The Swiss Cheese life

In late summer, when the grazing season ends, as usual divide Swiss cheese. This important product is made of milk from cows that graze on the alpine meadows. At one of the local dialects this holiday is called "Hezteylet."

On ordinary days, the quantity and quality handed each dairy farm milk being strict accounting.

Most often, so illustrious "divide cheese" takes place in September in the valley called Yustistal that for Thun lake. Cheese wheels stacked piles and then shared between hosts. Each stack of cheese cheeses are of different sizes and quality. Predict who will get the cheese and what is not possible, because it is all cast lots. Amount of cheese depends on how much milk the cow gave the host for the current season.

Holiday carve cheese can arrange in the villages and are right on the dairy itself. Among other things, during the holiday, so to speak, of this matter shareholders receive dividends. How does this happen? To become a shareholder, you need to buy a cow. Everything happens in the conventional framework, ie not bought a real cow, but only its conditional part. As a result, the resulting share shareholder can collect dividends in the form of cheese.

During the holiday, residents have the opportunity to have fun and enjoy the success of agriculture. Fun going to the sounds of folk music, along with folk festivals, competitions, tasting national dishes with cheese topping. On a similar celebration everyone can buy a cheese varieties and different years of aging.

Interesting to know:

• Swiss fondue - one of the most famous and favorite meals. It is a melted cheese, which dipped bread slices. Fondue taken place in the center of the table and heat the flame. Secret Swiss fondue unique taste depends on the type of cheese.
• An equally famous Swiss cheese dish called "raclette". Appeared this dish thanks to the shepherds who put cheese around the campfire. When cheese is melted, it is scraped off using a slice of bread. Currently, this dish is prepared differently. Raclette is used for the preparation of a special device "raklettnitsa". A thick slice of cheese is placed on the grill, then pour melted cheese or potato dishes are served with pickled cucumbers and onions.