[Sca-cooks] Irish/Scottish cheese mixup

[Elaine Koogler]

They now sell raclette makers...kind of an oven where you can melt your
cheese...I've seen them in the Chef's Catalogue as well as (I think)
Williams Sonoma.

Kiri
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> We used to do that, too, when I was a child. We thought that was why
> they were kind enough to invent toaster ovens...  But then, as an adult,
> I discovered Raclette! That's what Grandfather was making... the Swiss
> version of the dish!
>
> You can actually get cheese called Raclette and I think others are used,
> too, but I don't remember exactly what. It's now considered a campfire
> dish in Switzerland and France, as I understand.  Hold the chunk of
> cheese near the fire, scrape the wonderfully gooey stuff onto your
> bread, eat with pickles, especially, I think, pickled onions. Wonderful...
>
> Anne
>