crab person, I probably would try to substitute lobster for crab.
Mooch

I love lobster also, Mooch....so yes, I can see making this with lobster!

Man, this would be so good and thanks

It was, Vickey! Thank you!

I love white cheddar! (And I have those plates too!) Looks delicious, Sonia!

;-) Donna, after the fire, thinking we would reopen the business, we bought the Arcoroc plates - we have 24 of them in dinner, salad and bowls and 12 mugs.... We use them for almost everything....they are hard to break, aren't they?

Sonia, those plates are decidedly tough as nails! I like to use them for small catering events because they highlight the food and let the table cloths show through.

Right. Me too. We used to use them at the Inn.

Oh, my! I've just been slobbering over your Greek cheese and spinach puffs and now I see this. Sonia, the whole damned zoo is hot footing it to the airport. Including the keepers! We're on our way.

Mag, Hawaii is on the way to San Francisco...maybe you could stop there first....capture Sonia and bring her and her fondue to Boston....that sounds like a good plan.

Hi, Magi.....nothing to it! Even someone who can only use a can opener can make this!!!!

There you go Elizabob! Why didn't I think of that?!

I am quite adept at wielding a can opener but not at preparing what goes into such containers of delight. But a fondue in Boston sounds great - we can even dump more of The Evil Addiction into the river.

Oh........great! Another tea party!

Love tea parties!

I do too, but I think Magi has something else in mind.....

Ummmm....this looks damn good. Now I just need to go find a fondue thing-a-ma-jig to try this recipe out.

You won't believe this, but I had been thinking of rigging up my own fondue setup, because I could not find a fondue pot anywhere, much less one with a double liner....I had even placed wanteds in Freecycle for fondue sets....On Tuesday as we drove to town I mentioned to Anthony there was a fondue recipe I wanted to try but was having a hard time to find a fondue pot....We had to go to Office Max for someone to help me with my camera...two of the employees there have cameras like mine and they are really good at problem solving...
Anyway, Ross is next door to Office Max and I tild Anthony I just wanted to see what they had I just oculdn't live without....so we went in.
I went straight to the housewares (my fave part of the store) and he stayed up front looking at a display of corals in the counter by the returns.
While he was standing there, someone came up to the clerk and said she wanted to return a fondue set. His ears perked up. He told her he would buy it.
since I had mentioned wanting 3 sets for a possible future fondue party, he asked her where she had found it and was told the location....while the woman did her return A. checked the area where some leftover Christmas was displayed and on sale, but no fondue sets....so he got the one the woman returned.
Menatime I'm looking all over housewares for something that could possibly be used as a fondue with no luck
I get to the front with my two glass lidded clamp type canning jars *which I collect when I see one anywhere!) and there is A with an SS and white porcelain fondue set original price $40 and on sale at Ross for $9.99!!!!
Anyway, that is the story of a serendipituos moment!

$9.99....what a bargain. I need to start lookin' if I'm going to keep that man from Down Under!

Hahahahaha!

I love this!! Sounds so tasty! I've gotta try this!

It is really good, Gul!

The idea of a fondue has been rattling around in my head for a bit - this sounds perfect - thanks!

Eventually I want to have 3 fondue pots....savory, dessert and oil.... I remember hosting fun fondue parties when I lived in SC

Great idea! They can be fun & tasty. I bought my fondue pots in yard sales $4 & $5 bucks apiece after losing track of the ones I owned in the '60s.

The one Anthony got was SS with a porclain insert and has the water bath pot for $9.99 so we were pleased.
I have oodles of the fondue forks, but my pots were destroyed in the fire!

I like the water bath idea, one of mine is electric and one is candle - and I have well over a dozen forks for each. I almost used one for New Years Day. Soon!

This one heats with candle or canned fuel.

I also used to have a Mongolian Hot Pot with the cute little wire baskets....LOVED it!

Oh, this sounds so good. I have no fondue set but I have been known to use my double boiler for fondue.

That should work!

My husband would absoulutely love this recipe! Sonia, you always have some of the best recipes, & I like that they are easy to follow!!!!

;-) Jessica, I love to cook, but I don't like to spend hours working on one dish. My phylosophy in the kitchen is that the simpler the better. You can have good food with simple and fresh ingredients without spending so much time - and I don't believe in making food look any other than what it is....so you will not see any architechtural monstruosities coming out of my kitchen!

Also, you gave me a good way to use the bread that I make with my breadmaker!

You can also use the bread itself as a bowl, Jessica. Scoop out enough of the center to hollow out a receptacle and use the bread taken out to dip.

Great tip!!!

Not my idea....I've seen it done....