24 July 2008

URGENT help required - Swiss cooking

In an phase of madness I volunteered to appear in a cooking show on Japanese tv on Monday. Four students from GenkiJACS will cook dishes from their home countries and a jury will decide on the winner then.
So I am looking for simple yet tasty recipes of typical Swiss dishes. The following are not suitable:
- Röschti: Potatoes should be cooked the day before and I don't have the right grater
- Fondue and Raclette: Right cheese not available, neither the equipment
--> I checked in a big warehouse today - most ingredients we would use are available. Milk products are harder to get though, but they have cream and so on in tiny little bottles. Swiss cheese is limited to Emmentaler and Greyerzer.
--> I don't know what cooking equipment will be available - so let's assume NO fancy stuff is there. Recipes should therefore be easy to execute, with little equipment (pan, knife, spoon,...)
Anyone who sends me THE great, simple life-saving recipe will be treated to a nice dinner once I'm back.
Oh my, I am neither a very good cook nor can I speak enough Japanese. This show will be material for laughter allover Japan... Well, we all know that, but it's still funny enough to be on a Japanese tv show. When else would you have the chance to do something like that. Plus nobody back home will be able to watch the show, so even if we embarass ourselves it's only in front of strangers. This is going to be crazy...

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