Next Week, A Fondue?

On Sunday, before returning to London, the family came for lunch. It was strictly a 'leftovers' type meal, and I wondered what I had to add to the ham and coleslaw Liz would be bringing. I wanted to make it a bit more festive. I decided to go full on retro and make a party hedgehog. I prepared the body [one large potato wrapped in foil, with googly eyes from my craft box] whilst Bob cubed the cheese and cut two pineapple rings into chunks. I remembered I had half a jar of olives in the fridge [Ro likes olives]

It caused great amusement. Jon asked if we were in a production of Abigail's Party. I said these hedgehogs were everywhere back in the 70s, the height of sophistication. Bob quoted Homer Simpson [if it's on a cocktail stick it is free food] 

Rosie suggested we should give the hedgehog a name "Something interesting like Billy...or perhaps Hecuba?" [where does she get these ideas from?!]

Jess just plodded on enjoying her nutella sandwiches. As you see, I'm still in my best new pjs [Thank you Julian!] The wreath on the door is one made two years ago by Rosie, using a kit from Kirsten [thanks K]

They left and I tidied up, then sat and did some knitting. Only after the doorbell rang and I dashed to open it, did it occur to me that it was 4.30 pm, and I was in pjs and a HoHoHat. The delivery guy was totally unfazed, and asked politely if he could take a photo of my Nativity Tableau to show his little boy. He lives locally, so was then wondering about bringing him over one day next week to actually see it in person.

I've started thinking about other Retro Christmas Party Foods. Sue-in-Suffolk was remarking on those lovely little chocolate Neapolitans. I liked them! We always had a 'glove box' of dates, with those peculiar little plastic twigs for fishing them out. One aunt went in for metal trays of toffee with a little hammer [I was not allowed these, because of my teeth!] 

When I was a student in the 70s, people started serving quiche at parties [and at Church Teas] and black forest gateaux. And fondues. We have not used our fondue set since we retired [to be truthful, we didn't use it that much before] I think that may be going to a CS before too long. Fondues are not the sort of thing I would have around small children. 
Are there any retro foods you miss? 

    or still serve?