Wednesday, July 29, 2009

SWISS NATIONAL DAY - FÊTE NATIONALE

On the 1st of August, Switzerland will celebrate it's National Day. It is considered a holiday and most people have a day off (it is just like a Sunday) in order to relax, commemorate our independence and have fun...

This day is celebrated solely in the municipalities, at a local level, with a multitude of parades (not military), speeches, bonfires, fireworks, music, gymnastic shows and
group performances of the Swiss national anthem. People will also organize big feasts and picnics.

On this occasion, I thought that you might be interested in checking out my Swiss recipes as well as the links I have pointed out for you. Maybe you'll want to bake or cook something Swiss this weekend!

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Le 1ier août, la Suisse célébrera sa "Fête Nationale" et ce jours-là, tous les suisses (ou presque) auront congé...

Chaque commune aura sa petite fête durant laquelle les g
ens pourront apprécier les multiples feux d'artifices, feux de joie, parades (non militaires), discours, groupes chantants l'hymne et défilés de gymnastique. Les suisses profiteront aussi de ce jour férié pour festoyer et pique-niquer.

En cette occasion, j'ai pensé que vous serez peut-être intéressés de découvrir mes recettes suisses ainsi que les liens que j'ai sélectionné rien que pour vous.
Peut-être que vous cuisinerez une spécialité suisse ce weekend!

My Swiss Recipes:
Basel Bread (Bern & Basel)
Blackberry Tart (Vaud)
Blood Sausage With Spätzli and Applesauce (Vaud & All Regions)
Brunsli Cookies (Basel)
Cheese Fondue (All Regions)
Cinnamon And Apricot Flan Tart (Vaud)
Cinnamon Cookies (Graubünden)
Cuchaule/Saffron Brioche (Fribourg)
Grittibänz/Man-Shaped Bread (Swiss-Germany)
Kriegskuchen/ War Cake (Graubünden)
Magenbrot/Chocolate And Spice Bars (Swiss-Germany)
Mailänderli/Lemony Cookies (All Regions)
Maluns/Leftover Potato Side Dish (Graubünden)
Mehlsuppe/Burnt Flour Soup (Basel)
Quarktorte/Quark Cheese Tart (Swiss-Germany)
Raclette/Melted Cheese Dish (Wallis & All regions)
Rice Tart (All Regions)
Salée A La Crème/Cream Yeasted Tart (Vaud)
Spätzlis/Mountain Pasta (Swiss-Germany)
Spätzlis Casserole (Swiss-Germany)
Tatsch/Chopped Pancake (Graubünden)

Swiss Recipe Sites & Recipes:
750g (In French/En Français)
About.ch
All Recipes
Ciel De Françoise (In French/En Français)
Buzzle.com
Euro Info Tourisme (In French/En Français)
Orphée (In French/En Français)
Recipezaar Saveurs Du Monde (In French/En Français)
Swiss Roots
Wikipedia

49 comments:

Melle Marion said...

Je ne me suis jamais essayée à la cuisine suisse, mais ce week-end semble être parfait pour inaugurer cette cuisine! Je vais vite faire un tour sur tes recettes!
Merci :)

Zita said...

Hope you'll have a happy national day, Rosa! Your collection of recipe is just amazing :)

Hopie said...

Happy National Holiday! I'm off to check out your Swiss recipes :-)

Dhanggit said...

Happy Swiss National day dear!! and thanks for all these delicious Swiss recipes!

Anh said...

Happy Swiss National day to you!!!

Janet @Gourmet Traveller88 said...

Thanks for the list, I will hop over for Swiss recipes for sure. Have a great day.

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Julia @ Mélanger said...

Happy national day for the 1st. Thank you for all the recipes. Would definitely like to try something! :)

Vivi said...

Tres bonne fete, et merci pour toutes ces recettes.

~nancy~ said...

..ce que j'aime chez toi;

..tes magnifiques images..ta gentillesse..tes belles recettes et j'apprend toujours tout plein de choses!!!!!!!!!!!

..bonne fête national!!!!!!!!

~nancy xx

5 Star Foodie said...

Happy National Swiss Day! Thanks so much for a great list of recipes!

Chef Jeena said...

Hope you have fun on the 1st! I will have a look through your Swiss recipes today thanks.

Gloria said...

Happy national day to you Rosa!!! xoxoxGloria

lisaiscooking said...

I didn't know Swiss National Day was this weekend. Your cinnamon cookies and saffron brioche look great!

~Lexibule~ said...

Bonne Fête National ma belle Rosa:)xxx

Elra said...

I know it is probably a bit late, but I'll join if you make this as your event!
Delicious links Rosa!

alexandra said...

What fun! That saffron brioche looks perfect. I've been looking for a good brioche recipe. Yum!

Pavithra said...

Happy national day rosa...

mamapasta said...

bonne fêtes nationale...je ne sais même pas à quoi ressemble l'hymne de suisse, ni en quelle langue il se chante...
mais pour faire des spatzlis, je ne me ferais pas prier!

Faith said...

Happy National Swiss Day! Your recipes look amazing, I think I'm going to try your cheese fondue first!

MaryAthenes said...

C'est une tres belle idee pour une liste bien sympa !
Bonne fete nationale !
Bises

Sylvie said...

Bonne fête nationale suisse !

Miss Diane said...

Bonne Fête Nationale à toi et à tes copains et merci pour cette liste de belles recettes suisses!

Juliana said...

Happy National Day! Thanks for the link :-)

Jen of A2eatwrite said...

An early congratulations on Swiss National Day, Rosa! The celebrations sound very much like what we do for Independence Day in the U.S.

I look forward to exploring your recipes.

Cakelaw said...

Happy Swiss National Day for Saturday Rosa!!

♥peachkins♥ said...

Happy national Day,ROsa..

foodcreate said...

Thank YOu! Great Recipes !!! Happy National swiss Day:)


Thanks for sharing your recipes)



Have a wonderful Day~~~~

Helene said...

Bonne journée de fête!

La table lorraine d'Amélie said...

Bonne f^te nationnale chère Rosa et merci pour cette belle liste de spécialités qui honorent le pays aussi.
Bisous

Mamina said...

Bonne fête nationale alors... passe une bonne journée.

Jackie at PhamFatale.com said...

Hope you enjoyed the celebrations. Bonne fete nationale ma belle :)

Big Boys Oven said...

wow a great celebration! you must had a good one day holiday!

Selba said...

What a great list...

Our Indonesian independence day is also in August :)

Parita said...

I am so glad you shared some swiss recipes, i'll def be making few of them :)

Claude-Olivier said...

cette année on va tous avoir congé ;-) et je pars vers loech moi ;-) biz et bonne fete !!!!!!!!!!

Ivy said...

Happy National Day Rosa. Have fun.

cathy said...

Bonne fête nationale, une belle journée en perspective!
Bises, bonne soirée

Palaisdeslys said...

Très bonne fête suisse alors avec un peu d'avance et merci pour ce listing de recettes de chez toi!

amal said...

une belle occasion pour essayer la cuisine suisse et la découvrir..
merci!
bisous

Sophie said...

Have a happy national day, Rosa! I really want to try the Basel bread & nearly all of your recipes! I will have to make time ,...

Susan @ SGCC said...

Happy National Swiss Day, Rosa! You have certainly given us lots of lovely recipes to choose from!

lamiacucina said...

waht a great collection of swiss recipes ! Have a nice 1. august !

Marie Flo said...

Je suis d'origine Suisse mais je vois que tu connais mieux que moi les recettes et traditions Suisse. Bravo!
J'ai vu que tu avais la recette de la cuchaule. Je vais tester.
Bises et bon 1 Août

bellelurette said...

Bon 1er août, Rosa ! Moi, je vais m'inspirer de cette sublime tarte à la crème, cannelle et aux abricots que tu as postée.
Bises

SnacksGiving said...

Happy Swiss National Day! I took some pics of the Swiss National Day bread with cute little Swiss flags here :)
http://snacksgiving.blogspot.com/2009/08/happy-swiss-national-day.html

Rosa said...

Enjoy your celebrations!!

The Food Librarian said...

Happy Swiss National Day!!! Hope you had a good day relaxing and eating!

Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella said...

What a lovely collection of recipes! I'll be sure to use them if we do a Swiss dinner party :)