French Fondue

The French Association had their closing social on Friday, March 26 at 6pm at French teacher, Sister Geddes house.

Students from BYU-I French classes, French speaking Returned Missionaries, and French Teachers and their families were in attendance.

After a prayer was offered in French, the Fondue party began.
There was fondue from different French speaking parts of the world. choices included traditional cheese, marinara, and chocolate fondue from France, and a pot of maple from the French speaking region of Quebec, Canada.

You  could dip a variety of bites sized food into the big pots including, graham crackers, grapes, bananas, strawberries, olives, tomatoes, meatballs, cheese, angel food cake, and homemade french bread.

"All the fondue was delicious, although my favorite fondue was missing, which is Fondue Bourguignonne, an oil fondue," said Branden Pronk, a Senior studying Mechanical Engineering who is a French-speaking Canadian, who served his mission in France. "It consists of heated oil in a small pot and your choice of raw meats including small pieces of steak which you dip into the hot oil and deep fry to your preference,  such as rare, medium rare, well, and well-done." 

As everyone ate, soft french music played in the background while laughing and chatting in both French and English could be heard.

Then some of the group went down to the basement and watched a french movie called, Les Choristes at the end of the party.