jmcquown wrote on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:18:54 -0400:

> "enigma" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Stan Horwitz > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> In article
>>>
>>> s.com
>> >> ,
>>> anja > wrote:
>>> I honestly can't think of any foods that were popular in the
>>> 60's and early 70's, which is when I was a kid. Someone
>>> mentioned fondu, but that's still quite common. When my
>>> cousin made her daughter a bat mitzva a year ago, they had
>>> chocolate fondu for dessert.
>>
>> fondue is making a comeback. it's "in" again.
>>
> It's been "in" again for quite some time. There's a chain of
> restaurants (franchises) called The Melting Pot which is
> pretty much a fondue restaurant. Cheese, meats cooked in oil and
> dessert fondues. Way overpriced. Fondue is so easily
> done at home.

>> crepes were fashionable in that time period, as well. i was a
>> poor starving college student, so my roomie & i made a lot of
>> breads & soup... lee
>>
> Ah yes, crepes! I love crepes, the savoury sort. They're
> rather like french burritos

>It's been "in" again for quite some time. There's a chain of
>restaurants (franchises) called The Melting Pot which is pretty much a
>fondue restaurant. Cheese, meats cooked in oil and dessert fondues.
>Way overpriced. Fondue is so easily done at home.

However, beef fondue (Bourguignonne, I think) Is quite a lot of work to
do properly at home and I don't think is a very safe thing for a buffet
with unwatched hot oil. I'm not sure that I'd wan't to leave plates of
good steak out in the open either. In the 80s, we used to have it for
small family celebrations and my daughter reminded me of it just the
other day. The various dipping sauces were also some work to prepa
usually at least three including home-made tartare sauce and curry
mayonnaise.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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