"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> jmcquown wrote on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:18:54 -0400:
>
>> "enigma" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Stan Horwitz > wrote in
>>> :
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>>>> In article
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>>>> 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
>
> Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Good points, all, James. So, to the OP, Ritz crackers and spray cans of
cheese come to mind

Jill