October 26, 2004

• Cheeses! Gaudy.
• That nacho cheese fountain is so delightfully white trash! It makes me want to plan some sort of event just so I can have one!
• i told my sweetie i want a chocolate fountain right in the middle of the living room, so i could just stick my tongue in at any given moment. heh.
• Will this work with mayonnaise?
• How about guacamole?
• Unfortunately the chocolate postcards ... not made of chocolate.
• How hot does it get the cheese? Will this work with *real* cheese? Fondue fountain? Oh man, I gotta get me one of these. I'm thinking Home Depot must have all the bits. How hard could it really be?
• supposedly anything melty can make a fountain: butterscotch, caramel, stuff like that.
• I saw one of these at a bridal show I attended before my own wedding (chocolate, not cheese). You should have seen the fucking line to that thing -- halfway to the door, it was, and this was a *big* room. They went through a crate of strawberries in no time.
• It sounds like an invention by Augustus Gloop, and not a little bit like the Simpsons episode with Homer's dream of a chocolate world (screenshot on 2nd row, 2nd column here).
• I went to a wedding reception last year with a chocolate fountain and it was the bestest thing, ever. We were all in awe of the lovely melty waves of chocolate. They had cookies and cake and fruit and marshmellows and little chunks of caramel for dipping. Of course, *all* of it had to be dipped and tasted and pronounced way too delicious, "but let me try it again to be absolutely sure."
• Nacho cheese fountain. Caramel fountain. Can I have both??
• Doesn't this seem the least bit unsanitary to anyone else?
• Only if you dip your thumbs and lick them off. And then dip them again.
• Well, is there chocolate fountain security to make sure this doesn't happen?
• The normal practice for these fountains is you take your fruit/cookie/whatever, dunk it in the chocolate, put it on your plate, repeat for however much chocolate-covered stuff you want, and move along. It's usually set up as part of the buffet table, so you have to keep the line going.
• Note to self: don't hire bears to guard the fountain.
• *wipes drool off keyboard*
• demonstration of use of the aforementioned chocolate fountain. mmmmm.
• My question is, at the end of the day, do they recycle the unused not yo' cheese/chocolate for the next soiree? *turns green"
• What I gleaned from this post: anything in fountain form makes the American people swoon. Anyone care to liquify John Kerry? p.s. this is my first comment ever!!!! (gasp)...I am no longer a MoFi virgin...
• Ah, Horrorshow, lay back, relax, enjoy it. It's even better the next time. Have a banana. Hey, have two!
• They have one of these at the buffet in the new Indian casino here in Tulsa, OK. Truth be told, it tasted pretty good on the one or two pieces of fruit I tried it on. It is mostly sanitary in the sense that if you follow the rules you put food item on a toothpick and then in the fountain. The thing is, there isn't anything telling you what can and cannot be put on a toothpick so that I am going to be sorely tempted if I go back to get a nice slice of roast beef, make sure it is dripping in au jus, place it on a toothpick, and get it nice and covered in chocolate.
• From the Fountain FAQ, it sounds like crumbly cookies are a no-no, at least aesthetically: What foods can you dip in the chocolate fountain? Most any food item that goes well with chocolate can be used...Just keep in mind that any crumbly-type food that may fall into the chocolate fountain will cause the chocolate to get lumpy. Although this will not harm the fountain, it does affect the appearance of the chocolate as it is cascading over the tiers. Also, think of the possibilities for chocolate-covered ants, grasshoppers, and other insects. Can the chocolate fountain be used outdoors? There are 2 things to consider... 1. Maintaining a warm temperature of chocolate is critical... 2. Because of the chocolate’s sweet aroma, little flying creatures are very likely to be attracted to the chocolate fountain. This makes for an unappealing presentation.
• I've just seen one, and used it. mmmm... However, honeymelon slices don't work well with this. The chocolate goes on ok, but keeps sliding off the slices afterwards. Strangely, ditto for marshmellows. Strawberries seem to work best, but I hate (non-UK) strawberries.