CoL49 (1) Too Much Kirsch in the Fondue page one-ish

[Mark Kohut]

On Edward Tupper: 
His Tupperware parties proved to be an enormous success, and fit in perfectly with the new mobility of Americans in the postwar era. Wherever Americans moved, and they moved more with every passing year, they would find a Tupperware party where housewives could meet new neighbors and of course purchase some more of Earl Tupper’s extremely useful products.  
Comedians loved to joke about Tupperware parties, but that just provided free publicity. By 1958, Mr. Tupper was able to sell his company for approximately sixteen million dollars and retire for life.

 
During the 1950s a slowing cheese industry in Switzerland widely promoted fondue since one person could easily eat half a pound of melted cheese in one sitting.[citation needed] In 1955, the first pre-mixed "instant" fondue was brought to market.[citation needed] Fondue became popular in the United States during the mid-1960s after American tourists discovered it in Switzerland.
 
 
Kirsch is how Kirschwasser was Englished. Kirschwasser is thought to have originated in Germany's Black Forest. It is an essential ingredient in swiss cheese fondue.
Source wikipedia.