Mad Cook
Master Chef
Oh yes fondue!I get your intent with this thread Chief, and agree that we live in a different world now where we need to be more cautious. My brother and I are native SoCals and yes, we rode our bikes all over the place and that was fine, as long as we were home around the time the streetlights came on.
"150" years old is a bit of a stretch but yes, several of us here are of mature age. Technology is great and I get a lot of info online, but I still refer to my late grandmother's old cookbooks, with her notes and checkmarks of her tried and true recipes.
As far as 'what did we eat' back then, I have to do some more thinking about it, but the first thing that came to mind is fondue. LOL During the 60's and early 70's, my mom and dad thought it was great fun to have a fondue night every couple of weeks. Us kids loved it too, I still can hear the cubed meat sizzling in the hot oil. Every now and then it would be cheese and bread cubes. It's making a comeback now, I thought about buying my daughter a fondue pot for Christmas a couple of years ago, but decided against it because my grands are still so very young. Maybe in a few years.
Sometime in the 1970s I lugged a Le Creuset enamelled cast iron fondue set home from Paris on the train and ferry! We thought we were SO sophisticated when we entertained with it. In time it fell out of use and in the 90s the Man of the Moment wanted to throw it out to the charity shop. I won that one and now I'm glad I did. The Man of the Moment got his marching orders long ago but the fondue set is back in use.