Raclette!

I am very excited! I have ordered a Raclette Machine and it will arrive tomorrow. I have never eaten Raclette. Have you? My friend, Babette, in Germany has it all the time and she has good taste, so I finally spent the 50 bucks.
I could not find Racelette Cheese at Publix, Winn Dixie or BJs and Whole Foods is just too far away. We will have Gouda with it.
Do you have any recommendations what to cook on my Raclette? Do you prefer Raclette or Fondue?
I will let you know how it turns out tomorrow and I'll also let you know if I like the machine I ordered on Amazon.



and here is what the table looked like. It's great fun. Way better than Fondue I think.

Great recipe sites

I know how to cook most German dishes but sometimes I want to compare my recipe to others or just add a little twist.
Most of you probably already know www.Chefkoch.de but just in case you don't: it's a great site with thousands of recipes with plenty reviews and pictures and even degree of difficulty.
Once in a while I have one ingredient and I just plug that in and check out what looks good. I found this recipe for Gemuesegurken/Cucumbers there; its great:
Click here

You might already know Mybestgermanrecipes It has great pictures and feels more like looking through a nice food magazine. As you 'durchblaetterst' you'll get inspired to try some. It's well worth becoming a member but you don't have to.