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RedLeader · « **on:** August 17, 2010 »

When we were pondering the food question I came across this recipe. It's hardly lightweight since it needs beer but it sounds lovely:

Basically it's beer, cheese and mustard mixed to a thickish consistency into which you dip bread

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This is what we would take with us on our climb. We are all big fans of cheese and we were keen to follow the advice of author Gary Waidson.. "try and get a local beer, a local cheese and sometimes even a local mustard so the taste is never the same two times running."

This didn't turn out to be quite as easy as we had hoped. Several journeys up and down Llanberis high street were needed before we had our bottle of Snowdonia Ale from the Purple Moose Brewery and a jar of Colman's Mustard (couldn't find a local mustard) but we were really struggling for a cheese. We didn't find one until the last minute, a Little Black Bomber from the Snowdonia Cheese Company spotted in the Capel Curig Spar.

We stuffed the ingredients in our rucksack, it wasn't the lightest meal but we didn't care. We were climbing the direct route on Milestone Buttress and the idea of a fondue high on the face was just to exciting to imagine. The initial classic split slab pitch led to the wide overlapping cracks of the second pitch, some exciting moves later and we arrived at the large notch and wide ledge, the site for our yummy snack.

The bottle was still intact so we took a swig each. The stove was soon set up and heating the beer, a dollop of mustard was added and our taste buds were on fire. Nick peeled the cheese, I stirred the bubbling mixture and the chunks of cheese were added, it was looking good.

We had been a little enthusiastic with the beer, our mixture was not the classic smooth and creamy fondue we were hoping for. Perhaps we should have grated the cheese in, perhaps our Little Black Bomber was not an ideal fondue cheese, either way nothing was going to stop us dunking our bread into it.

Job done, fully fuelled up we were ready to tackle the final crux offwidth corner.

http://www.alpkit.com/comps/one-pot-wonders-result/

Anyone tried this?

ChuckMcB · « **Reply #1 on:** August 17, 2010 »

ok, that's got to be tried...clean up would be a nightmare unless you use a non-stick cup/pot..

RedLeader · « **Reply #2 on:** August 17, 2010 »

It sounds so awesome you'd lick it clean!!!

Quote from: Chuck on August 17, 2010

ok, that's got to be tried...clean up would be a nightmare unless you use a non-stick cup/pot..

Celt_Ginger · « **Reply #3 on:** August 17, 2010 »

You see!! proper grub.

chris · « **Reply #4 on:** August 18, 2010 »

sounds the ticket. Fondue's are super tasty. a bowl of sesame seed on the side to dip your cheesy bread into also works awesomely!

Hunter · « **Reply #5 on:** August 20, 2010 »

Sorry lads but that sounds nasty !

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