[Sca-cooks] Seeking Cheesy Goodness in WI

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Aug 8, 2009, at 12:50 AM, Audrey Bergeron-Morin wrote:

>> red cabbage...and a wonderful potato creation, Rosti.
>
> Rosti is not theirs. It's... Swedish? In any case, breakfast
> restaurants around here and, if I'm not mistaken, IKEA, have been
> serving it for years...

Nah, rosti are/is Swiss (although other places, obviously, given the  
thrust of this thread) have gladly adopted them.

In fact I believe it was Elizabeth Luard (author of "The Old World  
Kitchen") who claimed that rosti were an unofficial part of the  
process of applying for Swiss citizenship: there is (goes the claim) a  
home inspection similar to the one experienced when one is adopting a  
child, with a view toward establishing the subject's intention and  
ability to "live Swiss". Evidence of cooking and eating rosti (I have  
no idea what constitutes that evidence, maybe a suitable pan; I doubt  
you have to invite the inspectors for lunch, but one never knows, if  
my friend's stories of life as a USCG port inspector are true) is  
allegedly part of that process.

Adamantius








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