"Fondue night" is a traditional yearly event that began in 1993, when three of my friends, Anna, Margie, and Serge, and I decided to celebrate Christmas with a fondue dinner. At that time, we owned a translation company called Fab translations and we were the "Fab Four".
As the name of the evening says, the meal consists of a cheese fondue, a Chinese fondue and, for dessert, a chocolate fondue. As years went by, we added people to our traditional meal and, because we all had so many parties to attend around Christmastime, we decided to hold the event after the holidays.
Last night was "Fondue Night". We were 12 people around the table. As per usual, the evening began with the cheese fondue. For the Chinese fondue portion of the evening, we always organize a sauce competition. We make up teams of 3 and we have exactly 5 minutes to concoct an original, tasty and appealing sauce.
We then have a voting system to determine a winning sauce. There is no prize attributed, just the honor of having concocted a great tasting sauce. My team lost. We were in last place. I'm sure some cheating went on, because we all knew it truly was the BEST sauce!!!!!
At the end of the evening, as we did last night, we often play charades. My cousin Serge takes on the role of the "strict and ruthless" referee. He always makes us laugh with his attitude and his choice of words to mime.
Last night, our friend Sophie had to mime the word 'thong', I had to mime 'bubuzela'. When I asked the strict referee what it meant, he just said: "Google it". Needless to say, I couldn't do it on the spot! So I mimed it one syllable at a time, hoping someone would know what it was. Nobody guessed!
So I googled it today, the real word is
'vuvuzela' and not 'bubuzela' and it is the plastic horn used in soccer matches!
With good food, good friends, pure fun and laughter... last night had all essential ingredients for an exquisite evening of delight!
We then have a voting system to determine a winning sauce. There is no prize attributed, just the honor of having concocted a great tasting sauce. My team lost. We were in last place. I'm sure some cheating went on, because we all knew it truly was the BEST sauce!!!!!
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Last night, our friend Sophie had to mime the word 'thong', I had to mime 'bubuzela'. When I asked the strict referee what it meant, he just said: "Google it". Needless to say, I couldn't do it on the spot! So I mimed it one syllable at a time, hoping someone would know what it was. Nobody guessed!
So I googled it today, the real word is
'vuvuzela' and not 'bubuzela' and it is the plastic horn used in soccer matches!
With good food, good friends, pure fun and laughter... last night had all essential ingredients for an exquisite evening of delight!
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