My Swiss Breakfast

Webmaster · 04-17-2012, 07:52 AM

I spent a week in Switzerland for my mother's birthday. It's always interesting to go back to the place and country where I grew up. And one of the things I truly enjoy over there are the leisurely breakfasts.

Every morning, my mom, who turned 90, made the breakfast table with several different kinds of cheese, cold cuts and Swiss dried meats, several types of crunchy Swiss bread, alpine honey, preserves and strong coffee. We then sat together, had leisurely conversation, and enjoyed the early meal, looking out onto the meadows in front of her house.

smithnwesson · 04-17-2012, 08:51 AM

OMG that looks wonderful: Elegantly served, too. - Jim

Mishty · 04-17-2012, 09:22 AM

Gosh! I miss Swiss breakfast so much! Mostly the cheeses! This is so lovely Conrad! Can I ask what kind of dried meat?

Webmaster · 04-17-2012, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Mishty

Gosh! I miss Swiss breakfast so much! Mostly the cheeses! This is so lovely Conrad! Can I ask what kind of dried meat?

The Swiss LOVE dried meats, cold cuts and salami type products. The picture below shows the dried meat display in a Migros or COOP supermarket. I am particular to Bündnerfleisch (see Wiki), and that's what we usually got.

**SoVerySoft** · 04-17-2012, 03:34 PM

Conrad, omg! Looks positively yummy. Thanks for sharing!

Skye23 · 04-18-2012, 11:12 PM

I'm suitably envious. I miss the GOOD continental breakfasts that some of the high end hotels serve in Europe. The ones where you can get decent granola, good yogurt and fruit, real oatmeal with proper toppings (whiskey and brown sugar with raisins please!) and whole-grain bread with cold cuts and cheese and hardboiled eggs. If you throw in some nutella I'm over the moon.

MissStacie · 04-19-2012, 05:12 AM

Americans do BIG breakfasts, but Europeans do GREAT breakfasts. I LOVE breakfast here in Germany, which is very similar to your Swiss meal, Conrad. Lots of breads, cheeses, meats/sausages, etc....I have yet to meet a cheese that I didn't like here...

Dr. Feelgood · 04-21-2012, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MissStacie

I have yet to meet a cheese that I didn't like here...

Stacie, meet Limburger; Limburger, this is Stacie.

MissStacie · 04-23-2012, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Feelgood

Stacie, meet Limburger; Limburger, this is Stacie.

ha ha...Never tried it...but know that it stinks...but then I never thought I'd eat a "moldy" cheese but love a good gorgonzola or roquefort!

ValentineBBW · 04-23-2012, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MissStacie

ha ha...Never tried it...but know that it stinks...but then I never thought I'd eat a "moldy" cheese but love a good gorgonzola or roquefort!

Limburger is strong, but I like it. A little goes a long way, so it does keep me from eating the WHOLE thing, unlike other cheeses that I could eat the entire brick/wedge/whatever.

smithnwesson · 04-24-2012, 06:21 PM

I agree with Becky.

I ain’t never met a cheese that I didn’t like. Limburger may have slowed me down just a little.

When I die and (in the very unlikely event that) I go to Heaven, there will be 72 cheeses awaiting me. Fuck them virgins: We don’t need no stinkin’ virgins.

- Jim

BBWHearts · 04-24-2012, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MissStacie

Americans do BIG breakfasts, but Europeans do GREAT breakfasts.

Nothing wrong with a good American breakfast. I prefer it, actually.

riplee · 04-25-2012, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Webmaster

I spent a week in Switzerland for my mother's birthday. It's always interesting to go back to the place and country where I grew up. And one of the things I truly enjoy over there are the leisurely breakfasts.

Every morning, my mom, who turned 90, made the breakfast table with several different kinds of cheese, cold cuts and Swiss dried meats, several types of crunchy Swiss bread, alpine honey, preserves and strong coffee. We then sat together, had leisurely conversation, and enjoyed the early meal, looking out onto the meadows in front of her house.

THAT is awesome!

moore2me · 04-27-2012, 10:48 PM

Conrad,

I am impressed that your 90 yr old mama can still set such a table and eat foods that you pictured. Crusty bread would do some people's teeth in. The cured meats would be off many older folks diets. Of course, the swiss cheese is mandatory in Switzerland. One question I have is where is the chocolate?

04-17-2012, 08:51 AM	#2
smithnwesson Drug dealer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,346	OMG that looks wonderful: Elegantly served, too. - Jim __________________ Bacon is the candy of the pig. - PamelaLois

04-17-2012, 09:22 AM	#3
Mishty aluminum petunia Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,869	Gosh! I miss Swiss breakfast so much! Mostly the cheeses! This is so lovely Conrad! Can I ask what kind of dried meat? __________________ Sister, listen to what your daddy says. Don't be ashamed of things that hide behind your dress. Belly-up and arch your back. Well I ain't really falling asleep; I'm fading to black.

04-17-2012, 03:34 PM	#5
SoVerySoft No fat no flavor Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 11,243	Conrad, omg! Looks positively yummy. Thanks for sharing! __________________ "Well," said Pooh, "what I like best --" and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called. - A.A. Milne

04-18-2012, 11:12 PM	#6
Skye23 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: East Coast, USA Posts: 133	I'm suitably envious. I miss the GOOD continental breakfasts that some of the high end hotels serve in Europe. The ones where you can get decent granola, good yogurt and fruit, real oatmeal with proper toppings (whiskey and brown sugar with raisins please!) and whole-grain bread with cold cuts and cheese and hardboiled eggs. If you throw in some nutella I'm over the moon. __________________ Meddle ye not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are CRISPY and good with Ketchup! I on the other hand, would use Chocolate...

04-19-2012, 05:12 AM	#7
MissStacie Mrs. Gnoom Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Deutschland Posts: 852	As far as I'm concerned... Americans do BIG breakfasts, but Europeans do GREAT breakfasts. I LOVE breakfast here in Germany, which is very similar to your Swiss meal, Conrad. Lots of breads, cheeses, meats/sausages, etc....I have yet to meet a cheese that I didn't like here... __________________ Mrs Stacie:o

04-24-2012, 06:21 PM	#11
smithnwesson Drug dealer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,346	I agree with Becky. I ain’t never met a cheese that I didn’t like. Limburger may have slowed me down just a little. When I die and (in the very unlikely event that) I go to Heaven, there will be 72 cheeses awaiting me. Fuck them virgins: We don’t need no stinkin’ virgins. - Jim __________________ Bacon is the candy of the pig. - PamelaLois

04-27-2012, 10:48 PM	#14
moore2me Lions don't need to spank Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In my recliner. Posts: 5,618	Conrad, I am impressed that your 90 yr old mama can still set such a table and eat foods that you pictured. Crusty bread would do some people's teeth in. The cured meats would be off many older folks diets. Of course, the swiss cheese is mandatory in Switzerland. One question I have is where is the chocolate?