We’ve been doing this at home as far back as I can remember—a cheese fondue and cooking beef and chicken in oil. I like the cheese best. The meat ends up too greasy for my liking; grilled is better.

We went to The Melting Pot and ate for 3 hours!!! I can’t believe a meal could stretch out that long but it did. The chocolate fondue was great but we all ended up with food poisoning from the meats being improperly stored and inadequately cooked. It was terrible. That restaurant was closed down by the health department shortly afterwards. Scary!