I’ve been living on this planet for quite a while and I’ve never seen anyone actually buy this. I tried it once, and that was also the last time. I really don‘t like it…Anyone who really loves it? Also, I was surprised it’s just stored at room temperature:)
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non, c’est à gerber
yes me
Its great fondue-when-drunk. Mostly, because it would a waste to use better fondue.
Not really, if it’s fondue, then only the one from your trusted cheese dairy. I don’t eat industrial slop.
I sometimes get the small ones (single portion, microwaveable). Those are pretty neat. But other than that, I can not really comment. Not a massive fondue connaisseur. More about the gathering for me than the cheese quality.
It’s okay.
Do I “really love it”? No. But dislike? Also no, not at all. It’s something mediocre. Something which is okay.
Gerber is bad.
It tastes like molten socks from a hot day in hiking boots. Uhm, sorry. I mean i don’t really like it 🙂
no. I always cook it from scratch
Gerber fondue is like instant coffee. It only remotely tastes like it should and you generally use it as a last option or if you really don’t want to spend money on it.
I’ve asked myself the same question multiple times, so thank you for going through with it 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The only one I could find in local supermarkets during my years in Japan, so better than nothing. Would never ever buy that in Switzerland.
People that grew up with it.
It’s been years since I last had to eat one, and it was very rubbery with a bland taste. There are like a million different fondue mixes to buy out there, I have no idea why anybody would want to go for this.
Don’t know if they have improved in the last years though.
I don’t live in CH anymore, but when I did I quickly realized that Gerber Fondue was the optimal bachelor food. Essentially just buy a baguette or similar, or even better, Tessinbrot, cut into smaller pieces, warm the fondue on the stove and eat directly from the stove.
I quite liked it and still do, though other Fondue mixes are better, I agree.
Obviously this was not sustainable for my health so I fled the country.
How is it Bad?
It depends. If that’s all you have to eat, it’s fine; otherwise, no, it’s definitely worth spending a few extra francs and buying a real fondue set.
We actually like it, but our immigrant taste buds might not have enough cheese-experience.
On the other hand, we have a swiss friend, who has a similar attitude to fondue as most of these replies. That this is just industrial slop and cannot be any good by principle. He has his own recipe, only eats small-batch, high quality cheese. Regardless, once he visited us, we ate Gerber fondue, which he did not know, and at the end he asked for the recipe because he liked it very much. It’s not bad when you let your preconceptions go.
Ca va pas la tête ?
No it is bad. My personal favourit is Coop fine food with Etivaz cheese. Add enuf Garlic 3 clove and put some bowl with Kirsch for those who want to dip in it. https://www.coop.ch/de/lebensmittel/milchprodukte-eier/abgepackter-kaese/raclette-fondue/fondue/fine-food-fondue-kaesemischung-mit-etivaz/p/3888096?srsltid=AfmBOor5AirhBKzeYZ5Weqk8GB2ip0B77WAaqEkTkCxu3fu8psxtfrIW
Yes, it’s an okay fondue.
No, not really
I actually like it especially the microwave cups
I never tried it and I don’t plan to do so… growing up on Fondue (and it was the first dish I learned to cook) I am quite picky with it!
You can also get it in cups for the microwave. Some coworkers bought it for lunch which seemed like a fun idea.
I’m almost 50 and never tried it in my whole life.
It’s like buying a sandwich for lunch when you don’t have ablot of time. It’s convenience and it’s fine.
I bring it back to the old country as a gift. Are there any better ready made fondue mixes?
…yes 🙁
Wie bitte? No way and feels so heavy after eating it…
There are 2 reason to eat fondue: romantic dinner in some middle-of-nowhere alp restaurant, or happy get-together with friends and family. This fits option 2
No, the alchohol smeels like the one you use into the actual burner.
Gerber is „okay“
But: Live is too short for fondue which is just „okay“. There are so many great fondue options that I can‘t see a situation where I would be fine with „okay“.
No. Really bad.
You get better pre-mixed fondue at every cheese shop.
With some additional spices I do. Straight out of the box it is a bit bland though
Pay me 50 bucks and I may consider eating one
Nope. That’s why they’re throwing it at you cheap.
I am Swiss, like cheese quite a lot and eat it from time to time. Acceptable taste, easy to prepare. I would never pay the full price.
Quality of prepared fondue mixes (also available in supermarkets) is generally much better and preparation not much more complicated. This is my normal fondue.
Only for special occasions I buy the pure cheese mix from a local cheese store plus a nice bottle of Fendant/Chasselas (some for the fondue, some to drink). Give it a try, preparation is not that complicated if you follow tips&tricks (corn starch, lemon juice).
I fully stopped dairy in 2019, but used to like it (not a connoisseur of fondue). Can you guys point me the right direction to make good fondue to guests, I mean, the real deal?
Decades since i had a Fondue, i think it was a gerber. But i am more a Raclette-Person.
Can we even call that cheese???
I am not buying any fromage stored outside of refrigeration, so never tried it really
I don’t know who buys this thing or how they manage to stay profitable but I have heard some wild conspiracy theories regarding Gerber Fondue how they are a big money laundering scheme or how they are the company who buys large quantities of low quality dairy from the EU, get government subsidies for it (because Switzerland has to buy milk from the EU for some reason and just spilling it down the drain would be bad publicity) so Gerber produces cheese/fondue from it and they don’t really care if they sell it or not, they just live off government subsidies.
Again, that’s just a conspiracy theory I heard
Besser als nichts
It’s quite ok but in contrast to Raclette we only make one or two Fondues a year and on these occasions it’s worth spending more time and money. If it has to be fast and has to be cheese (and most of the time the answer is yes) melting some Raclette with uncommon methods is the way to go, imo.
It’s alright and you can store it in your bunker for along period of of time…
I have never bought this one. I rarely eat fondue, I have to want to. But I buy instead The half half of the migros gruyère or swissstyle cheese