The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #100227   Message #2018056
Posted By: mrdux
06-Apr-07 - 02:06 AM
Thread Name: BS: Mudcat foodies thread
Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat foodies thread
I just a hirshmy called a racelette, looks interesting but I've no idea what to do with it. Anyone have any suggestions.

HiLo --

Do you mean raclette? If so, it's a cheese from the Swiss and French Alps. It comes as a largish -- maybe 15 pounds? -- round wheel and traditionally it's put in front of an open fire where it slowly melts; the melted parts are scraped off ("raclette" comes from the French word for scrape) and served with boiled potatoes, onions, pickles, etc. Very tasty. And very popular in Switzerland and alpine France. There's a table-top device -- i've seen it called a raclette machine or raclette grill -- that's designed for melting individual servings of cheese in little trays or pans that get put under a heating element. There's even a Swiss Raclette Association if you're interested.

On the other hand, if you don't mean raclette, well, then, uh... i dunno.

michael