What food should I bring for my project about Switzerland?

Question

I have to bring food for the class to eat that has to do with Switzerland. For example, swiss rolls or swiss miss hot chocolate. Thanks for your ideas!

Oh and it doesn't have to be authentic swiss food, basically just something for people to eat that relates to switzerland in any way I give reason for it doing so, plus I don't have the kind of time or money for fancy swiss food =]

Answer 1

Here is a site about food in Switzerland http://www.about.ch/culture/food/index.html An easy thing to bring would be Musli- it is sort of like granola and can be found in health food stores --or go to a grocery store that stock health food --or here is the recipe Ingredients for 4 persons:

* 4 tablespoons oat flakes
* 8 tablespoons water
* 4 tablespoons sweet evaporated milk or cream
* Honey or sugar according to your own taste (use as less sugar as possible)
* Juice of 2 lemons
* 8 apples

variations:

* You may use plain yogurt instead of water and evaporated milk. You may also add cream, half and half or milk according to your own taste.
* Take any kind of berries, oranges or other fruits instead of or in addition to the apples.
* You may add 2 to 3 tablespoons grind almonds and or hazelnuts.

Preparation:

1. Put oat flakes, water, sweet evaporated milk and juice of lemon in a bowl.
2. Wash apples, cut in pieces, remove core (do not remove skin !)
3. Grind apples into the bowl and mix well.
4. Add sugar and honey according to your own taste and mix well again.
5. Serve immediately.

Here is some history on Musli
Some information about the history of Birchermüesli:

" Birchermüesli" was invented by Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner (1867-1939), a pioneer of the biological health medicine and Vollwertkost?.

Dr. Bircher was active in Zürich and he had a great impact on our feeding habits. Around 1900, he suggested that cereals, fruits and vegetables are more valuable food than meat, but his colleagues did not agree with his points of view. But even if the public opinion did not follow his ideas, he had more faith in his own experiences than the current doctrine.

While at that time meat was regarded as the best suited and most valuable food for humans, vegetables and fruits were considered food of the poor people. But Dr. Bircher continued to believe in what he called "food of the sunlight", meals based on biological, natural ingredients. He created a recipe which is known today worldwide as "Birchmüesli". He was also convinced that health care should be much more than just medical treatments. In 1897, Dr. Bircher founded a sanatory in Zürich, where he practiced a ganzheitliche? therapy which included Vollwertkost?, a daily walk, bathing and sunbathing. He even set up exercise equipment, so we can see his sanatory as a kind of a fore runner of the gym and fitness centers as we know them to so we can see his sanatory as a kind of a fore runner of the gym and fitness centers as we know them today.

There are also lots of other food ideas and recipes on the about ch page

Answer 2

Some things you could use are:
*Chocolate (preferably Swiss)
*Cheese (Emmentaler, Appenzeler, or Gruyère)
*Hot Chocolate (make it more liquid than solid - hot milk and chocolate powder will do)

Swiss Rolls, even though they have the prefix "Swiss" are not Swiss and most Swiss People do not know what they are!

Hope this has helped,

S.O

P.S. An interesting idea is to serve the foodstuff and then explain something about it as your classmates eat/drink

Answer 3

Hope you are talking ready-made food, because most of food eaten in Switzerland have to be prepared, and you cannot make a cheese fondue or a Birchermuesli without knowing how to make them.

1) Swiss chocolate (can find in most supermarkets)
2) Cheese imported from Switzerland like Gruyere, Emmenthaler (also found in many supermarkets)

Swiss rolls and Swiss Miss ARE NOT items from Switzerland nor any relation with Switzerland (just a name here in the US)

Answer 4

A swiss flag, its easy to make just use a red square of fabric or paper, yes the flag is square, and add a white cross to the middle of it. If you have an old pair of skis lying around skiing is very big. If someone near you has a pine tree or some other conifer and you can cut off a branch, bring that in as representative of the vegetation. Sorry its only three, other than mountains and food I am at a loss. I've been there a couple of times and to me most of the culture is in the people.

Answer 5

Ok hello I'am Swiss but what the .....are swiss rolls! Never mind!
Chocolate in every way is typically swiss, cheese is typically and potatos

Answer 6

some great answers so far, made me smile :)

i've another suggestion for you. bake a swiss cheese onion pie, this is a typical swiss food and it's pretty cheap.
the most important thing is the cheese. the best one for cheese pie is grated Gruyère (don't use Emmental because it's like chewing gum after baking). to complete the meal, it's mostly served with green salad and beer (eaten warm is much better than cold!)
http://www.recipezaar.com/16943
for my taste 4 onions are too much, take 2 that's enough.

good appetite :D

Answer 7

Chocolate. The real kind can be a teensy bit expensive but it's good. I did a project on Swiss. 100%

Answer 8

Chocolate...with bread! Get a nice sweetish loaf of bread and have it with your chocolate.
Ixnay on the Swiss Miss, but if you get your hands on some Caotina hot chocolate, do it!

Answer 9

Swiss cheese

Answer 10

¨Well, I read all the answers above but why don't you make a "joke" by ringing a swiss bell (worn by cows) and telling them that we are out of cheese,chocolates etc.