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[–] 22 points 1 day ago (13 children)

Lol the Swiss want to be French and the French want to be Swiss.

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 1 day ago (8 children)

    I suppose young french, would like to have better salary... young swiss just want to spend their money on good food, for once

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (7 children)

    I have not tried swiss food, but oof. Still, I have been to only two places which might be close to beating france in terms of average quality of food.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (6 children)

    As a French, I have to say that their way of doing raclette is more expensive than ours but also tastes even better.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (5 children)

    What's the key difference? Can I try it at home?

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  • [–] 6 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

    The main difference is that they melt the cheese right off the wheel and they usually pair it with "grenaille" potatoes (basically a variety that's really small, so they are kind of roasted when cooked)

    You can try it at home but you need specialized equipment to melt cheese wheel chunks, over here you can loan them from some cheese shops, it looks like this:

    When eating it in a restaurant they will usually do that in the kitchen and just bring the partly melted chunk at the table and scrape the melted cheese into your platter though.
    To be honest I'm not sure that melting the cheese directly from the wheel changes the taste, as long as you've got good cheese, but it looks glorious, and looks are actually a big part of the culinary experience so I think it still plays a part.

    Also there's kind of a dispute over whether that process actually comes from Switzerland or not IIRC, but it is more widespread there nowadays

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  • [–] 2 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

    Ohh, I don't think I will buy the wheel holder thing, or a wheel of cheese for that matter, but I think I'll try making that myself the simple way.

    Thanks for taking the time to type that out, it was intriguing.

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  • [–] 1 point 17 hours ago (2 children)

    They actually sell Raclette appliances in German-speaking countries. They’re little square frying pans with a little grill you put them under. Raclette is sold pre-sliced for them. It’s not as fun as a big block of molten cheese but it’s a nice communal meal like a hotpot.

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