Tag: land of cheese and chocolate
Considering I didn’t actually go anywhere today
I still racked up 14000 steps…
I’ll be glad when this day is over and I’m back home. At least I’m in the right f’n country now.
And now I’m aaaaaalmost home. Just need to pick up the suitcase and I can put the airport chaos behind me, for today, at least.
[recipe] Tomato fondue
1 tbsp olive oil
300ml tomato juice
2 tbsp tomato puree
800g fondue cheese mix
2 tsp Maizena cornflour
100ml red wine (Valais)
1 tbsp grappa
salt and pepper to taste
fresh herbs (thyme, basil, tarragon), chopped
1kg waxy potatoes, cooked in their skins, freshly cooked
200g brown bread, cut into cubes
Heat the oil in a fondue pot. Add the tomato juice and tomato puree, bring to the boil, then remove the pot from the heat. Add the cheese to the hot tomato sauce. Melt over a low heat while stirring, add the herbs.
Combine the cornflour and wine, add while stirring to the fondue, bring to the boil, add the grappa, season, serve immediately.
Serve the fondue with potatoes and bread.
Lily eats Montreux
Lily tried churros, poutine, beaver tail with maple butter, charcuterie, foie gras (with and without truffle sauce) and tartiflette. She approves of all of it, but wishes she could get her own foie gras sandwich, instead of only having the odd bit.
Happy National Swiss Day
#ILoveMorges #FeteDeLaTulipe2021
Jogging through the tulips
This year is the 2nd 50th annual tulip festival in Morges (because, you know, last year sucked!). This is what I see when I run through the park these days.
Sahara sand
According to SRF Meteo, weather and wind conditions in regions of northwest Africa, including Mauritania, Mali, and Algeria forced desert sand two to five kilometres up into the sky before it was blown towards Europe via southerly winds, the national weather service said.
The result in various parts of Switzerland on Saturday were misty yellow-orange skies, also seen across much of southern and eastern France.
One small difference between the Swiss and the rest of the world
Pay with anything bigger than a 20£ note in the UK? Suspicious glare and 15 different counterfeit tests.
Pay with a 50$ bill in Canada? I’m sorry, we don’t take monopoly money.
Buy a pack of gum with a 200chf bill? That’ll be 198.50chf change, have a good day!
Try and withdraw 500$? Canada bank says hells no.
Try and withdraw 300£? UK bank says hells no.
Try and withdraw 3000chf? Swiss bank says big or small bills? (and by big bills, I mean 3 x 1000chf bills)
New phone camera
