Comments on: Swiss Vs. Canadian… raclette

By: too many frogs...

too many frogs... — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:00:05 +0000

Oh no! I just had my first ever raclette in France - so I can understand your joy at the Swiss raclette... but I really feel your pain about the Canadian one!

By: CosmoChick

CosmoChick — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:04:06 +0000

pizza’s not italian???? really? where’s it from?

By: Sonja

Sonja — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:18:18 +0000

Yes, like pizza … not Italian! And I agree Canada has wonderful cheeses!

By: CosmoChick

CosmoChick — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:14:37 +0000

hahaha, yes

well, the comforting thing is, i think, that Canadians are not trying to say that this is Swiss raclette.

They just have a Canadian Raclette (in fact, the canadian work colleague who i spoke of in my post didn’t even know that raclette was swiss)… Because Canadians have some pretty decent cheese too, and that’s what they use for their raclette.

but then lots of cultures often argue over the true origin of a certain dish…

By: Sonja

Sonja — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:09:42 +0000

I have had this experience more then once with food I’ve had the pleasure of eating in the coutry of origin versus North America. One could say the same for most Thia and Chines food. So many things aren’t “authentic” and made to cater to this odd belief that more is better. It’s a quantity versus quality debate.

I too lived in Switzerland for years – and like you prefer Raclette. I now know … not to bother with it here and to just wait for my next visit to “heaven”.