Swiss Cheese

Last night we had our LDS missionaries over for dinner. And as our tradition goes, last month they chose Switzerland for our international meal. For dinner we had Swiss Fondue, salad, and Zurcher Eintopf (Hot-pot Zurich style - or a meat stew). Fondue orignated in Switzerland. The farmers would make a lot of cheese and bread in the summer months. Then in the winter, the bread would get really hard and dried out. So people would gather together, melt some cheese with some wine, dip their hard bread and eat.


We used French bread, veggies, and apples with the Swiss Fondue. Here you see Elder Stinton (from Alabama) and Elder Buffat (from Idaho) enjoying the fondue.

Dessert should have been chocolate, but we had cake instead. This photo was taken by my oldest daughter, who is almost 5, an artist/photographer!

Switzerland is a very small country, slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey.

Bern is the capital. Below is a photo of a clock tower in Bern.

Below is Morcote, which is in the warmer, southern part of Switzerland. The weather is more Mediterranean down south - humid and warm.

Below is the Matterhorn. Isn't that pretty?

But this is the Matterhorn I know...at Disneyland! Can you tell the difference? Switzerland is one of the richest countries in the world. They speak French, German, Italian, and Romansh (which is a Romance Language spoken by the Roman Era people of this region). There are about 7.5 million people living in Switzerland right now. There isn't an official religion there, but most of the people are Christian (mostly Catholics).

Next month we look forward to a Greek meal.

On another note, check out my sister-in-law's blog. She featured one of my scrabble tile pendants! Thanks Vivian! She is a very talented quilter. In her family room is a huge long-arm quilting machine. She has clients from around the country & famous ones included - as you'll see in her blog. Check her out at www.quiltswithlove.blogspot.com
You'll just love her work. She's done thousands of beautiful quilts. In my next post I'll show photos of the quilts she made for my girls when they were born.