Rösti is a popular dish among many regardless of whether one has been to Switzerland or not. It is a French name, originating from the French canton of Bern in Switzerland. It came from the Swiss farmers as a dish made of grated potatoes, simply pan-fried and served with other sides such as bacon slices, eggs , sausages or salad.
This is a Eurasian style stew, cooked with chicken, loads of vegetables and quite a bit of spices. If you like the taste of spice, this dish is made for you. But if not, stay away. It can be served either with rice or bread, or by itself as a meal on its own too, with its protein and carbo packed ingredients.
Take a Salmond, and cut him rounde, chyne and all, and roste the pieces on a gredire;
And take wyne, and pouder of Canell, and drawe it thorgh a streynour;
And take smale myced oynons, and caste there-to, and let him boyle;
And then take vynegre or vergeous, and pouder ginger, and cast there-to;
and then ley the samon in a dissh, and cast the sirip theron al hote, and serue it forth.
(Harl. 4016. p. 102.)
I recently watched quite a few shows on Netflix that made me think about life. One of these documentaries was One Deep Breath. It documented the journey of two free divers who pursued their passion in life to dive freely in the sea to reach their life goals. One of them sacrificed his life for the love of his life. It was crushing, touching, self-sacrificing, life-changing. It shows us how vulnerable life is, how insignificant each one of us is in this vast universe, us living in the formidable elements that we call nature.
This recipe is strange, but it could also be because I didn’t get some of the steps right. Anyway, the scones turned out more like biscuits, and with biscuits you could make sandwiches as well. Just that these biscuits are more crumbly, drier and very small.
