fondu
Americanadjective
noun
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fondus
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fondu
1840–50; < French, past participle of fondre to melt, found 3
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Then comes the salad and cheese, then the ices and sweets, and then cheese savourie or cheese fondu.
From Manners and Social Usages by Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
Sometimes Margaret made three or four slices of toast before she began the fondu, and used those in place of the crackers, and the dish was just as nice.
From A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl by Caroline French Benton
If any of the cheese fondu is left, it can be heated again with the rest of the ale for the second helping.
From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald
We long for the appetite of a Dando, for the digestion of the bird of the desert, to recommence our meal, from the soup to the fondu.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 by Various
It should be only half filled, as the fondu will rise very high.
From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by F. L. (Fanny Lemira) Gillette
Little savouries, foie-gras, or cheese fondus in paper cases are thus handed.
From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 355, October 16, 1886 by Charles Peters
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