Happy Swiss National Day! If you go to one of the many festivals around Switzerland today, you will probably encounter traditional Swiss food. This is not a comprehensive list of but a few examples of festival food vendor offerings.
If you have spent a few days in Switzerland you have probably encounter the Bratwurst. It is a sausage usually composed of veal, pork, or beef. The grey looking ones seem to be most common and are made of veal.
Ochs am Spiess- This is a young cow roasted on a spit. It tastes smoky and was very tender. It was offered with potatoes and a brown gravy sauce.
Alpler Rosti- This is a Swiss hash-brown or potato pancake. Each vendor is cooking it slightly differently. IF you are from the states you may know of Waffle House scatter smothered hash-browns, this is the best way I can describe it. Some have onion,some ham or bacon, and each is a filling specialty.
Apfelkuchen or Opfelchuechli- translates as apfel cake. The festival food vendor that I asked said his version was apple Pie- but you get the idea. The Opfelchuechli he served was rings of batter fried apples with a vanilla sauce and cinnamon and sugar.
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OMG!!! I’m in Switzerland today and the whole month of August!!! We celebrated Swiss National Day on the Lake Lucern. What a gorgeous hoiday celebration. The fireworks went on and on… Did the fireworks get the kids excited about this event or what? and how silly of me… I never knew about Swiss National Day when we were making plans to visit here!!! ARe you still in Switzerland now???
My kids love fireworks! We do live here in Switzerland year round for the next several years. Isn’t Switzerland beautiful! email me at hollee@moxiblog.com